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15-16 May, 2026 Online Conference- Islam: Therapy, Spirituality & Politics The Myth of Therapeutic Neutrality
Part of the established tradition of mental health work is that the therapeutic space is ‘neutral’. This idea of neutrality, developed in the West, has been exported globally to places and people with mixed experiences of many Western conceptions, including justice. Increasingly attention from diverse perspectives critique the idea of therapeutic neutrality as a myth.… Read more
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Call for Papers: Justice in Therapy: Decolonising the Curriculum
Saturday 25th April 2026 10:00-17:00 Black Psychotherapy, working in partnership and with sponsorship from the University of East London School of Childhood and Social Care, invites submissions for our upcoming conference on Justice in Therapy: Decolonising the Curriculum. This conference builds on the findings from previous participatory conferences exploring justice in therapy, continuing the urgent… Read more
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Open letter to the Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society (PCS) Editorial Board and to colleagues in other institutions committed to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
We are psychoanalytic practitioners and researchers who stand with Palestine against the apartheid Israeli state and the ongoing genocide, and we are committed to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a necessary response (https://www.bdsmovement.net/pacbi). BDS applies to Israeli state institutions, including the universities, which are closely tied to the Israeli state. Through 2025 we have… Read more
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Free Online Event: International Forum for Socially Engaged Psychoanalysis Rhizome Seminar – Psychoanalysis and Social Change
Dates:March 21stApril 18thMay 2nd and 16th The Mass Psychology of Fascism – Wilhelm Reich Lisbon 2 PM | New York 9 AMFree online participation upon prior registration at criacaopsicanalitica@gmail.com Facilitator: Miguel Moita, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Co-director of the Center for Psychoanalytic Creation, member of the International Forum for Socially Engaged Psychoanalysis, former president of the… Read more
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Recorded seminar: Psychoanalysis, Race and Coloniality – Intersectionality, by Thamy Ayouch [Portuguese]
These are the recordings of the seminar “Psychoanalysis, race and coloniality- intersectionality” offered by Thamy Ayouch at UNIFOR in Fortaleza. Author’s bio: Thamy Ayouch fue asignado como hombre, prescripción con la que se identifica, aunque de forma no binaria. Nació en Marruecos y ha vivido como extranjero íntimo en varios países. Se ha esforzado por cruzar… Read more
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An Impossible Return: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Going Back Home by Maria Veronica Laguna
A year ago, I moved from New York City back to Montevideo, Uruguay, the country where I am originally from. Yet the Montevideo I returned to was not the same city I had left thirteen years earlier, and I, too, was no longer the same person. One afternoon, while walking through its streets, rediscovering places… Read more
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