Touch, Consent, and Psychedelic Therapy

Monthly Members PsySocial

Topic: Touch, Consent, and Psychedelic Therapy

For this month's PsySocial we welcome Adam Wilder, an experienced circling and authentic relating facilitator and coach, along with Togetherness movement founder, Lizzi Luminati.

Following on from the success of his workshop at this year's psychedelic Breaking Convention conference, Adam will be joining our own Mags Houston in discussion on the key issues when it comes to consent between guides and patients in the arena of psychedelic therapy. 

At a time when ethics in the psychedelic therapy world are being called into question more than ever before, Adam will use the Wheel of Consent framework to show us how we can explore our "shadows", gaining insights into the desires we suppress in ourselves, so that we might be better equipped to support people in a psychedelic experience. 

“When we interact with a client, partner, co-worker or family member, are we doing what they want us to do, or what they allow us to do? What’s the difference and why does it matter? Our professional work is not immune from the power of our often unconscious desires, be they for the physical contact we may not have in our private lives, the validation we secretly seek or perhaps the need to be experienced as wise and powerful. Whilst we can mitigate the impact of these desires with professional protocols and training, our current models of consent and touch dynamics are often limited because they lack a clear map for tracking the fundamental element: ‘who is this action for?’" - Adam Wilder

Adam will be running an online course with us this autumn which will delve into the detail of Wheel of Consent and how it might help us be better psychedelic guides.

Location: 14 Bedford Square

We will be moving from our usual Love Shack location for this event to 14 Bedford Square, WC1B 3JA, a beautiful Georgian townhouse in the heart of central London and the current home of our friends at &Soul. The venue sells drinks and we will provide light snacks but feel free to also bring food if you wish to eat as there are no vendors on site. You will have time after the event to socialise freely and continue conversations with the people you've met during the evening.

Schedule
19:00: Arrive, socialise & nibbles
20:00: Mini workshop and Q&A discussion with Adam Wilder and Lizzi Luminati
21:00: Socialise & network!

Guest Speakers

Adam Wilder

Adam is a human connection & boundaries coach, facilitator and founder of the Togetherness movement. He is known for creating Shhh Dating, the world's first speed dating experience based on non-verbal connection games. In 2019, he launched the House of Togetherness pop-up in Covent Garden which welcomed 8,000 people through its doors to learn and experience new practices for vibrant and authentic relating.

Adam curates the Togetherness venue at Wilderness festival annually, making exceptional experiences in Human Connection accessible to a festival audience. The venue was voted in the top 3 experiences of the festival. It was there in 2019 that he hosted the largest ever mass-spooning circle with 1447 spooners.

Adam has worked with more than 20,000 people in person and online. He is a trained counsellor, a certified wheel of consent and Circling facilitator and a big advocate for playfulness and creativity. He regularly delivers creative and culture-changing workshops to businesses and organisations. More at AdamWilder.com

Lizzi Luminati

Lizzi Luminati has worked at the cutting edge of mental health for over 3 decades in the fields of psychotherapy, yoga therapy and drama therapy. With a lightness of touch and a highly developed intuition, Lizzi uses her laser focus and heartfelt compassion to creatively facilitate deep transformational change for groups and individuals.

Driven by a deep-seated passion for the evolution of our collective consciousness, Lizzi trained as a oneness facilitator in 2009 and is a certified psychedelic assisted psychotherapist with the Integrative Psychiatry Institute. She also studied with The Conscious Dying Institute to become a certified death doula and end of life facilitator. 

Lizzi’s embodied wisdom has led colleagues to describe her as ‘a therapist’s therapist – a paragon in healing and transformational psychotherapy.’ Bringing the depth of her experience as a healer, Lizzi’s feminine presence and playful spirit creates a safe and supportive space for in depth healing in order to greet these troubled times with resilience, courage and love. 

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