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Gatekeeping by Design: The UGC Circular, the NCAHP Act, and the Systemic Erasure of Community-Based Mental Health Practice

Gatekeeping by Design: The UGC Circular, the NCAHP Act, and the Systemic Erasure of Community-Based

Climate Change, Caste, Gender, and Mental Health by Bhumika Saraswati

Climate Change, Caste, Gender, and Mental Health by Bhumika Saraswati Reflections from Talk delivered on

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✨ Intern with us as Mental Health Advocates! ✨

✨ Intern with us as Mental Health Advocates! ✨
⌛ Last date to apply: Feb 5th 2024

📝Send your CV and Statement of Purpose to pause.perspective@gmail.com. In the SoP you may write about why this internship is relevant for you, how you may be a fit and what are your hopes from the internship.

⚫ Open for people from Bachelors or Masters in Psych program who have a requirement to fulfil non clinical hours (sometimes called observation and group hours). Also open to those interested to witness and contribute to aspects of mental health work. Those who can foreground are comfortable in Telugu and Dakhni are encouraged to apply.

📍This is an on-site unpaid internship based out of our Begumpet office in Hyderabad. This internship is offered in barter, exchanged with certificates courses that are being conducted at Pause during their period of internship.

💬 Witness dynamic case supervisions, navigate in-person and online community work, explore the Pause library and its role in mental healthcare.

💖 Our space is Anti-oppressive, Queer-Affirmative, Anti-caste, Feminist, ND-Affirmative and rooted in Embodied Social Justice, Intersectionality, and Collective Care.

🌻Preference given to applicants with marginalized lived experiences.

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We are often asked why we put up stories about the

We are often asked why we put up stories about the terrible things happening in the world? That it feels like spreading the same negative ‘vibe’ and a mental health org should be in its lane.
We believe that mental health is political. Being in the world and being human in the world is our lane. We sit with and grapple with the impact of what is showing up in the world and what it does to our communities and our minds and beings

Some questions we sit with are :

What impact does oppression have on bodies that are violated and marginalised by privileged bodies? What does it do to everyday living and navigating the world amidst real and potential harm?

What impact do you think privilege has on the bodies of those who live within identities that historically oppress people?

Mental health is political because of ways in which what is within us-our sense of self, our trust in our agency and access to it and mobilisation of it, become systemically stripped away for the benefit of some over the marginalisation of others. It is time we think about how the personal is political and work towards the liberation of all. No one is free until everyone is free.

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Explore our January mental health sessions at @the

Explore our January mental health sessions at @theqtcenter every Wednesday and Sunday from 4-6pm! 🌈✨ This month’s focus on diverse queer voices delves into pride and protest in ourselves and society. 🗓️ Exciting additions include monthly mental health support groups, open mic sessions, body as a canvas. 🤝🎤🎨 #MentalHealth #diverseVoices

UPDATE: 29th Jan 10:45am: form is now open and acc

UPDATE: 29th Jan 10:45am: form is now open and accepting registrations.

UPDATE: 8th Jan 11pm. We have received an overwhelming response on the first day itself. We are moved by how many folks really do need therapy and cannot afford the same. We hope to first meet with the people who have registered with us before we can open the form back again. Please come back in 15 days to recheck if the form is open for registrations.

Three month short term offering of free therapy at Pause for Perspective starts again! Sessions are from January to March 2024.
We are able to serve only the first 200 clients who sign up.

Supervised trainee therapists at Pause will be conducting in person and online sessions. In order to schedule an appointment please fill out the Google form. Link to the google form is in our bio.

Our trainees are in training at St.Francis Degree College and supervised by clinicians at Pause for Perspective. They are able to work with you in short term basis only and support you to resources for ongoing work.

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1. Book Launch Celebrate the Launch of Inner Alch

1. Book Launch
Celebrate the Launch of Inner Alchemy
January 20, 2024 – A Night of Inspirational Fiction
Saturday January 20th 2024
About the Book:
Genre: Inspirational Fiction
About the Author:
From Entrepreneur to Spiritual Guide who has been on a journey from the bustling streets of Mumbai to the realms of literature and spirituality. Meet Selvan Srinivasan.
Venue: in-person Pause Library at Pause for Perspective
Time: 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Limited Seating, RSVP Today.
“Signed copies available for attendees”

2. Safe Spaces and Quiet Reading Nooks
Safe spaces and Quiet Reading Nooks is an opportunity to come together as people to embrace what feels odd, crazy, joyous, different and at the same time warm, gentle and fun within us. This is an opportunity to unpack what may be difficult while also holding ideas and experiences inside of us with a certain kind of ease; books can do that for us.
What we’ll do: We read picture books together, loudly, quietly, cryingly and laughingly and reflect on the specific ways life may show up for the characters in the books and characters in the group, the participants in the circle!
Date: 19th Jan 2024 Time: 5-6:30pm every third Friday of the month Venue: in-person, Pause for Perspective Cost: Rs. 300/-

3. Story telling circle.
We are multidimensional beings and our stories are multidimensional. When we meet with the multidimensionality of life, it becomes possible to take up space and also allow people to be in the ways that they can thrive. The story telling circle is a unique Pause Library event for people who write stories, love stories and want to share stories in a circle, with a people who center mental health, lived experience and its expressions through prose. The hope is to center the writer, the story, the characters and how they resonate for us and celebrate the story telling process itself and in that collectively explore, express and embrace parts of ourselves and others.

Date: 12th Jan 2024
Time: 6:00pm to 8pm
Registration fee: Rs.300/-
Note: If you are registering for story telling please let us know so that we can allot time accordingly.

DM to register.

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Check out the support groups and group therapy we

Check out the support groups and group therapy we are offering, and details for this first month of 2024 🌟 Make sure to DM and register!

⭐Support Group for Neurodivergent People
Dates - 13th & 27th January
Timing - 5-6:30 pm (online)
Fee: ₹100 - ₹300 (sliding scale)

⭐ Support Group for Neurodivergent Children
17th January : 6-6:30 pm
& 31st January : 5-6:30 pm
Fee: ₹300-₹500

⭐Reclaiming “Bipolar” Program
Date - 13th and 27th January
Timing - 6-8 pm
Fee: Sliding scale of ₹300 - ₹500

⭐Queer Support Group
Dates - 14th January (online) 2-4pm
Fee ₹ 100
28rd January (at @qtcenter) 5-7 pm
free at qt centre

⭐Grief Circle
Dates - 13th January
Timing - 5 -7 pm (online)
Fee: 100 and upwards

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Event calendar for the first month of 2024! Make s

Event calendar for the first month of 2024! Make sure to DM soon to register for these events. Stay tuned to our stories to get updates on upcoming events 🤗

⭐ Anti-caste Reading Sessions will be held on 13th January at 2 pm - 4:30 pm. Join us to explore constructs of caste and their impacts in structural and embodied ways - locating caste historically and developing ways of dismantling its hold. The fee is ₹250-₹500, no charge for folks from caste margin

⭐ Community Learning Time will be held on
14th January 3-6 pm. This space is for neurodivergent folks looking for safe learning-oriented quiet spaces to engage in deep personal learning. This space is free, you can pay as you wish to contribute to providing free therapy

⭐ Movie Night 🎬 will be held on 21st January at 4:30-7 pm. Join us to watch diverse films together, and engage in conversation about discourses and experiences that came up! The fee is ₹150- ₹300. (goes towards free therapy service)

⭐ The Open Mic 🎤 will be held on 27th January, where we invite you all to share your art and talent with the audience at 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm for a fee of ₹100 - ₹300(goes towards free therapy service)

⭐ The Queer Book Club 🏳️‍🌈📕 is holding its next meet on 21st January at @qtcenter at 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm and the pick is “Glory Hole” by Kim Hyun. There is no cost. A second meet will be held on 20th January (hybrid at Pause for Perspective) at 4:30 pm - 6:30pm and the pick is “Yaari: an anthology on friendship”. The fee is a sliding scale of ₹100-₹250

⭐️ Bi-erasure Panel will be held on Jan 27th at 3-5pm (hybrid). A community that explores biphobia and bi-erasure along with interactive activities.The fee is a sliding scale of ₹300-500

⭐ Expressions of Well-Being will be held on 20th January at 3 pm - 4:30 pm (Hybrid). Join us to explore ideas of rest and regulation through different modalities of Expressive Arts Therapy! The fee is a sliding scale of ₹300-₹500

⭐ Explore, Express & Heal 🎨📝 will be held on 14th January and 28th January (online) at 11 am - 12:30 pm. Join us to experience the power of visual art therapy - we will practice and learn about a technique together! The fee is ₹500

We believe anti-oppressive and social justice advo

We believe anti-oppressive and social justice advocacy is an essential stance for all mental health practitioners to center.

- by our therapist @manasi_in_psych_mode

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Check out the support groups and group therapy we

Check out the support groups and group therapy we are offering, and details for November 🌟 Make sure to DM and register!

⭐New!⭐ Support Group for Neurodivergent Children
5th December : 6-7:30 pm
& 19th December : 5-6:30 pm
Fee: ₹300

⭐New!⭐ Grief with Animals - Group Therapy
Dates - 10th December
and 24th December
Timings - 11 am - 1:00 pm (online)
Fee: Sliding scale of ₹300 - ₹500

⭐Reclaiming “Bipolar” Program
Date - 9th and 23rd December
Timing - 6-8 pm
Fee: uSliding scale of ₹300 - ₹500

⭐Support Group for Neurodivergent People
Dates - 12th & 24th December
Timing - 5-6:30 pm (online)
Fee: ₹100 - ₹300 (sliding scale)

⭐Queer Support Group
Dates -23rd December (at @qtcenter) 5-7 pm and 23rd November (online) 2-4pm
Fee: ₹100

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Here’s the Event Calendar at Pause for the month

Here’s the Event Calendar at Pause for the month of December! Make sure to DM soon to register for these events. Stay tuned to our stories to get updates on upcoming events 🤗

⭐ The Queer Book Club 🏳️‍🌈📕 is holding its next meet on 21st December at @qtcenter at 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm and the pick is “one last drink at Guapa” by Saleem Haddad. There is no cost. A second meet will be held on 16th December (hybrid at Pause for Perspective) at 5 pm - 7:00pm and the pick is “Dispatch from Palestine”. The fee is a sliding scale of ₹100-₹250

⭐ Community Learning Time will be held on
10th December 11am- 2pm and 17th December at 3 pm - 6 pm. This space is for neurodivergent folks looking for safe learning-oriented quiet spaces to engage in deep personal learning. This space is free, you can pay as you wish to contribute to providing free therapy

⭐ Movie Night 🎬 will be held on 10th December at 4 pm. Join us to watch diverse films together, and engage in conversation about discourses and experiences that came up! The fee is ₹150 (goes towards free therapy service)

⭐ The Open Mic 🎤 will be held on 16th December, where we invite you all to share your art and talent with the audience at 5:00 pm for a fee of ₹100 (goes towards free therapy service)

⭐ Anti-caste Reading Sessions will be held on 16th December at 2 pm - 4 pm. Join us to explore constructs of caste and their impacts in structural and embodied ways - locating caste historically and developing ways of dismantling its hold. The fee is ₹250-₹500, no charge for folks from caste margins

⭐ Expressions of Well-Being will be held on 9th and 23rd December at 5 pm - 6 pm (Hybrid). Join us to explore ideas of rest and regulation through different modalities of Expressive Arts Therapy! The fee is a sliding scale of ₹300-₹500

⭐ Explore, Express & Heal 🎨📝 will be held on 10th December (online and offline) and 4th December(online) at 11 am - 12:30 pm. Join us to experience the power of visual art therapy - we will practice and learn about a technique together! The fee is ₹500

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Grief Circle Date:December 2nd, 2023 (Saturday)

Grief Circle
Date:December 2nd, 2023 (Saturday)
Mode of session:Offline at Pause for Perspective, Hyderabad
Duration: 2 hours
Time: 5pm to 7pm
Facilitator:Meherin &K
Fee: pay as you like (free for students and those from marginalised spaces)
Registration: DM to register.

Grief is political. It is simultaneous, repetitive, unending, circular. This is why it needs a community to hold it, because our nervous systems deserve connection to heal and process.
In times where people are navigating different kinds of grief such as the loss of a way of life, loss of livelihood, loss of human life, and other losses due to structural violence, we often feel disenfranchised from our grief and deprived of healing if we’re not supported.
The intention of the group is to sit in solidarity and to make room for grief, anger, love, protest, to hold and support multiple forms of loss. To remember to not do it alone.
The circle will involve some breath and body-based work.
All sharings are optional and are scaffolded so that people can engage in ways that feel comfortable, honouring each individual’s range.
Who can join
Given the current times we live in, each one of us is experiencing grief in varied intensity and we are going to feel, and we must, rightly so, enough to support our movement towards what we all really want collectively. Isolation is the work of oppression.
Anyone experiencing grief and wish to be in a safe space where they are heard and can speak to their loss is welcome to join.

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🤩Embodied Social Justice Series Mindfulness the Pause way Sessions in Nov-Dec 2023

‪👉🏾Session Name: Understanding our Body’s role in Social Justice and Mental Health ‬(online)
When: 29th November 2023
Time: 11am to 12pm or 3pm to 4pm

👉🏾Session Name: Islamophobia, Body and Mental Health (online)
When: 29th November 2023
Time: 1pm to 2pm

👉🏾Session Name: Mindfulness Sangha ( hybrid-online and offline )
When: 2nd, 9th, 23rd and 30th December
Time: 10am to 11am

👉🏾Fee: Free (donations welcome)REGISTRATION MANDATORY

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Responding to Trauma ‘how do we be alongside th

Responding to Trauma
‘how do we be alongside those who are and have been violated and are suffering-responding to injustices?’
In this three-day workshop, we will explore:
• the politics of trauma experience , navigating into landscapes of subjugated stories of response,
• pay close attention to the wisdom of our bodies and breath and explore the Absent but Implicit map to develop richer stories of communities and people’s know-hows in response to trauma.
• We will explore the many ways in which our bodies are a site for liberation, protest and resistance and weave this knowledge with stories that are already present in our lives of our know-hows in responding to trauma.
Register: DM to register
Dates : 6th to 8th December 2023
Timings : Day 1 and 2: 10:30 to 5:30; Day 3: 10:30am to 3:30pm
Cost : 7500 INR
Venue : In-Person @pauseforperspective
The workshop is for mental health practitioners, social workers, educators, lawyers, writers, story-tellers, artist, anyone who is interested.
Language of Facilitation : English
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Anti-Caste Mental Health workshop

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What will we explore?
Politics of experience and mental health
The Caste system and the stories of resistance of oppressed caste groups in India
Caste capital and its influence in therapy rooms, operations of a collective/centre, and narratives that are formed
How does caste prejudice manifest in everyday personal and professional spaces?
To learn practices and skills informed by anti-caste stance

Facilitators @thebluedawn56 @anticastecat @npicollective @rantingchaos. Our work has been inspired by the cultural movement and protest cultures of the Ambedkarite movement, and the inception of this course is a result of so many such stories of resistance and love from the movement.

Details:
Date: 4th and 5th Dec
Time: 10:30 to 5:30pm
Fee:₹6000/-
Venue: @pauseforperspective in-person
DM to register or WhatsApp 8106864001
More details link in bio.

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We’ll be present every Wednesday and Sunday star

We’ll be present every Wednesday and Sunday starting October 2023. @theqtcenter

Our work with the QT center is a weekly presence since June 2023. We have been exploring ways in which mental health is experienced, understood and navigated by the community.

As people who have been given the assignment of holding this precious space with care, we as MHPs who also share the identities of queer and trans margins, come from the stance of open enquiry and exploration.

Mental health work at QTC entails, deconstructing ascribed meanings given to our internal experiences and reclaiming our mental health in ways that support us to create communities that care for each other and that offers solidarity to resist normativity.

All our workshops ensure that we work towards centering peoples know-hows and that we create a collective definition of care, healing and support. We use art, somatic work, picture books, mindfulness and narrative maps to explore different ways of being.

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Stay tuned to our stories and check out our highlight named “QTC”to learn more about each week's events! Hope to see you all there 🤗🏳‍🌈

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We came together as a collective of people who are

We came together as a collective of people who are learning about embodied social justice to sit with what embodiment makes possible in times like this. Reclaiming the word radicalisation, locating the word Azadi, remembering to lean in, and to always do it for collective liberation.

#gaza #dalitlivesmatter #queerrights #palestine #socialjustice #embodiedsocialjustice #mentalhealthispolitical #pauseforperspective

When our bodies ache and fury brims in witness to

In light of the escalating military response in Ga

In light of the escalating military response in Gaza, we share this note to all, especially parents/guardians, to exercise due care & caution regarding exposure to social media.

Images containing distressing details may deeply affect not only children but also other vulnerable individuals. Children with their vivid imaginations are constantly trying to make sense of the world. Exposure to violent information without context or nuance can have a profound/severe impact on emotional and psychological well-being.

In times of conflict, promoting emotional space, understanding, and care is crucial. Please check in with your children about what they’re consuming on social media and how they’re processing it, ensuring they have a safe and nurturing environment. It would be safer to let the children know about the war in Palestine through softer, grounded conversations with trusted adults.

As adults, we can engage with the world in ethical and conscious ways, like recognizing privilege, while also experiencing deep helplessness and fear. Times like this remind us about what being othered can do to all bodies, as our bodies are a site of liberation, protest and resistance.

At Pause, we think it's time that we decenter thinking about collective care as adult centered and neuronormative.The most vulnerable group anywhere in the world are children and we believe starting a conversation around their care can only eventually become a conversation about collective care. After all, this is about the world we are asking them to inhabit, and also the state in which we are leaving it for their future.

We share this note with full acknowledgement that this care is a privilege that millions of children and people across the world do not have and will possibly never.

Thank you @underthedesknews for your prompt and the work you do.

#collectivecare #humanity #palestine #israel #gaza

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