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attending an online workshop and booklaunch with Dr Dwight Turner on supremacy in counselling and Psychotherapy, his previous book, intersections of privilidge and otherness is vital reading for all therapists and therapy students #therapistsconnect #TherapistsofMastodon

wanting to cheer at every word for cyndi darnells talk on sex work mental health and stigma at #pinkconf23 #therapy #sexwork #therapistsconnect #TherapistsofMastodon

the programme for today and tomorrow #pinkconf23 #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

Now Julie Sale speaking about erotic diversity in heterosexuality, its so important to understand the difference between heterosexuality and heternormativity - non consensual "queering" of erotically diverse cis het groups has bothered me for a while, esp when queer ppl do it #pinkconf23 #TherapistsofMastodon

running the online side of day 1 of the Pink Therapy annual conference, and the first presentation is a powerful one on the use of narrative therapy to empower queer women to explore and embrace their sex and erotic lives . If you are attending #pinkconf23 say hi, i am in the patchwork dungarees #lgbtq #queer #TherapistsofMastodon

Day 3 of the Pink Therapy think tank, with attendees from New Zealand to New York and sessions covering cultural competency with gsrd/neuroqueer folks, writing our own ethical framework for gsrd clinicians, what makes a gsrd therapist and how we take better care of ourselves...and it's not over yet! This is going to be genuinely world changing #nonbinary #lgbtq #actuallyAutistic #therapy #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

incredibly exciting week ahead with the Pink Therapy think tank and Conference- I have done the vital prep of batchcooking summer vegetable soup and garlic chicken curry for the household in my absence #cooking #food #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

What every psychotherapist knows! #psychoanalysis #psychiatry #psychology #Freud #cgjung #therapy #therapistsofmastodon #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness

cpd for therapists and mental health professionals working with sex workers https://pink-therapy-training.teachable.com/p/working-with-sex-workers #therapy #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect #sexwork #SexWorkIsWork

Question for the #TherapistsOfMastodon:
Looking into business names for an LLC...
Crowdsourcing thoughts on the following:

'Magic Feather Therapy'

Practice/clinical foci:
Building parent confidence and competence
Healthy attachment building/family relationships
Infant/Early Childhood mental health
Interpersonal neurobiology
Trauma recovery and post-traumatic growth through an #attachment lens

Modalities, generally:
Relational/reflective practice
DIR
#ChildParentPsychotherapy
#PlayTherapy
Dyadic/family work
Table-top #RPG group therapy
#AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy
Parts work
Somatic/movement/body based regulation

some thoughts after attending the Rainbow Therapists conference this weekend https://counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2023/06/12/somewhere-over-the-rainbow/ #pride #PrideMonth #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

one of the activities today was asking workshop attendees to put the first word which came to mind when they thought of sex work onto the sheets - try it ‐ then notice if you try to change it to something else - in this dance we start to unpack our projections and unconscious biases #sexwork #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect #lgbttherapy #queertherapy #lgbtq #nonbinary #

leading a workshop on removing barriers when therapists work with sex workers today (focusing in internalised prejudices and unconscious bias) If anyone else is at the Rainbow Therapists conference say hi! #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect #Pride #PrideMonth #SexWork

such an important discussion of what happens when we share the trauma our supervisees and their clients bring - queer therapists are also impacted by their own experiences of being queer #queersupervision #queertherapy #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

GSRD is a term developed by MJ Barker and Dominic Davies to describe those populations in therapy impacted by oppressions related to gender/sex (including intersex) sexuality and Relationship diversity - basically everyone who is impacted to a lesser and greater degree by not fitting into Cis het allo mono norms (which to be honest is everyone) #queertherapy #queersupervision #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

quick introduction of the 7 eye model and the GSRD core competencies produced by Dominic Davies last year - these core competencies are vital whether you have one GSRD client or all of your clients are GSRD https://pinktherapy.org/gender-sex-and-relationship-therapy-an-emergent-new-psychotherapeutic-approach/ #queertherapy #queersupervision #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

attending a queer supervision training today, exciting as queer clients,supervisees and supervision is usually barely mentioned. Will try to toot when I can #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect #therapy #queertherapy #lgbt #nonbinary

spaces still available for this, including fully subsidised for attendees from historically margenlised groups https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doing-it-well-a-therapy-conference-on-working-with-sex-and-gsrd-clients-tickets-538756915437 #Glasgow #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

every time I write I wish I had time to write more https://counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2023/05/03/cake-and-non-monogamy/ #cnm #polyam #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect #relationships #RelationshipAnarchy

hegemony is political
white supremacy is political
upholding structural oppression is political
cisnormativitity is political
Politics is not outside the therapy room it is embedded in training and practice
only by queering and decolonising therapy can the current inherent politics be challenged and dismantled
#TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect

click on an ad for a conference called "putting the politics back into therapy"
Perhaps the fact there is no queer representation explains why they think it never was political #TherapistsOfMastodon #therapistsconnect

BAATN Book – Therapy in Colour | The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network https://www.baatn.org.uk/sneak-peek-of-the-upcoming-baatn-book-therapy-in-colour/ excited to be attending the prelaunch of this today #therapistsconnect #TherapistsOfMastodon

Mothers day/Mothering Sunday can be hard for a number of reasons (a unique one was when the Torygraph decided I wanted to ban the term mother!) Here I write about boundaries and planning that can help if its a hard day https://counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2015/03/10/surviving-mothers-day/ #mothersday #MotheringSunday #Boundaries #selfcare #therapy #TherapistsOfMastodon #therapistsconnect

Have you ever tried drawing your own relationship escalator? https://counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2023/02/18/what-does-your-relationship-escalator-look-like/ #polyam #relationships #TherapistsOfMastodon #TherapistsConnect #Therapy

anyone else attending the therapy and social change event today? #TherapistsOfMastodon #TherapistsConnect

Feel it's about time I actually talked about some of my fandoms - star wars was my first and perhaps most enduring. I loved both the mandalorian and Andor for different reasons, and here I write about the mandalorian and parenthood https://counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2021/03/21/what-the-mandalorian-teaches-us-about-parenthood/
#fandom #starwars #TheMandalorian #babyyoda #Geek #GeekTherapist #TherapistsOfMastodon #TherapistsConnect

This is what conversion therapy training looks like - and with no way to prevent it without regulation
https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/events/transgender-ideology-and-childrenadolescents #conversiontherapy #TherapistsofMastodon #TherapistsConnect #lgbt #trans #nonbinary

One of the things which hits me every time I train baby therapists is explaining that things are substantially worse for lgbtqaai people now than they were 5 yrs ago
The queer students nod, and look relieved someone is naming it
The cis hets look shocked and wonder what's been happening under their noses
#TherapistsConnect #TherapistsofMastodon #lgbt #lgbtq #therapy #nonbinary #trans #queertherapy #queertherapist

https://neuroqueer.com/neurotypical-psychotherapists-and-autistic-clients/ this is excellent and vital reading for professionals @actuallyautistic #TherapistsofMastodon #therapistsconnect #counselling #psychotherapy

Just wonderful to find this on a wall next to the center where I am teaching therapy students today #therapistsconnect #TherapistsofMastodon #StreetArt #poetry #Kilburn #London

This passage on therapist burnout gets it especially right in the second half. For me, it isn't individual human suffering that is burdensome, nor the feeling of not necessarily being able to solve it. No, no, it's the proximity to callous bureaucracies and the mechanisation of our humanity that wears me down, if anything.

#counselling #psychotherapy #TherapistsConnect #therapistsofmastodon

https://counsellinginnorthumberland.com/2022/12/22/why-i-left-twitter-for-mastodon-an-anti-oppressive-step/ - slightly navel gazing, but a quick blog post on why I believe as therapists we have to consider the message sent by remaining on platforms that enable hate against margenlised people
#twitter #TherapistsofMastodon #TherapistsConnect #AntiOppressivePractice #counselling #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus

Another Friday night and I ain’t got nobody 🎶 I got some money cause I (finished my notes and) just got paid. How I wish I had (a non-client) to talk to, I’m in an awful way 😂#TherapistHumor #FridayNight #TherapistsofMastodon #TherapistConnect watching original #Ironside after #Margaritas

@clarity99 Agreed! A Suitemate introduced me to the concept of limiting client contacts to 5/day when I started my private practice. Absolute game changer. #FillYourOwnCup #Psychotherapy #Counseling #TherapistsOfMastodon

One of the hardest thing for me when I have to turn a client away. But I know my limits and where I am good at where I am not. And I want to provide best care for my clients, and sometimes that means not me. #therapistsofmastodon #psychotherapy

Did so much learning tonight at the #queeringpsychotherapy event, with so many resonances between the experiences of #therapists #therapistsofmastodon and those of us who had formal #coaching training in institutions that embedded privilege even as they pretended it didn't exist