TUESDAY 02.05.2024 | 6.30 - 8.30 PM &
TUESDAY 09.05.2024 | 6.30 - 8.30 PM
Gemma Lucas and Chloe Asker invite LGBTQIA+ therapists to creatively reflect on their experiences of shame in relation to their therapeutic practice. These four hours of CPD were co-developed with art psychotherapist Alison Wren. These unique two-part workshops are suitable for both qualified and trainee therapists, counsellors, psychologists, arts therapists and play therapists.
They will gently guide you through opportunities to explore your personal experiences of shame in therapeutic practice using movement (mainly gentle, accessible yoga), creative activities, and intimate, small group discussion. The goal of this workshop series is to drive deeper engagement and awareness of shame experiences in therapeutic contexts in ways that build shame resilience for therapy professionals.
We recognise the nuances of shame experiences that in particular may arise for LGBTQIA+ therapists and hope the workshops will offer opportunity for solidarity. We also hope to generate learning and knowledge from these workshops in the form of a shareable resource that you will be able to contribute to.
Bring a yoga mat if you have one, otherwise drop us a line and we can source one for you!
Light refreshments will also be provided.
Illustration from MJ Barker's zine, Monster Feelings.
https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Welcome-Monster-Feelings.pdf
Gemma Lucas (she/her) is a yoga teacher, Lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Exeter. Her research explores the ways in which yoga impacts on people’s gendered understandings of, and relationships with, their bodies. She is connected to the Wellcome Shame and Medicine project at the University.
Chloe Asker (they/them) is a creative facilitator and academic researcher, working at the University of Exeter and University of Surrey. They run creative workshops with the Section 28 and its afterlives research project:
https://s28afterlives.exeter.ac.uk/creative-artworks/
Alison Wren (she/they) is a queer art psychotherapist who finds meaning in co-creating with LGBTQIA+ communities at the intersection of the arts, mental health and activism. For nearly 10 years she designed and delivered an award-winning third sector queer mental health project, and now primarily works in independent practice as a therapist, supervisor and educator. They are passionate about facilitating creative conversations around recovery from trauma and helping people navigate the impact of internalised oppression: www.arttherapywithalison.com