Stillpoint Spaces London

Our Women in Psychoanalysis & Culture reading group starts this Saturday - join us as we use psychoanalytic and philosophical texts to explore how women are depicted in photography and film. More info & tickets: http://ow.ly/MpZv50uUdjJ

We are really looking forward to brainstorming some great future events with you all tomorrow at our Race & Racism in contemporary Britain workshop. FYI - we have aircon! 😅🌞

Are you a queer womxn interested in psychoanalysis and psychology in general? Starting in September, we are hosting a monthly reading group for queer womxn to explore relevant psychodynamic and psychoanalytical literature together. Join us!

TONIGHT: Join us for the opening of 'Space', an exhibition by Julia White here at Stillpoint Spaces London. A follow up to 'Light' at 504 Brixton earlier this year, Julia has produced a series of coloured acetate window installations, using light as a medium to illuminate, interrupt, and play in The Lab. All welcome - FREE ENTRY. More info:

NEW: Our Friday writing sessions are back! Join us for hours of uninterrupted, mobile phone free, writing and mindfulness with psychologist and mindfulness coach Paul Christelis.

Need a space for your event, meeting or workshop? A reminder that our Lab and Library spaces are available for hire, with 15% discount for members.
More info: https://buff.ly/2WDnFaV.

Missed the 1st event? 'Women in Psychoanalysis and Culture: Desire, Fantasy & Textuality' is back 13th July! Come along to discuss psychoanalytic and philosophical texts in order to investigate the depiction of women in photography and film. Info & tix:

Our friends at Aashna are looking for therapists and supervisors who would like to join their new project Aashna+, an initiative that will provide a longer-term, low-cost service for people from marginalised groups who may otherwise struggle to access therapy. Aashna+ will also support therapists to develop a practice that is sensitive to difference and the implications of existing power structures in therapy and beyond. More info and how to apply:

Our friends The Weekend University are back 29th and 30th June with 'Compassion Focused Therapy: An Introductory Workshop for Practitioners' and 'A Day on Neuroscience' enter 'STILLPOINT' at checkout for £10 off!

We thought this was an interesting post to share with followers of our page. It invites questions from the client's perspective of how much of a psychotherapist is about technique, and how much is about being human. Therapists have to occupy a space that is both professionally boundaried and authentically human. While dogmatic attachment to received boundaries can be harmful, keeping the frame is essential.
Each manage this balance a different way. Being human, however, thera...pists will naturally disappoint their clients at times. Working honestly and humanely with the disappointments that arise is an essential aspect of ethically grounded and psychologically productive therapeutic practice.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments section below.
https://www.vice.com/…/art…/8xb8d3/ne w-therapist-loss-issues
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Tomorrow is National Coworking Day 2019! To celebrate we are opening our doors to the public - come in and work with us for free! Just drop in, or register with Desana here:

JUST ANNOUNCED: 'Space', an exhibition by Julia White. A follow-up to the exhibition 'Light' held at 504 Brixton earlier this year, in 'Space' Julia has produced a series of coloured acetate window installations, employing light as a medium to illuminate, interrupt, and play within our space in The Lab. This event is free - all welcome!
RSVP:

Celebrating Clerkenwell Design Week!

Trigger warning #tw
Brave & important report of terrible injustice that our colleague Bonny Turner, like many others, endured after she was raped, even though the perpetrator confessed in writing. https://buff.ly/2VMxUy5 #MeToo #RapeDecriminalised

"Soul is an action of the body. It is a verb: ’to soul’. The body souls, just as it runs, cries or laughs. The neurons between your ears are the body, and their concert, the soul, is the action of a magnificent molecular machine." - Dr. Gus Lott.
In our final live supervision session, we will consider ‘souling’ as a frame for what may embody in the therapeutic dyad, and by extension, the supervisory relationship.
Join us:

Calling all coaches, counsellors, therapists, and psychologists: do you see clients on Saturdays? We have five beautiful built-for-purpose rooms available at a reduced rate. DM us or email london@stillpointspaces.com for more info. #StillpointSpacesLondon

Since joining I’ve written several things for writing courses, and three articles which were published online. The group is a really mutually supportive space, I love that there are no phones, and that I’m not as influenced by what’s to be found on the internet while writing. The mindful induction at the start of each session helps with grounding and eschewing the worries of the day, creating focus and calm. I highly recommend the group to people who write sometimes but can’t make time regularly - expect three hours of blissful, focussed me-time. - Josina Calliste, writing group member.
Join us - 50% off if you enter WRITING5O at checkout. Free to members as always.