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.

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Thursday 12 November 2026 — A gathering to celebrate care experienced voices, stories and the possibilities we can create together. This November, I'm delighted to be involved in bringing together a special National Care Leavers Month celebration in Brighton & Hove, alongside care experienced people, the Brighton & Hove Care Leavers Forum, community organisations and colleagues from across the city. What began as the idea for a book launch has gradually grown into something m

Bringing people together to make Christmas Day something special for young adults leaving care. This year, I have been working alongside a growing community of care experienced people, foster carers, volunteers, neighbours and local organisations to bring back the Brighton & Hove Care Leavers Christmas Dinner, for the first time in seven years. For many young people leaving foster care or children's homes, the transition into adulthood can come with a sudden loss of support a

- Community Gathering, Wednesday 10/9/26, 7 pm Following the publication of the independent report into the early deaths of young people who had been in care, Dr Lisa Cherry OBE, with the support of the Care Leavers Association, brought us together to acknowledge and honour the grief it had stirred within our community. Through conversation, ritual, and quiet moments of remembrance, we made space to grieve collectively, recognise the lives of those no longer with us, and to

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An image of Ethel Colquhoun's The Tree of Veins as an invitation image for a contemplation on "Care and Being Seen in the Presence of the Enigmatic." An abstract, tree-like network of branching lines resembling veins, roots and branches toward a heart-shaped flower/petals that beam energy from a central heart flower. The forms pulse and interconnect, evoking the flow of life, transmission, and unseen connections moving between bodies and environments. I was invited by Sommerv

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I co-curate the community newsletter! It's a true community effort exploring all things intersectionality and therapy! Check out our latest Aashna's There is a Wall series: Reflections on non-visible disability and illness - ableism, and its impact on ‘passing’ in therapy. An image of the beginning of the second Aashna There is a Wall Series newsletter click it to pen full newsletter. Click to read the full ne

Following my contemplation at Somerville College on care and being seen in the presence of the enigmatic, I was invited to join Rich Devine and Tim Fisher for a discussion on the Messy Social Work podcast, where we explored the ideas of Jean Laplanche, the enigmatic, suffering, care, and staying with what we don’t yet understand.

As part of the Aashna Counselling and Psychotherapy Creative team, I co-curate the community newsletter! It's a true community effort exploring all things intersectionality and therapy! Check out our latest Aashna's There is a Wall series: Reflections on the physical and attitudinal barriers that reinforce ableism and disability in therapy Click to read the full newsletter

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...

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

[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...

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

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...