Saturday 23rd November

Registration 8.30am – programme from 9.00am to 6.00pm

Ticket sales via: www.existentialanalysis.org.uk

Students £70, Members £90, Non-members £100

Venue: NCVO, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

(Nearest Tube: Kings Cross)

Love and hate are passions that shape our lives and our practice. The 2013 SEA Conference will explore these emotions and the tension between them: their creative and destructive aspects, the consequences of favouring one over the other, the truths and lies they engender – and more.

We will hear from Emmy van Deurzen on existential relationship therapy, from John Heaton on the ecstatic as the mediator and from Trevor Butt  on hatred as an elaborative choice.

Some of our other speakers will explore ‘Love and Hate’:

• as ‘magnificent monsters’ in today’s cultural landscape

• as experienced in educational and child psychology

• in relation to addiction

• as experienced and explored in philosophy and the arts.

• as expressed in psychoanalysis and existential phenomenology

The 25th anniversary of the SEA will be marked with a screening of its first conference, a book-signing by its founder, Emmy van Deurzen, as well as experiential workshops and presentations by other founding members and former SEA Chairs.

Tickets are on sale now.

Please note that there are a limited number of tickets available.

For SEA members wishing to register as a Psychotherapist Working with Children and Young People under the grand-parenting process, there is a two-stage process now in place. Stage 1, which is designed to let the UKCP panel decide whether an applicant is at all suitable for the process, and stage 2, in which (on the basis of the information gathered at stage 1) more detailed information will be required (including a case study). The deadline for stage 1 applications is midnight 31st March, 2014, and stage 2 applications, midnight 30th September, 2014. The fees are: £75 for stage 1, and £275 for stage 2 (payable to UKCP).

As of 31st March, 2015, members will no longer be able to state that they specialise in work with children and young people on their UKCP profile, or in any literature, unless they are either registered on the Children and Young People Register or have successfully achieved, via their College, the Child Proficiency Marker (the final details of which are still to be decided). Members who have completed a UKCP accredited training course in child psychotherapy or systemic family psychotherapy are automatically eligible to be listed on the Register.

Members interested in applying for the grand-parenting process should get in touch with ccapadmin@ukcp.org.uk, who will provide the application form and necessary documents.

The application process for Constructivist and Existential College (CEC) Registered Members to be included on the UKCP Directory of Supervisors via the Grandparenting Route is now open.  The Grandparenting route is designed to enable CEC Registered Members who are currently practicing as supervisors and who have considerable experience of supervision and/or training in supervision, as well as maintaining their clinical practice and relevant CPD, to be included on the UKCP Directory.

Applications must be submitted and the process completed by 1st October 2016.  The CEC supervision policy and guideline for making applications is being circulated to all SEA Registered Members.

Tickets for the First World Congress for Existential Psychotherapy Freedom, Responsibility and the Meaning of Being, to be held in London from 14th to 17th May, 2015, are now available to book online at www.existentialpsychotherapy.net. Listen to leading Existential Therapists and Authors from all over the world and participate in experiential workshops in relation Freedom, Responsibility and the Meaning of Being and many other topics. Organised by The New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, the Congress is supported by the International Collaboration of Existential Counsellors and Psychotherapists and the SEA.  Early-bird, day tickets and group bookings are available.

Relationship counselling from an existential perspective makes perfect sense: we are fundamentally in relationship with others from the minute we are born. How we conduct ourselves within any of the given relationships, including both intimate and more public engagements, is a direct reflection of our world-view and our self-concept.

How does a practitioner proceed then? What is the format for the sessions, what are the ethical and contractual implications? What are the aims of this work, and what might be the expectations of the parties involved?

Sunday November 16, 2014

Managing conflict, whether we are directly involved as a party, or hoping to facilitate a dispute, can be a challenge.

A conflict can also certainly be an opportunity: for communication, for growth, for change. How effective we are in these potentially volatile situations depends a lot on our own attitude towards dispute: do we shy away from it, fear it, or relish the occasion?

This one day seminar will explore the basic proposals for understanding conflict, our own perspectives on the topic, and how to move towards a resolution of a dispute situation. We will discuss philosophical ideas, psychological insights and practical skills for appreciating and managing disagreements. The principles introduced are equally applicable to personal, commercial, legal, and organisational contexts.

Sunday October 12 or December 7, 2014

These seminars are aimed at psychotherapists, counsellors, mediators, HR management, community advisors, and anyone interested in the basics skills and premises that are relevant to working with conflict, and difficult relationships.

Join us for a one day seminar presented by Karen Weixel Dixon and Anne Demontarlot, who are themselves therapists, mediators and trainers.

The day will include structured discussions, open forum, and some experiential work.

10:00 am- 5:00 pm, Sunday, Fee £95.00Central LondonKarenweixeldixon@aol.com

anne@demontarlot.com

Tel: 07713246108

Visit our website: www.Re-solutionpartnership.com

Click here to view the PDF

Time and date: 6.30pm -7.30pm: Friday 20^th June 2014

Location: Room A130, College Building, City University, St. John Street, London EC1V 4PB

1. Opening remarks/welcome

The Chair, Pavlos Filippopoulos welcomed all those present.

2. Apologies: Greg Madison, Simon du Plock, Donna Billington, Murray Blacket, Susan Iacovou, Derek Bean, Emmy van Deurzen, Helen Storey

3. Minutes of 2013 AGM: Corrections

None

4. Matters arising from the 2012 minutes:

None

5. Reports from:

Chair: Pavlos Filippopoulos.

One of the most important developments to have taken place in the last year was the renaming of the College of Constructivist Psychotherapies into The Constructivist and Existential College (CEC), thanks to the efforts of Paul McGinley who is also the Chair elect of the CEC. We have also been restructuring the SEA committee in order to be able to function more efficiently in terms of the needs of our Society.

The SEA is a portal for news around the existential world, for psychotherapists and beyond. We communicate with members in various ways: through an excellent Journal which is an important reflective space; through giving members financial support in the form of scholarships; through the annual conference and other CPD events (previously for a and discussion groups), which we are currently in the process of restructuring in order to make them more useful and informative to members. We have recently updated our website, which now has it’s own server, and we are looking to make it more comprehensive and to participate in various internet-based forums and other social media so that we can extend our communication with and between our members and with the world of existential thought.

The 1^st World Congress for Existential Psychotherapy will be held in London next year and the SEA will have a presence in that.

The SEA committee has been extremely responsive to Pavlos’ questions and has offered a lot of support to him in his first year as Chair.

1. Treasurer: Paola Pomponi.

Tamara Sears wanted to know whether there was scope to spend some of the money being accumulated by the SEA. Paola discussed the possibility of using some of it to fund research, as has happened in the past; also using it to fund CPD events and for future UKCP requirements. The profits from last year’s conference will be carried into this year’s conference, possibly through funding student tickets. The SEA could also advertise for people doing research and support them with funding. Sarah Young also mentioned that in the past the AGM used to be more of an event, with dinner afterwards and that this is a way of giving something back to members.

2. Membership Secretary: Paul Silver-Myer

SEA – AGM 2014

May I place on record my thanks to Ursula for her meticulous records that have made things clear and easy for me.

Last year Ursula reported that we had 375 members and this year, as per table one, we again have 375 members. However, as Mark Twain might have observed, this statistic is not all what it appears to be.

So in table two you start to get an idea of the movement between the membership categories. International members are down by four whilst students are up by seven.

Further clarification can be seen in table three. Whilst we welcomed a total of 71 new members including 13 whose earlier membership had previously lapsed, we also saw 66 people leave the society during the year.

This churn, representing around 17.5% of our total membership, may well be typical of a society such as ours, but is something we nevertheless may wish to be aware of.

The movement is expanded in table four where, although we lost and gained virtually the same number of international members, that figure of 20 against a total international membership of 50, represents a swing of 40%. The New School and Regents were responsible for the vast majority of the 33 new students, though we still lost 22. I have started to ask people to let me know the reasons for ceasing membership with us, and although most do not reply, I have received comments about retirement, moving abroad, and the lack of value for their particular needs.

I operated a three reminders and out policy, which resulted in an average time it took for a member to pay their fee, of just over a month.

And on the last page, table five gives you an idea as to how much revenue each category of member brings in to the society. Full members bring in just over £11k which represents around 60% of the total membership income.

Finally, a request, please do inform us when you move house or change or e-mail address.

3. Conference Organiser: Murray Blacket (via email)

I see the SEA 2014 conference as somewhat of a challenge to the SEA. Having reached our 25th year, it might be easy to become increasingly comfortable with the existential position. We’re different. We’re the jazz of therapy. We’re anti-research. Outcomes research? Pah! But in these “assumptions” is a cosiness that hinders growth and rewards stasis. This holds us back from facing difficult questions besetting us as society and all other therapeutic modalities. SEA 2014 offers the chance to draw on a wide scope of speakers. Some might not be existential but raise some challenging existential questions. So where last year was somewhat of a celebration, this year’s Conference begins a new era of exploration. And in this brave new era you are all invited to become existential Star Trekkers and assist with the rebuilding and refitting of our Existential Mothership.

Conference theme: TRUTH OR DARE

As therapists we deal in part-knowledge. Client’s phenomena show in glimpses. What is experienced is understood historically. So how do we arrive at our own truths? Whether they be epistemological, ontological, research-based or lived. Quite simply, what do we know? And more importantly how do we know it? This conference looks at knowledge in its multifarious forms and welcomes and encourages papers from all points of view. As a broad church, existential psychotherapy already embraces many points of view. And as a Society our charter is to push these boundaries further. But if we do, how might this newfound knowledge help, impede and impact on our work? And can we live with that uncertainty?

Bernie Joy brought up the fact that with the conference always taking place on a Sunday some orthodox Jewish members are never able to attend. He would like the organisers to consider changing the day to a Sunday in future. We can try this next year and see how it impacts attendance figures. The date and venue have already been booked for this year and cannot be changed.

4. UKCP Registration Officers: Mike Harding and Donna Billington.

The SEA currently registers 112 members with the UKCP, with one further application pending formal approval. It is expected that the 11 current ADEP students will be eligible for registration in May 2015.

During the past month (May 2014) both the ADEP programme and the SEA have been subject to the UKCP’s Quinquennial Review. While their formal report has yet to be delivered, the initial feedback given by the panel members of the UKCP/CCET was extremely positive for both the ADEP team at Regent’s University London, and the SEA in their capacity as an accrediting body. However, while very few procedural changes were requested for the future, these will have an impact on the SEA’s ability to accredit other Existential training courses in the immediate future. These essentially devolve to practical issues, mainly the SEA’s ability to provide the time and effort both to formally review any such programmes, and to provide necessary personnel to attend the regular Boards of Study and Examination held by other training agencies. With regard to the ADEP programme, the panel required that the SEA’s input to the training and examination of its students was to be put on a more formal footing. This requires the SEA to have fuller access to the individual students’ records -normally held within Registry – so as to better appraise the process as a whole and thus being in a position to assess the on-going procedures of the ADEP course committee, and which requires SEA representatives to attend appropriate meetings in a formal capacity. This has been accepted by the ADEP course leader, and will be implemented.

While, in essence, the SEA remains free to accredit any suitable Existential training programme, it is clear that its procedures must follow those now required for its assessment of the ADEP course. Obviously, each potential course will be assessed on its own merits, but the assessment of such a course will have to follow the procedures laid down by the UKCP/CCET for ADEP. Thus, for the reasons given above the SEA is not, at this moment, able to undertake such work, though it has to be said that it has not been approached to do so, and it is hoped that its Committee will at some point be enlarged to allow this to happen in the event of a request.

What will this entail? Firstly, any course will have to be formally approved, and repeated at five-year intervals. The documentation for this currently runs to some 200 pages, and in this respect we would like to thank Paul McGinley, Natasha Synesiou, and Paola Pomponi for the SEA, and Jonathan Hall for ADEP, for all the work they have put into the documentation for the Quinquennial Review.

Digby Tantam said he found it strange that the SEA was so involved with one course and one university and that it was not consistent with the constitution to be linked only to one training or university. There was a discussion around the stipulations of the original constitution and the possibility of changing the constitution to reflect the natural progression of events. Historically there have been close links between the SEA committee and the ADEP as several committee members teach on it.

If a formal application was made for a course to be accredited/validated through the SEA it would be considered, but so far no one has approached us. There was further discussion on whether we should drop the validating process or invest in it and validate more courses, outside of the ADEP. Paola pointed out that UKCP registration also generates income for the SEA.

f. SEA Hans W. Cohn Scholarship officer: Sarah Young

In January 2014 the SEA/HWC Scholarship sub- committee, after thoroughly assessing the applications and following some discussion, agreed to make 3 awards:

I. £4,000 awarded to a student to cover the cost of 4 modules of academic supervision so that she can complete her research for the DPsych in Existential Counselling Psychology at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling. Her thesis is titled ‘Working Within the Limits of Time: an existential-phenomenological exploration of the experience of existential practitioners working in a time-limited context’.

ii. £3,000 pa for 2 years awarded to a student to cover the cost of half the fees on the Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy at the Regent’s School of Psychotherapy & Psychology. She is a Family Specialist working with The Pears National Centre for Autism Education where she has set up Family Support Seminars.

Iii. £3,000 awarded to a student so that she can complete her research for the DPsych in Existential Counselling at the New School of Psychotherapy & Counselling. Her thesis is titled ‘Trans’ sexuality: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Enquiry into the Sexuality of Trans People with Implications for the practice of Existential-Phenomenological Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy’. She has already published papers on the subject including two in Existential Analysis.

The Sub-committee consisted of: Pavlos Filippopoulos, Derek Bean and Linda Stephenson (a past recipient of the HWC Scholarship).

Digby Tantam thanked the SEA on the students’ behalf, as they had had to drop out because of lack of funding and are now able to complete their studies.

g. SEA Journal Editors: Greg Madison, Simon du Plock (via email)

Existential Analysis

Journal report to SEA AGM June 20, 2014

Greg Madison, Simon du Plock, Co-Editors

Editorial Board – this year we have not had any additions to our EB. Unfortunately Prof. Les Todres, having retired from his position at Bournemouth University, has also decided to retire from our EB.

Reader’s Panel – we remain pushed for reliable readers who will get submissions back to us in a timely manner with appropriate feedback. As a Journal team we are looking at ways to streamline the review process so that authors get appropriate feedback quickly.

New Review Coordinator – Helen Acton has done a tremendous job coordinating reviews over the past three years. She has now decided to hand on the baton to a new person. Helen is submitting a brief description of the role and her experience to Hermeneutic Circular and we invite applications from anyone interested in joining our Team as the Review Coordinator. We would consider a job-share if there are two people interested in taking on the role.

Quality of submissions – While the quality of articles remains high, the editors would encourage input on ‘academic conventions’ in our postgraduate courses so that existential authors and reviewers are better prepared to give and receive feedback and to participate in respectful academic dialogue. We would expect that basics such as how to lay out an argument, how to address colleagues in an academic paper, the purpose of an abstract etc. are covered in all training courses.

Number of submissions – a number of papers from the autumn SEA Annual Conference will be published in the next summer edition. We are still experiencing a good mix of international and UK submissions. We have received some good original research papers and would like to continue to encourage debate/dialogue in the Journal. Articles that are a response to previous articles in the Journal will be published as close to the publication of the original article as possible, along with an optional reply to the response by the author of the original article.

The production process has been improved through the work of Katrina Pitts, who has been a great asset to the team.

Book review/marketing – Thanks to Martin Adams who continues to deal with distribution, advertising and book reviews, and who has agreed to act as the liaison between the Journal team and the main committee.

We also thank the Society for supporting our work.

Martin Adams, responsible for distribution and marketing and the Journal’s book reviews, reported that the readers’ panel is being streamlined to make the reading process more efficient and simultaneously more professional. There will be an expectation for those on the readers’ panel to read a certain number of papers per year and for that they will get their name printed in the journal. Martin urges everyone to write book reviews because they get a book they like for free, they get to practice writing, which can also count towards CPD hours. There is a list of books in the SEA Journal but we can also email Martin to ask to review a book we may be interested in which is not on the list, as long as it fulfils certain criteria.

h. Hermeneutic Circular editor: Susan Iacovou

Susan was editor of the Hermeneutic Circular for the past year but unfortunately due to other commitments she will have to step down after she produces the next Circular. She is happy to mentor anyone who wants to take over the role.

6. To re-elect the following Committee members:

iPaola Pomponi (Treasurer)

2. Digby Tantam (committee member)

3. Murray Blacket (conference organiser and webmaster)

7. Any other business.

Digby spoke about the 1^st World Congress in Existential Psychotherapy, which will take place in May 2015. A venue is booked, a programme is being created, there are submissions being received from around the world and many key speakers have come on board. They would be delighted if Ernesto Spinelli joined them. There will be sessions on comparative methods, on research, on children and more are being put together. Not many people have signed up from the SEA, so far. Digby hopes more will join and that the SEA will participate. Derek Bean has already put a proposal together and will submit it via the official website, www.existentialpsychotherapy.net

Digby would like to ask anyone who is able to put up conference attendees to get in touch with the conference organisers, as quite a few people want to come but cannot afford accommodation. They are also looking for sponsors and perhaps the SEA would consider sponsoring a student or lecturer.

8. Closing remarks

Pavlos thanked everyone for coming to the AGM and asked people to make suggestions and to offer their ideas on what they want from the SEA but to also to get involved with it if they can.Digby proposed a vote of thanks for the SEA committee and all their work over the year.

9. Date of next AGM (to be announced)

Click here to see the AGM-Membership report

1. NAME:

The name of the society is the Society for Existential Analysis (hereinafter called “the Society”).

2. OBJECTS AND POWERS:

(a) The Society is established:

(i) to advance public education in the use and application of Existential Analysis.

(ii) to promote or assist in the promotion of research into all aspects of Existential Analysis and related subjects and to disseminate the useful results of such research.

(b) In furtherance of the said objects but not otherwise the Society may:

(i) Employ and pay any person or persons to supervise, organise, and carry on the work of the Society.

(ii) Establish where necessary local branches. (Whether autonomous or not).

(iii)Bring together in conference, representatives of voluntary organisations, Government departments, statutory authorities and individuals, and any other relevant individuals, groups or organisations.

(iv) Promote and carry out or assist in promoting and carrying out research, surveys and investigations, and publish the useful results thereof.

(v)Arrange and provide for or join in arranging and providing for the holding of exhibitions, meetings, lectures, classes, seminars, conferences and training courses.

(vi) Collect and disseminate information on all matters affecting the said objects and exchange such information with other bodies having similar objects whether in this country or overseas.

(vii) Undertake, execute, manage or assist any charitable trusts which may lawfully be undertaken, executed, managed or assisted by the society.

(viii) Cause to be written and printed or otherwise reproduced and circulated, gratuitously or otherwise, such papers, books, periodicals, pamphlets or other documents or films or recorded tapes (whether audio or visual or both) as shall further the said objects.

(viiii) Purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any property and any rights and privileges necessary for the promotion of the said objects and construct, maintain and alter any buildings or erections necessary for the work of the Society.

(x) Make regulations for any property which may be so acquired.

(xi) Subject to such consents as may be required by law, sell, let, mortgage, dispose of or turn to account all or any of the property or assets of the Society.

(xii) Subject to such consents as may be required by law, borrow or raise money for the said objects and accept gifts on such terms and on such security as shall be deemed to be necessary.

(xiii) Raise funds and invite and receive contributions from any person or persons whatsoever by way of subscriptions and otherwise PROVIDED THAT the Society shall not undertake permanent trading activities in raising funds for the said objects.

(xiv) Invest the moneys of the Society not immediately required for the said objects in or upon such investments, securities or property as may be thought fit, subject nevertheless to such conditions (if any) as may for the time being be imposed or required by law.

(xv) Develop and promote existential/phenomenological approaches to psychotherapy and counselling.

(xvi) Do all such other lawful things as are necessary for the attainment of the said objects.

(c) In furtherance of the said objectives but not otherwise the Society will at all times maintain an independent and separate identity. To such end, while there may be informal relations with any number of academic and training bodies, such relations will be and must be at arms length associations.

 3. MEMBERSHIP: 

(a) For the time being, and until some future date when different categories of membership may be decided upon, full membership of the Society shall be open to:-

(1) Individuals of 18 years and over who are interested in furthering the aims and the work of the society and who have paid the annual membership subscription as laid down each year at the Annual general Meeting of the Society, and

(2) National, international and local voluntary or other non-profit distributing organisations, whether corporate or unincorporated, which are interested in furthering the said aims and work and have paid the annual membership subscription as aforesaid.

(b) Each member organisation shall appoint one individual person to represent it and vote on its behalf at General Meetings of the Society. In the event of such individual person resigning or otherwise leaving an organisation, he or she shall forthwith cease to be a representative thereof.

(c) Each member organisation may appoint:-

(1)A deputy to replace its appointed representative if the latter is unable to attend any particular meeting of the Society, and

(2) Observers (who shall not be entitled to vote) to attend any such meeting.

(d) The Executive Committee (formerly designated the Steering Committee) of the Society shall have the right:-

(1) To approve or reject applications for membership, and

(2) For good and sufficient reason to terminate the membership of any individual or organisation PROVIDED THAT the individual member concerned or the individual representing such organisation (as the case may be) shall have the right to be heard by the said Executive Committee before a final decision is made.

 4. HONORARY OFFICERS: 

(a) At the Annual General Meeting hereinafter mentioned the Society shall elect a Chairperson, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other Honorary Officers as the Society shall from time to time decide. The Secretary, Treasurer and other Honorary Officers shall hold office for three years. At the expiration of such period such former honorary officers shall be eligible for re-election.

(b)  (i) The Chairperson shall hold office for three years and be eligible for re-election for a maximum of one further consecutive term.

(ii) At the Annual General Meeting which marks the beginning of the final year of the current Chairpersons term of office, (i.e., in yr. 3 or yr. 6) the Meeting shall elect a Chair-elect. Such person will hold office as Chair-elect for one year, leading in to a term of office as Chairperson for three years, at the end of which the Chairperson will again be eligible for re-elect for one further consecutive three year term.

(c) The Chairperson and the Honorary Officers shall be ex officio members of the society, the said Executive Committee and of any other committee.

(d) The Society shall appoint one or more auditors.

 5. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 

(a) Subject as hereinafter mentioned the policy and general management of the affairs of the Society shall be directed by an Executive Committee (hereinafter called “the Committee”) which shall meet not less than six times a year and when complete shall consist of not less than six members.

(b) The members of the Committee shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Society in accordance with clause 6 hereof.

(c) Election to the Committee shall be for three years. One third of the membership shall retire annually but shall be eligible for re-election, the members so to retire being those who have been longest in office since the last election but not reckoning ex-officio members. As between members who have been in office the same length of time, those due to retire shall be chosen by lot.

(d) In addition to the members so elected and to those serving by virtue of Clause 4(c) hereof the Committee may co-opt up to 6 further members being full members of the Society whether individual or representative or a combination of both who shall serve until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting after individual co-option PROVIDED THAT the number of co-opted members shall not exceed one third of the total membership of the Committee at the time of the co0option. Co-opted members shall be entitled to vote at meetings of the Committee.

(e) Any casual vacancy in the Committee may be filled up by the Committee and any person appointed to fill such a casual vacancy shall hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Society and shall be eligible for re-election at that Meeting.

(f) The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalidated by any failure to elect or any defect in the election, appointment, co-option or qualification of any member.

(g) the Committee shall be empowered to appoint and fix the remuneration of a General Secretary and of all such other staff ( not being members of the Committee) as may in their opinion be necessary.

(h) The Committee may appoint such special or standing committees as may be deemed necessary by the Committee and shall determine their terms of reference, powers, duration and composition. All acts and proceedings of such special or standing committees shall be reported back to the Committee as soon as possible. 

6. MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY: 

(a) The Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held once in each year and shall be held at such time not being more than 15 months after the holding of the preceding  Annual General Meeting and place as the Committee shall determine. At least 21 clear days notice shall be given. At such Annual General Meeting the business shall include the election of Honorary Officers; the election of full members to serve on the Committee; the election of a suitably qualified person or persons to examine the Society’s accounts; the consideration of an annual report of the work done by or under the auspices of the Committee and of the examined accounts; and the transaction of such matters as may from time to time be necessary.

(b) The Chairperson of the Committee may at any time at his/her discretion and the Secretary shall within 21 days of receiving a written request to do so, signed by not less than 10 (ten) full members whether individual or representative, and giving reasons for the request, call a Special General Meeting of the Society. 

7. NOMINATIONS OF HONORARY OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS: 

Only full members of the Society whether individual or representative shall be eligible to serve as Honorary Officers or members of the Committee. Nominations for Honorary Officers or members of the Committee must be made by full members of the Society in writing and must be in the hands of the Secretary at least 30 days before the Annual General Meeting. Should nominations exceed vacancies, election shall be by ballot. 

8 RULES OF PROCEDURE AT ALL MEETINGS: 

(a) Quorum The quorum at a meeting of the Society or of the Committee or ant committee appointed under clause 5(h) hereof shall be one third of the total actual membership of the Society for the time being, the Committee or committee(as the case may be) or such other number as the Society may in General Meeting from time to time determine.

(b) Voting All questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of those present and entitled to vote thereat. Arrangements for proxy voting may from time to time be made by the Committee PROVIDED THAT ALWAYS no such arrangements shall be made with regard to Clauses 10 and 11 hereof. No person shall exercise more than one vote notwithstanding that he or she may have been appointed to represent two or more interests, but in case of an equality of votes the Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote.

(c) Minutes Minute books shall be kept by the Committee and all other committees, and the appropriate secretary shall enter therein a record of all proceedings and resolutions.

(d) Standing Orders and Rules.  The Committee shall have the power to adopt and issue Standing Orders and/or Rules for the Society. Such Standing Orders and/or Rules shall come into operation immediately PROVIDED ALWAYS that they shall be subject to review by the Society in general Meeting and shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution.

 9. FINANCE: 

(a) All moneys raised by or on behalf of the Society shall be applied to further the objects of the Society and for no other purpose PROVIDED THAT nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment in good faith of reasonable and proper remuneration to any employee of the Society or the repayment to members of the Committee or of any committee appointed under Clause 5 hereof reasonable out of pocket expenses.

(b) The Honorary Treasurer shall keep proper accounts of the finances of the Society.

(c) The Accounts shall be independently examined at least once a year by a suitably qualified person appointed at the Annual General Meeting.

(d) The statement of the accounts of the last financial year shall be submitted to the Annual General Meeting as aforesaid.

(e) A bank account shall be opened in the name of the Society with the Marylebone Road Branch of the Midland Bank Plc., of 186 Baker Street, London NW1 5RU, or with such other Bank or Building Society as the Committee shall from time to time decide. The Committee shall authorise the Treasurer, the Chairperson, and the Secretary of the Society to sign cheques on behalf of the Society. All cheques must be signed by not less than two of the three authorised signatories. 

10. ALTERATIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION: 

Any alteration of this constitution shall receive the assent of not less than two-thirds of those present and voting at an Annual General Meeting of the Society OR of not less than two-thirds of the full membership of the Society for the time being whether individual or representative present and voting at a meeting specially called for the purpose PROVIDED THAT notice of any such alteration shall have been received by the Secretary in writing not less than 21 clear days before the meeting at which the alteration is to be proposed. At least 14 days notice in writing of such a meeting, setting forth the terms of the alteration, shall be sent by the Secretary to each member of the Society PROVIDED THAT no alteration shall be made which would have the effect of causing the Society to cease to be a Charity at law. 

11.DISSOLUTION: 

If the Committee by a simple majority decide at any time that on the ground of expense or otherwise it is necessary or advisable to dissolve the Society, it shall call a meeting of all members of the Society who have the power to vote, of which meeting not less than 21 days notice stating the terms of the Resolution to be proposed thereat, shall be given. If such decision shall be confirmed by a simple [i.e. 50% +1] majority of those present and voting at such meeting the Committee shall have the power to dispose of any assets held by or on behalf of the Society. Any assets remaining after the satisfaction of any proper debts and liabilities shall be given or transferred to such other charitable institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Society as the Committee may determine. 

12.NOTICES: 

Any notice may be served by the Secretary on any member either personally or on its appointed representative as the case may be, or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to such member at his, her or its last known address in the United Kingdom, and any letter so sent shall be deemed to have been received within 10 days of posting. 

13. INTERPRETATION:

For the interpretation of this constitution, the Interpretation Act, 1978, shall apply as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

SEA 2014 CONFERENCE

“TRUTH OR DARE”

November 22^nd at NCVO 
8 All Saints St, London N1 9RL

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Student ticket prices have been reduced this year to just £40. But hurry. The first 50 student tickets are £40 and then £70 thereafter.

All tickets can be purchased here: Buy SEA 2014 tickets

NCVO, Saturday 21^st March 2015 at 10 am

UKCP members working with children and young people should note that the deadline for achieving the Child Proficiency Marker for the Children and Young People Register has now been extended to the 31st October, 2015.

Application Forms for applying via the Grand-parenting Route to be included on the UKCP Directory of Supervisors can now be downloaded from the CEC website at www.constructivist-existential-college.org/supervisors.

The SEA will be hosting an open-forum Symposium at the forthcoming World Congress for Existential Therapy on the theme of ‘Psychotherapy as Ethics: How Ethical is Existential Psychotherapy?’.  This will be led by Paul McGinley, Max Lowe and other members of the SEA, and is scheduled for 11 am on the Saturday of the Congress (16th May).  If you are planning to attend the Congress, why not drop in to this event and participate in the debate?

Date: Saturday 6 June 2015 Time:  10.00 – 4.00pm

Venue: London Art Therapy Centre, Archway

Course fees: £90 fully employed/employer funded; £80 part-employed; £60 students

As therapists we derive enormous satisfaction from the creativity of our work with patients and in enabling the development of their creativity. However, particularly when we are faced with complex institutional pressures, we may lose sight of other forms of creative expression which we need to sustain us. Through artwork and discussion we will reflect on how we can restore our connection to the vibrancy of our creative capacities for our own individual development and well-being. This workshop is for art therapists, trainees, psychotherapists and counsellors

Course facilitator:

Mary Lynne Ellis (B.A. Art and Design, Dip. Art Therapy, Dip. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, M.A. Art Therapy, M.A Modern European Philosophy) is in private practice in North London. She has also worked in the NHS and the voluntary sector. With nearly 30 years’ experience as a phenomenological art therapist and psychotherapist, she teaches, supervises and is a training analyst for both art therapy and psychotherapy trainings in Britain. She has also lectured in Ireland and Chile and is a published writer and practising artist.

To book, see http://arttherapycentre.com/cpd-workshops-courses/art-self-restoration