Jamie's News

Here I share updates about my work, events I’m involved in, and reflections on topics that shape my practice. Some posts are personal insights from my own learning; others are pieces I think might be meaningful or useful for clients and colleagues.

This post is inspired by the betwixtness of the final day of Black History Month 2025 today, the beginning of National Care Leavers Month   tomorrow, and draws on my previous reflections on Francis Weller and Eldership . A couple of weeks ago, I was introduced by fabulous care-experienced pal Dr Rosie Canning to equally wonderful acquaintance, Phil Frampton . Like many, I had heard of Phil's book The Golly in the Cupboard (now 3rd Edition - plug only £0.72 p on Kindle -

Click for booking page I love organising Aashna's events. What is wonderful about them is they usually come about through a beautiful...

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[Image description: A poster of the screening with details of the event reading: Asshna+ & Kinoema present UNSEEN, a film by Set...

Only by multiplying our circles of care – in the first instance, by expanding our notion of kinship – will we achieve the psychic...

"what reconstitutes the psyche, in addition to understanding what happened, is reestablishing our place within the wider cosmological context. We must be restored and re-storied to complete the rough initiation that was precipitated by trauma. In other words, we must return to our lives as vital and engaged participants in the deep song of the world"  I had a lovely voice message exchange since writing of my romance with Francis Weller's Five Gates of Grief. I tracked back to

Booking page We are holding a screening of Who I Am Not at Aashna on Friday 7 February 2025, a documentary that has only been screened...

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I recently shared this brief post on the implications of data colonialism on the future of therapy. Paul Atkinson recently shared a...

Erika Mansnerus and I will be in discussion next Saturday at the book launch of sissy lykou's Therapy: the basics - A celebration Sat...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I co-curate the monthly community newsletter! It's a true community...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I co-curate the monthly community newsletter! It's a true community...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I co-curate the monthly community newsletter! It's a true community...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I co-curate the monthly community newsletter beautifully constructed...

Jamie has written a Chapter "Growth" in Lisa Cherry's recently published The Brightness of Stars: Stories from Care Experienced Adults to...

Jamie led a workshop in creating emergent poetry exploring the theme of a Care Utopia at The Care Journey, Next Chapter. A beautiful...

Beautiful to be asked with @maryhodd to join Episode 4 of Let’s Talk Conflict S2 where we joined the amazing @leap_cc group of #cep to...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I curate the monthly community newsletter beautifully constructed by...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I curate the monthly community newsletter beautifully constructed by...

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I curate the monthly community newsletter beautifully constructed by...