Psychotherapy in Times of Political Unrest

Overview

What do we offer a patient when the system is the thing that failed them?

Girish Karnad wrote Tughlaq in 1964, as the hope of a new nation began to sour. It follows a brilliant, idealistic Sultan who marches a whole city to Daulatabad and mints a coin anyone can forge. With every failure he grows more alone.

This workshop is for practising psychotherapists and aspiring mental health professionals to come together and think about their role during political unrest. There is no personal without the political, and so we wonder what kind of support we offer when the system fails our patients.

Participants are expected to read Girish Karnad's Tughlaq (1964) before the workshop, and to bring some art materials for a closing grounding activity.

What This Workshop Will Explore

• What we offer a patient when the system fails them
• Whether we maintain neutrality or join our patients as advocates
• How we take care of ourselves while holding space for our patients during such a time

Who This Is For

Practising psychotherapists and aspiring mental health professionals.

About the Facilitator

Ms. Mihika Ghoshal is a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist & Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioner at Lost & Found Psychotherapy. She works at the intersection of the creative arts and psychoanalysis, and contributes to community mental health projects on gender-based violence and queer mental health.

Important Note