About this Event

Events in September 2020

with Janina Fisher, Debra Chatman-Finley, and Gliceria Pérez

About this Event

with Janina Fisher, Debra Chatman-Finley,
and Gliceria Pérez

Race, Imperialism and the Contradictory Clinic

Mad in America and East Side Institute Virtual Town Hall Meeting: CREATING OUR MENTAL HEALTH w/ Hugh Polk, MD, Rachel Mickenberg, LCSW and Their Clients

This is a fundraising event with a minimum fee of £1 to maximise accessibility. Please make a donation based on what you can afford. After covering tech costs funds will go towards AD4E's future events, enabling us to offer more low cost or free places for people who can’t afford to pay.

Confirmed contributors:

Dr Lucy Johnstone, Indigo Daya, Dr Akima Thomas, Prof Emmy van Deurzen, Dr Gabor Maté, Ruth Dixon, Paula J Caplan PhD, Pat McArdle, Bob Whitaker, Johann Hari, Mica Gray, Dr Karen Treisman, Michelle Benjamin, Prof Peter Kinderman, Sanah Ahsan, Stevie Lewis, Laura Delano, Dr Joanne Cacciatore, Dr James Davies, Matt Ball, Prof John Read, Sally-Ann, Viv Gordon, James & The Disorders, Lydia Daisy, Jo Watson

A Disorder for Everyone! - The Online Festival

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
September 24, 2020

by London Learning Cooperative

A discussion on the relationship between race, imperialism and psychotherapy

Mental Health Workers’ Inquiry (MHWI) are a new group of workers organising in and beyond the mental health services sector. Together, we aim to increase our understanding of the nature of work and ownership, as well as to explore clinical approaches that foreground anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism. Our primary purpose is to develop ways of marrying member-led trade union organising with innovative financial vehicles to transform our current workplaces from within. In addition to creating new institutions, we propose radically to re-imagine those that already exist.

This discussion will focus on the relationship between race, imperialism and psychotherapy, exploring both the oppressive legacy of the clinic and how its contradictions can lead to a transformative and liberatory practice.

Race, Imperialism and the Contradictory Clinic

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
October 4, 2020

What is mental health? And what does creativity have to do with it? Two psychotherapists, Hugh Polk and Rachel Mickenberg, share the effectiveness of social therapy as a psychotherapy in which they and their clients together create emotional growth and health—regardless of psychiatric diagnosis or presenting problem. In this webinar, Hugh and Rachel will introduce the ABCs of social therapy and how it is practiced in ongoing weekly therapy and community workshops of diverse groupings of people. After that, four of their clients will join them to talk about their own adventures in creating their mental health and growing emotionally through social therapy. Webinar participants will be invited to take part in the conversation. Please join us!

Mad in America and East Side Institute Virtual Town Hall Meeting: CREATING OUR MENTAL HEALTH w/ Hugh Polk, MD, Rachel Mickenberg, LCSW and Their Clients

11 Inflection Point: Open Dialogue in Hospital Emergency and Inpatient Settings Inflection Point: Open Dialogue in Hospital Emergency and Inpatient Settings 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm September 11, 2020 Inflection Point: Open Dialogue in Hospital Emergency and Inpatient Settings Inflection Point: Open Dialogue in Hospital Emergency and Inpatient Settings

14 Decarcerating Care: Taking Policing Out of Mental Health Crisis Response Decarcerating Care: Taking Policing Out of Mental Health Crisis Response 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm September 14, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/events/2699722200240535/?ref=110 Public online event hosted by Institute for the Development of Human Arts Decarcerating Care: Taking Policing Out of Mental Health Crisis Response Decarcerating Care: Taking Policing Out of Mental Health Crisis Response

16 A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma N/A September 16, 2020 with Janina Fisher, Debra Chatman-Finley, and Gliceria Pérez Special Live Six-Hour Online Training Program Approved for 6 CEs Begins Wednesday, September 16, 2020 A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

18 A Disorder for Everyone! - The Online Festival A Disorder for Everyone! - The Online Festival N/A September 18, 2020 14 hours of talks-poetry-interviews-presentations-videos-drama-panel- music etc All challenging the pathologising of emotional distress. Dip in and out at your leisure. Most of it will be recorded so you can watch at a later date. Pay what you want. This is a fundraising event with a minimum fee of £1 to maximise accessibility. Please make a donation based on what you can afford. After covering tech costs funds will go towards AD4E's future events, enabling us to offer more low cost or free places for people who can’t afford to pay. Confirmed contributors: Dr Lucy Johnstone, Indigo Daya, Dr Akima Thomas, Prof Emmy van Deurzen, Dr Gabor Maté, Ruth Dixon, Paula J Caplan PhD, Pat McArdle, Bob Whitaker, Johann Hari, Mica Gray, Dr Karen Treisman, Michelle Benjamin, Prof Peter Kinderman, Sanah Ahsan, Stevie Lewis, Laura Delano, Dr Joanne Cacciatore, Dr James Davies, Matt Ball, Prof John Read, Sally-Ann, Viv Gordon, James & The Disorders, Lydia Daisy, Jo Watson A Disorder for Everyone! - The Online Festival A Disorder for Everyone! - The Online Festival

24 Race, Imperialism and the Contradictory Clinic Race, Imperialism and the Contradictory Clinic 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm September 24, 2020 by London Learning Cooperative A discussion on the relationship between race, imperialism and psychotherapy About this Event Mental Health Workers’ Inquiry (MHWI) are a new group of workers organising in and beyond the mental health services sector. Together, we aim to increase our understanding of the nature of work and ownership, as well as to explore clinical approaches that foreground anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism. Our primary purpose is to develop ways of marrying member-led trade union organising with innovative financial vehicles to transform our current workplaces from within. In addition to creating new institutions, we propose radically to re-imagine those that already exist. This discussion will focus on the relationship between race, imperialism and psychotherapy, exploring both the oppressive legacy of the clinic and how its contradictions can lead to a transformative and liberatory practice. Race, Imperialism and the Contradictory Clinic Race, Imperialism and the Contradictory Clinic