Events and Seminars
| Event | : | The Travelling Home: Community Social Work and Psychotherapy with Traveller Communities |
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| Venue | : | LUMEN 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT |
| Date | : | 22/09/2012 |
| Duration | : | 10am - 1pm |
| Delegates | : | 25 |
| Extra Info | : | This seminar will explore the psychotherapeutic needs of the Traveller Communities. Neglected by the mainstream psychotherapy world, ridiculed by the media and vilified by much of the public, members of the Traveller Communities face an uphill struggle to access therapeutic services. The speaker will draw on his extensive experience in working with these communities to examine the ways in which we as psychotherapists can ensure that our practice is truly accessible to all. Building on icap's continuing interest in notions of home in the in the life experiences of those who have experienced trauma, the seminar will seek to discuss ways in which a therapeutic home can be offered to those whose notions of home, belonging and stability may be very different from our own. Michael Ridge is a Community and Generic Social Worker with Irish Travellers and Gypsies (Statutory Sector) since 2000. He holds Dip in Social Work and MA in Social Work. He has been involved with Irish Traveller Movement Britain, (Voluntary Sector) Management Board as a Trustee since 2002. Michael is also a qualified Art Therapist. Michael has not practiced as an Art Therapist with Travellers and Gypsies however he has harnessed art in his community social work projects with Travellers and Gypsies and he will share that art and these community social work projects with us on the 22 September. Michael won an outstanding journal article award this year for a paper he co wrote last year with a Psycharitist entitled "Addressing the impact of social exclusion on mental heath in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. This paper was published in the "Mental Heath and Social Inclusion" Journal. * icap (Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy) provides culturally-sensitive psychotherapy to members of the Irish community in Britain and specialises in treating the unusually high prevalence of mental illness found in the Irish community, both as a consequence of enforced migration and as a result of experiences of institutional abuse. To book call 020 7272 7906 or email Maria@icap.org.uk |
| Organised By | : | icap |
| Web Link | : | http://www.icap.org.uk/therapist_training_event/therapist-training/ |