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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🚨DATE CHANGE🚨 The new date for this event is Monday 16th November See below for details 👇

Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“The mystification of whiteness as culture was formed through the opposition of “primitive” societies to a “modern” one... but just speaking of internalisation of these negative images, or reenactments seems quite simplistic and denies the agency of the colonised." southoftherapy.com/unlivable-so...

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Unlivable societies: on coloniality, whiteness and transgression - South of Therapy

Featured photo credit: Clay LeConey INTRODUCTION This is for all my Global South siblings. I am speaking from my experience of growing up in Peru, but I do suspect aspects

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Full community access includes live access to all training events (free webinars and discounted workshops, depending on tier), regular meetings that include community get-togethers, and reading and reflective groups. ...about 40 hours of CPD per year. buymeacoffee.com/sarmientover...

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Membership | Lucia Sarmiento Verano

Hi, thank you for visiting my Community Page. I hold regular meetings and reading groups for community members and provide a monthly newsletter with resources and reflective prompts on the topics of o

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We cover topics like power in therapy, therapist identity, oppression and its impact on mental health, how to integrate this knowledge to our practice, resistance and care, ethical thinking, etc... Engaging with our content and resources added up to about 20 hours of CPD this year. 2/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨 NOW OPEN 🚨 The South of Therapy Community of Practice: A space for support & resources in your journey to develop an anti-oppressive praxis. A monthly newsletter with resources & reflective prompts, regular meetings, and a forum to exchange with other members.1/ buymeacoffee.com/sarmientover...

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We will not have time to explore all points in depth but I will provide all the references so you can see for yourself... + a two weeks' access to the recording for anyone who wishes to revisit it or can't attend live. Join us here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1992567309...

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Webinar: Whiteness in Therapy

An introductory session to understand how whiteness shows up in the mental health field and possible avenues for resistance.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is why this presentation focuses on what I understand by the relational and deep embodied impact of whiteness on our work. It will be an invitation for each of us to recognise these dynamics in us and around us, and to begin dismantling them. 3/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Decades of research by incredible thinkers underpin this. There are many clever ways to understand whiteness and how it impacts therapy. The more I do this work the more I understand that this has to cease being an intellectual exercise & become an open invitation for deep embodied emotional work.2/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

📢 Webinar: Whiteness in Therapy 7th Sep - 6pm Pay what you can afford I'd like to say a bit more about it. I have been speaking about whiteness & colonialism in mental health for years &although the fundamentals have not changed, my focus has slightly shifted. 1/ www.eventbrite.com/e/1992567309...

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Webinar: Whiteness in Therapy

An introductory session to understand how whiteness shows up in the mental health field and possible avenues for resistance.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In two weeks 👇 Pay what you can afford tickets

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨Next in the South Dialogues series Class as Proximity to Harm: a conversation followed by an open forum. 📌 Online via Zoom Monday 5th October | 5pm to 6.30pm (BST) Concessions available Free for Community Members Tickets include access to the recording www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...

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South Dialogues: Class and proximity to harm

Exploring perspectives of class as proximity to harm and what mental health professionals might need to know to better support people.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Do you need a space that will help you understand yourself and your experiences? Would you benefit from professional support to navigate the complex emotions that emerge in this process? Therapy from an anti-oppressive perspective might be for you. More info through the link in bio.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Anti-oppressive support will offer language by naming what might be happening, but it will always be a suggestion rather than an explanation. Further exploration to see if it fits the person’s experience is always part of this process. Finding OUR OWN way of understanding ourselves is the focus.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

However, during the meaning-making process, we might be tempted to internalise someone else’s perspective again. Therapeutic language & discourse can be used to interpret & explain some of what we experience. It can also take over our understanding without considering our context.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The process of finding language may be painful, especially if experiences of trauma, discrimination or silencing are involved. These feelings can be held with the clarity we gain by making meaning of our stories. We can develop self and social awareness, compassion and a plan for future action.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Part of the liberation process is examining one’s experience in a way that helps us make meaning. This includes finding language to understand ourselves and what we face when we navigate society. We can then decide where and how we want to communicate our experiences.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Language & Epistemic Injustice. The inequality in accessing language or discourses that help us make meaning, understand & communicate our experiences. Certain experiences are often invisibilised. Marginalised communities are excluded from spaces where discourse is produced.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Power in Therapy The presentation I delivered is now up for you to watch on YouTube! About the links between the concept of Power in society and its impact on mental health... including how this may play up in therapeutic practice. Watch it here: youtu.be/rZ1ksisppOg?...

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Understanding Power in Therapeutic Practice - Lucia Sarmiento

YouTube video by Therapy and Social Change Network (TaSC) Network

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We aim to keep adding to what we offer. This is why prices will increase after our August break. if you were on the fence about joining, this is your last opportunity to do so as at the current price point! Let me know if you have any questions. Join us: buymeacoffee.com/sarmientover...

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From September we will continue offering resources and spaces on top of our regular forums and training events (two of which are already on the calendar!). We will also add: - ongoing reflective spaces - content based on readings and research - early access to blogs - all events recordings 3/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

So far we have provided: - 10 newsletters with resources - 7 community meetings & 3 reading groups - 2 webinars & 1 workshop - 2 south dialogues (interview and open forum) For a total of more than 30 hours of CPD, and the basis for a tight-knit community of practitioners. 2/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 Last change to join at our current price point Our Community of Practice will soon turn 1 year old! Since its launch last September it has become a small but strong community providing spaces and resources to support therapists in their journey towards anti-oppressive practice. 1/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'm also very grateful for my own therapist's patience 😁

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Maria Christou @mariacervin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I think they are so @sarmientoverano.bsky.social niche 😉

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📢 Webinar: Whiteness in Therapy Mon, 7th September 2026 Pay what you can afford *Free for Community of Practice members* An introductory session to understand how whiteness shows up in the mental health field and possible avenues for resistance. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-wh...

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Webinar: Whiteness in Therapy

An introductory session to understand how whiteness shows up in the mental health field and possible avenues for resistance.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📝New Blog! Unlivable Societies: on coloniality, whiteness and transgression Exploring colonised societies, and their complex interplay of subjection, oppression, agency and resistance, resulting in societies that seem to function based on dysfunction. southoftherapy.com/unlivable-so...

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Unlivable societies: on coloniality, whiteness and transgression - South of Therapy

Featured photo credit: Clay LeConey INTRODUCTION This is for all my Global South siblings. I am speaking from my experience of growing up in Peru, but I do suspect aspects

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Harm in therapy is not directly caused by Power difference in the room... it is caused by the disavowal of that Power. We need to do away with this illusion that we can equalise power in the room so we can learn to take responsibility for what we do and how we relate without defensiveness.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

OK next newsletter will be sent out soon. These come sporadically with new writings, announcements on upcoming events/goodies, and extra resources on decolonial thinking and anti-oppression I've found online. Curated by moi. Subscribe here: 56b49e48.sibforms.com/v2/serve/MUI...

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🚨Next in the South Dialogues series: a conversation followed by an open forum on topics relating to mental health, anti-oppression and justice. On Intersections of Disability, Race and Class 📌 Online via Zoom Monday 1st June | 3pm to 4.30pm (BST) Concessions available Free for Community Members 1/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Join us now to participate in this and our other learning/unlearning spaces! There is still time to get to know our community before we start this process. Any questions please email me. More info on the community of practice: southoftherapy.com/community/

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Community - South of Therapy

About A space for liberation, emerging consciousness and ethical practices. Join us for support in your journey. The South of Therapy project started out as a blog. Its purpose was

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New offering coming soon: Deconstructing Our Therapist Identities, a reflective group. A closed group for South of Therapy Community members to question our relationship with our work, power, privilege and oppression. A space born from one of our community conversations. 1/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Entered an existencial crisis over my PhD after a tricky couple of supervisions. A menty B as gen Z would say. Mr. Man listened to the detailed explanation of my research as if he weren't bored out of his mind & then said "why are you crying over a thesis nobody will read anyway?" I calmed down.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

LOL they have a lot of caffeine in them and sometimes other stimulants. I am sensitive to those so I only take half a dose, lest I start seeing sounds.

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🚨 NEW BLOG: Reflections on Therapeutic Love Beyond what we have learned about therapeutic skills... What does it mean to BE WITH others in ways that don’t reproduce current views on the individual? southoftherapy.com/reflections-...

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Reflections On Therapeutic Love - South of Therapy

Featured photo credit: Pourya Gohari “I found myself an object among other objects” (Fanon, 2021, p.89) Beyond western boundaries and notions of “professionalism”, lies a world of possibilities. BEING...

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

While I untertake a supervision course I will be offering group and individual supervision (starting April). Relational, anti-oppressive lens & experience working with migrants and neurodivergent clients. If you are interested please contact me via my website: www.luciasarmientoverano.com/contact/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"Exceptionalism" is a shared self-description of imperial forms and ... every empire imagines itself an exception." - Ann Laura Stoler

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If we listen to it instead of reproducing defensive reactions (such as denial or deflection), we can work through the past, act for reparations and avoid further violence. Guilt as a political emotion is an ethical challenge to take action and fight for social justice. 4/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Guilt is, according to him, proof of our connection to others who suffer and of the awareness that we are inevitably implicated in the system that creates that suffering. 3/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

However, this perspective doesn’t consider our collective experiences and the fact that we live in a system that constantly harms us and others. Theodor Adorno viewed guilt as political. Instead of individual remorse or pathology, a collective condition due to the failures of our society. 2/

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Lucia Sarmiento Verano @sarmientoverano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Perspectives ON GUILT: In individualistic perspective on Mental Health, guilt is often talked about as an emotion that needs to be worked through and dispelled. The chronic presence of guilt may be pathologised. 1/

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

New blog: Monotropism, Limerence & Autistic & ADHD Experiences. Exploring: • Deep focus • Emotional intensity • Flow • Burnout • Regulation Through a neuroaffirming lens. Find out more: autisticrealms.com/monotropism-...

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Monotropism, Limerence And Autistic ADHD Experiences | Autistic Realms

Limerence in Autistic and ADHD people may be shaped by monotropism, a natural tendency toward deep focus and emotional intensity. Rather than being unhealth ...

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