Events

Drawing on the success of these small workshops held in 2008 and 2009 we are delighted to welcome Honor again.

As we age in a culture dominated by the young, we can feel that we no longer have a place, in a world where wisdom can be as unfashionable as being old. Because we are unsure of our footing, we often feel irrelevant, or unqualified to critique the mores of our time.

Far more is at stake, however, than our individual struggles. How we live our individual lives, whatever our age, profoundly affects our societal transition as well.

Particularly in the West, the myths and stories which used to sustain us are crumbling. We can even feel in a dark place between myth, without a sustaining story which connects us to the transcendent and ensures us a place in the universe. In contrast to the absence of connection to the transcendent, connections via communication technology multiply exponentially and can eat up time.

In a time of planetary crisis it is essential that those who have a connection to inner voices and experiences take seriously what they have to offer.

Far from being irrelevant or sidelined, in choosing to awaken to the individual fate into which we have been born, we provide ‘eldership’ to the collective as we journey together towards the birthing of the new myth.

We will use discussion, active imagination, drawing, dream and journal work to:

· Discover our role in eldership to the collective in a time of planetary crisis

Honor Griffith, a Jungian psychotherapist practising on the west coast of British Columbia, gives workshops and presentations in Canada, the US, and Britain. She has published numerous papers and chapters in various Jungian based academic journals and books.

If you have any information regarding relevant conferences, seminars, groups etc that may be of interest to members and others viewing this site, please let us have the following information by e-mail to judithdotandersonatbtinternetdotcom or adminatpcsrdotorgdotuk

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Psychotherapy and Politics: Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th May 2010

Weetwood Hall, Leeds

Co-sponsored by the Psycho-Social Academic Unit, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds; the Centre for Psychological Therapies, Leeds Metropolitan University; and Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility

Saturday 13th March 2010, 10.30-4.30pm University House, the University of Leeds

Event co-sponsored by PCSR

Jonathan Coe Witness
Nick Totton Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy

The essential issue that will be debated and discussed during the day is what form of accountability is most appropriate for the profession. Is regulation by the government-appointed HPC the best way? Or should we regulate ourselves, and if so by what means? Is the situation of counselling and psychotherapy broken, and if so how should it be fixed? Stimulated by two speakers with very different approaches to the issues, participants will be invited to debate the issue themselves with the help of various small and large group structures, including Cafe Conversations.

For more details and to book go to http://www.healthcareconferences.leeds.ac.uk/conferences/details.php?id=4 and click on bookings

Saturday November 21st 2009 POWER IN THE THERAPY ROOM

A conference about how difference becomes oppression

Keynote Speaker VALERIE SINASON

"All animals are equal but some are more equal than others"
WORKSHOPS on Class, Race, Sexuality and the Asymmetric Relationship

Saturday 19th September 2009 - Therapist In/to the community in a time of Climate Change?

Saturday 20th June 2009 - Hitting From Where It Hurts: understanding violent children and treating violent adults

with Dr Felicity de Zulueta and Jonathan Asser
Promoted by PCSR in association with University of Portsmouth Counselling Centre and The Solent Group for Psychotherapists and Counsellors Booking details: Hitting_From.doc_June_20_09.doc

8-9th MAY 2009 “Psychotherapy and Politics: Realising the Potential”
Glasgow, - What can counsellors and psychotherapists contribute to progressive social change? What are the politics of the therapeutic relationship? What can we take from counselling and psychotherapy theory to understand political processes? Following on from the highly successful ‘Psychotherapy and Liberation’ conference in London in 2008, a diverse group of counsellors and psychotherapists, with representatives from the humanistic, person-centred, and psychodynamic communities and from Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, organised a major highly successful conference in Glasgow to explore the interface between psychological therapies and progressive social-political-environmental perspectives. (report to follow)

7TH March 2009 - The Psychological and Political Challenge of FACING CLIMATE CHANGE - University of Western England, Bristol (Frenchay Campus) PCSR are co-sponsoring this event organised by The Centre for Psychosocial Studies. Speakers - George Marshall, Paul Hoggett, Mary-Jayne Rust.Themed Group Leaders included -Zita Cox, Nick Totton, Dr Chris Johnstone, Renee Lertzman, Jim Wilson, Rosemary Randall

DVD OF THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AVAILABLE SHORTLY - CONFERENCE REVIEWED IN SPRING 2009 EDITION OF TRANSFORMATIONS

3rd October 2008 (held in conjunction with CAP, IAJS and the Relational School) Open Meeting on the topic of 'The Financial Crisis'. As with previous open meetings/forums on eg terrorism, Andrew Samuels facilitated a free-flowing discusion ranging from psychological and political analysis to reports from clinical settings to personal responses.

BECOMING AN ELDER IN A TIME OF PLANETARY CRISIS