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SUMMARY:Shining a Light on Death - Illuminating the Wisdom Within - Wendy Halford
DESCRIPTION:Arguably\, the ability to feel comfortable around the subject of death is one of the great gifts of life. As a human\, you will face your own death and likely the deaths of loved ones. As a therapist\, you will often hear about death in relation to your clients too. This brief talk will include a look at some of the findings from the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death (Jan 2022)\, a description of “normal dying\,” a reminder that our own “wisdom within” is always available to us.  I will include considerations and suggestions when supporting people who are dying\, and general planning ideas around our own deaths.  There will also be a 5 minute film about “normal dying”. \nWendy is a former Registered Nurse who trained as a Soul Midwife in 2013. She facilitates educational workshops in death literacy for professionals and individuals\, encouraging participants to become ambassadors in their own circles for conversations around death and dying. In 2023 she was part of the organising committee for Kicking the Bucket\, a festival of living and dying\, which took place in and around Oxford.
URL:https://oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk/event/shining-a-light-on-death-illuminating-the-wisdom-within-wendy-halford/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, St Giles\, Oxford
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SUMMARY:Psychotherapy with Survivors of War and Complex Loss - Sushila Dhall
DESCRIPTION:Complex/multiple traumatisation and complex loss can cause people fleeing war to become highly dysregulated\, lose trust in life and sense of self\, be unable to relax\, sleep or engage in life\, due to powerful flashbacks and intrusive bad memories\, and get physically ill from the impact of extreme overwhelm and loss. How do we work in psychotherapy with people who are very easily re-traumatised and have no secure base?  Using anonymised case examples from Refugee Resource\, I will describe how we can help people to come into the present\, process extreme trauma and start to live again\, even while they may be homeless\, do not know where family members are and/or do not know if they will be allowed to live safely in the UK. \nSushila Dhall has been working as a psychotherapist for 27 years\, and has worked for the NHS\, privately\, and for Refugee Resource in the Counselling Service for 21 years. She is also a trainer and supervisor.
URL:https://oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk/event/psychotherapy-with-survivors-of-war-and-complex-loss-sushila-dhall/
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SUMMARY:The Myths and Truths of Female Violence - Anna Motz
DESCRIPTION:In this talk Forensic Psychotherapist Anna Motz explores the taboo of female violence\, and its denial\, describing how the idealisation of women renders invisible their potential for aggression and re-enactment of trauma. This is particularly true for mothers\, who are especially idealised and romanticised. The difficulty of seeing women\, in their complexity\, agency and capacity for violence\, has implications for the assessment and treatment of all female offenders. Despite evidence that women can and do commit acts of violence\, against others\, notably their intimate partners\, their children and\, less frequently\, against members of the public\, the denial of female violence remains an entrenched social prejudice. As Welldon revealed\, the intergenerational transmission of maternal violence can be traced across at least three generations of women. Using clinical material to illustrate the theory of maternal narcissism Motz will elaborate on essential treatment issues in working with mothers who have committed serious acts of violence\, and also highlight the need to keep hope alive in these complex and often tragic cases. \nAnna Motz is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist\, consultant clinical and forensic psychologist\, forensic psychotherapist and author of several books\, most recently A Love that Kills: Stories of Forensic Psychology and Female Violence. She was  past president of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and is a  consultant for the  EOS service at HMP Bronzefield working with Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust for high risk complex women.  She is also a supervisor\, lecturer and expert in criminal and civil cases and has worked in forensic services for over 30 years.
URL:https://oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk/event/domestic-violence-anna-motz/
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SUMMARY:A Guilty Victim\, Recovering after Trauma and Abuse - The Story of a Case Study - Toby Ingham
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, I will introduce the story of my work with William Smith and the book\, A Guilty Victim (Karnac\, March 2025)\, that grew out of it. A Guilty Victim tells the true story of a man’s recovery from grooming and sexual abuse at a Catholic boarding school in Ireland in the 1970s. It is an account of psychotherapy with an adult survivor\, written with the client’s full consent. The book presents a unique insight into the process of psychotherapy in action\, with nine moving illustrations created by the client to tell his life story. \nAbout Toby: \nToby Ingham is a UK-based psychotherapist and supervisor and member of the BPF. A former Clinical Director of South Bucks Counselling\, his writing has been commended in the British Journal of Psychotherapy.
URL:https://oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk/event/a-guilty-victim-recovering-after-trauma-and-abuse-the-story-of-a-case-study-toby-ingham/
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