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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260130T153000
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URL:https://feministtherapynetwork.org/events/community-conversation-the-m
 asters-tools-do-we-need-membership-bodies/
SUMMARY:Community Conversation - The Master's Tools: Do We Need Membership 
 Bodies?
DESCRIPTION:\n\nOnline\, peer-led space for UK-based feminist / feminist cu
 rious therapists to share experiences\, struggles\, dilemmas and think col
 lectively\n\nThe Feminist Therapy Network Community Conversations Series i
 s an online\, peer-led space for UK-based feminist / feminist curious ther
 apists to share experiences\, struggles\, dilemmas and think collectively 
 on a themed topic.\n\nThe conversations are a welcoming and informal way t
 o connect with like-minded folks and collectively explore feminist topics 
 in relation to our therapeutic practices. Each conversation is 75 minutes 
 long.\n\nThis conversation takes up Audre Lorde's famous statement: the ma
 ster's tools will never dismantle the master's house\, in order to explore
  the question \, **do we need membership bodies****?** Possible avenues fo
 r exploration together are\, what messages about professionalisation do we
  internalise from our trainings? What issues have we experienced with our 
 membership bodies? Is it possible to practice ethically without a membersh
 ip body? How might we imagine alternative practices of ethical accountabil
 ity in therapeutic practice? How do we respond when our personal ethics do
  not align with institutional codes? And\, might it be possible to subvert
  therapeutic hegemonies through using the master's tools?\n\nWe look forwa
 rd to a rich conversation together!\n\n**Previous Community Conversation t
 opics:**\n\nReclaiming feminism(s) for therapy\n\nNavigating Dual Relation
 ships\n\nTaking Care of Trans Folks: responsibilities and allyship\n\nThe 
 Trainee Experience: supporting politically engaged trainees\n\nCollective 
 Care Practices\n\nFeminist Economics: capitalism\, money and therapy\n\n**
 Suggested Future Topics:**\n\nIs there a theme or dilemma you would like t
 o explore and / or host? Please get in touch with your suggestions. Curren
 t suggestions awaiting a conversation include:\n\nBeing Therapists in the 
 Time of Extinction\n\nStatutory Regulation: is this compatible with a femi
 nist ethics?\n\nBeing a Therapist-Activist: defining our activist projects
 \n\nFeminist Therapy and Private Practice: embodying values\n\n**We need v
 olunteer Community Conversation hosts!**\n\nTo host a conversation\, you j
 ust need a Zoom account that can host groups. You don’t need any particu
 lar experience to host. If you’d like too but would like some support\, 
 please get in touch as we can provide that. We truly appreciate your suppo
 rt.
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