BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19@feministtherapynetwork.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260413T142704Z URL:https://feministtherapynetwork.org/events/the-feminist-imagination-in- therapy/ SUMMARY:The Feminist Imagination in Therapy DESCRIPTION:\n\nCollaboration with Dr. Lola Olufemi and Micha Frazer-Carrol l exploring the role of feminist imagination in therapy.\n\nAn event for t herapists trying to bridge the personal and political – a day of figurin g it out together.\n\nThe Feminist Therapy Network is excited and honoured to host a one-day collaboration with Dr. Lola Olufemi (Feminism Interrupt ed: Disrupting Power\, Experiments in Imagining Otherwise) and Micha Fraze r-Carroll (Mad World__:__ The Politics of Mental Health) exploring the rol e of feminist imagination in therapy.\n\n\n\nThis one day gathering will b e a day of disentanglement\, disruption and dreaming otherwise together. A ccompanied by presentations and provocations from Dr. Lola Olufemi and Mic ha Frazer-Carroll\, whose praxes are rooted in neo-liberal critique and im agining otherwise\, we will explore the tensions and impasses present in a politicised psychotherapeutics\, inviting us into reimagining ways of pra cticing together which are not beholden to hyper-individualism and institu tional gatekeeping. We will spend time with each other\, in reflective dia logue and/or art making practices in order to access our collective femini st imagination and consider otherwise possibilities of practicing therapy that are rooted in an interdependent ethic of care and justice-doing.\n\nT he day is a whole-hearted invitation to engage our collective feminist ima gination and explore how the psy-disciplines can re-ignite their political imaginings beyond tokenistic gestures of inclusivity and truly contend wi th the demands and possibilities of a liberatory therapeutics.\n\n\n\nDr. Lola Olufemi will be guiding us through a presentation and dialogue entitl ed “Resisting the Psychic Dimensions of Social Violence – the Feminist Imagination and Communalism” and Micha Frazer-Carroll will consider the intersections of mental health with racism\, capitalism and other social issues\, drawing upon alternatives models of care that counter pathologica l gatekeeping and the policing of our therapeutic imaginations (title tbc) .\n\n\n\nWe hope you will join us on Saturday 11th October to collectively explore questions such as:\n\n Do the psy-disciplines still hold any rev olutionary potential?\n Or\, are radical therapy practices now to become archived as nostalgic moments in our therapeutic herstories\, rather than opportunities to revisit\, reconsider and reimagine how we might manoeuvre away from therapy’s neo-liberal co-optation and respond to the demands of current times?\n What does a feminist therapeutic approach look like i n today’s social and political climate? How might revisiting radical the rapy herstories help us reshape our present?\n How can we creatively buil d a psy-commons that is collective and community-serving?\n As therapists \, how do we cultivate solidarities with one another and with other moveme nts for liberation and justice?\n\nAny dialogue that intends to critique a nd re-imagine the psy-disciplines must include the breadth of voices and e xperiences involved and affected by this work. We welcome attendance from those who not only practice within the Mental Health Industrial Complex bu t also those with lived experience of navigating it\, including survivor p erspectives and ways of knowing that exist beyond the borders and limitati ons of mainstream psychotherapeutic trainings.\n\n\n\n**Invited Guests:**\ n\n**Dr. Lola Olufemi** is a black feminist writer and Associate Lecturer based in the Design School at University Arts London: London College of Co mmunication. Her work focuses on the utility of the political imagination in the textual and visual cultures of radical social movements\, examining the role cultural production plays in materialist resistance and collecti ve conceptualisations of futurity. She is author of Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Pluto Press\, 2020)\, Experiments in Imagining Otherwise (Hajar Press\, 2021)\, the forthcoming Against Literature (2026) and a me mber of 'bare minimum'\, an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective. S he occasionally curates and is a member of the organising team at the Femi nist Library based in Peckham.\n\n**Micha Frazer-Caroll** is a journalist\ , editor and author of Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Pluto Pre ss\, 2023). She is a columnist at the Independent and has previously edite d for gal-dem\, the Guardian and Blueprint\, a mental health magazine that she founded. Micha has also written for Vogue\, HuffPost\, Huck and Dazed . She was nominated for the Comment Awards’ Fresh New Voice of the Year Award\, and the Observer/Anthony Burgess Award for Arts Criticism. She is invested in using journalism to challenge systems of power.\n\n**Venue and access information:**\n\nThis event will take place at Lift - 45 White Li on Street | London | N1 9PW. Lift is a community organisation supporting y oung people in Islington. We have hired an entire floor comprising of two large rooms and two smaller rooms\, one of which will be a dedicated quiet space. You will also have access to Lift’s outdoor roof top terrace dur ing breaks and lunch (shared with people attending other events in the bui lding).\n\nHere is some information about the access provisions already in place:\n\n· Our venue\, Lift\, is fully wheelchair accessible and there is an accessible toilet on the floor we are using.\n\n· There are two set s of gender-neutral toilets on the floor we are using\n\n· A dedicated qu iet room will be available all day\n\n· Lunch is provided and will includ e vegetarian\, vegan and gluten-free options\n\nWe recognise that these ar e not exhaustive\; If you have particular access needs to allow you to tak e part in this event\, please get in touch.\n\n**Before Booking Your Ticke t:**\n\nIf you are new to the Feminist Therapy Network\, please visit our website to get a sense of our work\, intentions and ethos . By purchasing a ticket\, you are agreeing to attend the event in accordance with the FTN ethos . Unkind or discriminatory behaviours will be called in.\n\n**About The Feminist Therapy Network:**\nThe  Feminist Therapy Network  launche d in May 2023. It exists to build a grassroots community of therapeutic pr actitioners interested in feminist perspectives and activism within their practices. It is committed to a trans-inclusive and intersectional feminis t  ethos  that engages with both remembering and re-imagining radical fe minist therapeutic praxes. We are in the constant process of unlearning an d relearning and welcome your input and involvement as we continue to buil d and grow the FTN community together. 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