Dates: 27 March, 10 April, 24 April, 8 May, 22 May & 5 June
Time: 7pm - 9pm (90 minutes talk + 30 minutes Q&A)
Place: The Auditorium, Level 5
Access: There is step-free access via a lift
A new six-part talk series from Peckham Levels residents HumanKind Psychotherapy, designed to inspire growth, promote self-discovery, and spark meaningful conversations. Whether you're seeking guidance on your own journey or looking to strengthen your relationships, they’re here to help.
HumanKind Psychotherapy, a cozy practice in Peckham Levels specialise in providing good quality psychotherapy and counselling for individuals, couples, and groups. Their team is passionate about fostering mental wellbeing and creating a supportive community where everyone feels valued and understood.
Wednesday 27 March: Love, Lust, and Longevity: Sustaining Sexual Satisfaction in Long-Term Relationships!
With Lotte van Kouwen and Victoria Kirby
In this exciting talk we explore the unavoidable conditioning of societal relationship structures and learn about ‘sexdrive’ and how to manage different sexual desires in long-term relationships. Though it is generally known that desire changes over time, in long-term relationships this can cause quite a lot of problems, where people feel guilty, rejected, unhappy and pressured even though there is a good relationship otherwise.
Start your journey in becoming more aware of what to look out for, how to keep your sex life alive and how to communicate with your partner(s) about what you want!
Wednesday 10 April: Narratives of Healing: Harnessing the Power of Storytelling for Mental Wellbeing
With Dr Dedani Dlodlo
We are surrounded by stories, in fact we are constantly engaged in the act of storytelling. We do so out of the human impulse to make meaning and to make things makes sense. We create narratives and stories to make sense of who we are, of who they are, of what happened to us and of what is happening in our world. There is incredible power in these stories and they deeply impact how we think, feel and act.
Have you ever stopped to think of your life as a story or to think about the story that you embody? What if you could re-write your story to give your experiences a different meaning?
Join us for this interactive talk where we explore the creative art of storytelling as means of re-writing the stories of ourselves, for greater mental wellbeing.
Wednesday 24 April: The Healing Palette - Art Therapy's Role in Nurturing Mental Health and Archetypal Exploration
With Charlotte Scholey and Lotte van Kouwen
This talk will investigate the importance of creativity in exploring your sense of self. Using symbols, characters, poetry and the arts. We are investigating how the creative arts can be used to support mental health and self exploration. With the rising recognition in neurodiversity, we are also addressing how the arts may aid in communication and expression to those who present with neurodiverse symptoms. Expect connecting, art materials, a lot of play, and a lot of making!
Wednesday 8 May: Postmenopause – The Vital Third Act
With Stella Duffy
A talk and workshop in creatively dreaming the final third of our lives.
More than 50% of us experience menopause. Like other major life changes such as puberty, pregnancy, infertility, menopause is rooted in the body, and experienced in the world.
A great deal of the recent focus on menopause has looked at the problematic aspects of this life change, but the transition into postmenopause also offers us a chance to imagine what else we want from our lives, how and who else we want to be.
Taking a creative and existential approach to menopause as a wakeup call to our ageing and mortality, psychotherapist and writer Stella Duffy will share her doctoral research on the embodied experience of postmenopause along with some gentle and inclusive creative exercises designed to help us consider what we want next - and how to get there.
Bring pen, paper, possibility.
Wednesday 22 May: Unlocking Your Desires - An Exciting and Informative Start to Exploring Kink!
With Lotte van Kouwen and Victoria Kirby
This 90-minute talk, will delve into the world of kink practices and explore where you could start if kink-curious! We'll explore the psychological dynamics underlying various kink behaviours, examining themes of power dynamics, consent, identity and after care.
Drawing on both theoretical frameworks and clinical experience, we'll discuss how individuals navigate their desires within the context of kink.
Topics covered include:
Understanding the psychology of kink: exploring motivations, fantasies, and role-playing.
Examining power dynamics and consent: negotiating boundaries and maintaining safety.
Wednesday 5 June: Mindfulness Beyond Belief: Exploring Religious and Secular Paths to Awareness
With Ryan Roberts
A difficulty we often encounter in engaging with mindfulness is in the idea that its Buddhist origins means that it is, in some fundamental way, religious.
In this talk we will look at mindfulness in its Buddhist context and its more recent secular version, discovering the ways both these two worldviews align and importantly, how they differ.