Feminist Therapy Network first anniversary

The Feminist Therapy Network launched in May 2023. Join us for our anniversary event where we will celebrate the first year of the network and continue to build feminist community and solidarities together.

We will be joined by:

• Lucia Sarmiento Verano , speaking on Justice and Liberation in the Therapy Room.
• Rebecca Morgan, in conversation on the rise on anti-trans panic in the UK and her new book Gender Heretics
• Lynne Segal, in conversation about her life as feminist activist and her latest book Lean on Me: A Politics of Radicahe Red Clinic Collectivel Care
• Members of The Red Clinic collective (more info coming soon!)
• The Feminist Library, a trans-inclusive and intersectional feminist collective, will be selling feminist books and available to talk about their collection of feminist archives and their manifesto and principles.

Alongside joining the conversation with our wonderful speakers, there will also be opportunity to learn more about the Feminist Therapy Network - our ethos, the work we’ve been doing, ways we’re trying to build this feminist therapy community, what we have planned, and how you can get involved.

Guest Bios:

Lucia Sarmiento Verano (she/her) is a humanistic psychotherapist in private practice in Oxford and online. With a background in Sociology and Political Science, she specialises in integrating the social context and liberatory approaches in her work. She has experience delivering training and facilitating reflective discussions around topics of anti-oppression and decolonial thinking in mental health. Alongside her work as a therapist and trainer, Lucia is undertaking research on the topics of coloniality, whiteness and resistance as a Ph.D. student at the Birkbeck University of London. Lucia's writings can be found on her blog South of Therapy. IG | Twitter: @sarmientoverano .

Rebecca Morgan is a historian of trans and religious politics from South Wales. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham, where she teaches Liberal Arts, and she is the author of Gender Heretics: Evangelicals, Feminists, and the Alliance Against Trans Liberation (2023), a deep dive into the relationship between anti-trans feminism and conservative Christianity.

Lynne Segal is a Jewish, socialist feminist academic and activist and author of numerous books and articles on feminism, including Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy (2017), Why feminism?: gender, psychology, politics (1999) and Beyond the fragments: feminism and the making of socialism (1981) and founding member of The Care Collective. She is an active voice against the Palestinian occupation. Her latest book is .

is a non-hierarchical intersectional trans-inclusive and transfeminist collective based in South London. They have a large collection of feminist literature that focuses on smaller radical publishers, women’s presses and DIY publications that document herstories of grassroots, accessible and intersectional feminism. They are a library and community space that supports research, activist and community projects.

The Red Clinic are a collective of communist mental health workers united for a radical psychotherapy, informed by Marxist, anti-racist, queer feminist, indigenous, decolonial and radical disability theories. More information coming soon!

SOLIDARITY SWIM and AFTER-DRINKS

As well as an event space, West Reservoir is a beautiful open water swimming venue . So, for those of you that would like a post-event Solidarity Swim together, we are currently liaising with reservoir staff on how to arrange this and will share information nearer the time.

Don't want to swim, but still want to hang out and chat with folks some more? No problem! We have a space reserved in the garden at from 5.30pm onwards which is just a five minute walk away.

We hope you’ll be able to join us and keep the conversations going a little longer - in water or on land!

RESPECT & SOLIDARITY

This event will held in accordance with the Feminist Therapy Network's ethos. Please familiar yourself with our ethos before purchasing a ticket. We are gathering with the intention of unlearning and learning together and embodying respect and solidarity in our interactions with each other. This includes - but is not limited to - being respectful of, and not making assumptions on folks' pronouns and being aware of our positionalities as we share space together.

Should anything feel difficult for you on the day, the organisers - Rebecca, sissy and LV - will be available for solidarity and care and will make themselves known at the start of the event.

FURTHER DETAILS

Arriving: The venue will be open for arrivals from 1pm onwards. If you arrive earlier, there is an onsite café, or just wait outside if the sun is out! If you can, please try to arrive with your eventbrite tickets on your device. We will open the event at 1.20pm.

Travel: West Reservoir Centre is 10 minute walk from Manor House and 15 minute walk from Finsbury Park tubes. Buses 141, 341 and 106 stop close by. Car parking and bike racks are available.

Accessibility: West Reservoir is a fully accessible venue. More details on accessibility can be found here. Please contact us if you have a specific access need we can support with.

We will gather together in the beautiful Tower Room with views of the water. We have chosen this space due to it's high ceilings and plenty of space (twice as much as we need). Mask wearing is not required but will be welcomed. We recommend bringing a mask to enable more easeful conversations with those wearing.

On the day, if you are experiencing Covid symptoms, please test before travelling to the event and do not come if you test positive.

Refreshments: We’ll be providing herbal teas, cakes and water. There is on-site café should you wish to purchase alternative drinks or snacks.

About the Feminist Therapy Network (FTN)

The Feminist Therapy Network launched in May 2023. It exists to build a grassroots community of therapeutic practitioners interested in feminist perspectives and activism within their practices. It is committed to a trans-inclusive and intersectional feminist ethos that engages with both remembering and re-imagining radical feminist therapeutic praxes. We are in the constant process of unlearning and relearning and welcome your input and involvement as we continue to build and grow the FTN community together.

The organisers of this anniversary event are Rebecca Esho Greenslade (she/her), LV Penman (they/them) and sissy lykou (she/her).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

West Reservoir Centre, Green Lanes, London, United Kingdom