Relational TA with an Intersectional Lens: Systemic Enactment and Working with the Shadow of the Collective Soul – Victoria Baskerville
Event Overview
In this webinar, Victoria will journey through chapter 7 of her recently published book -Contemporary Transactional Analysis through an Intersectional lens: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Theory and Practice (2025)
This workshop will explore and undertake a re-examination and extension of the relational model of transference and countertransference through the implications of intersectional theory and practice; considering systemic enactment in the consulting room when oppressions and supremacies are not accounted for. There will be a focus on Hargaden & Sills (2002) transformational transference, reframed as ‘transferential awakening’, when therapist and client together explore the shadow of their collective soul, thus moving from the I to the We.
‘We need to be clear that there is no such thing as giving up one’s privilege to be “outside” the system. One is always in the system. The only question is whether one is part of the system in a way that challenges or strengthens the status quo. Privilege is not something I take and which therefore have the option of not taking. It is something that society gives me, and unless I change the institutions which give it to me, they will continue to give it, and I will continue to have it, however noble and equalitarian my intentions’. Brod (1989)
Therefore, we have a responsibility as privileged and marginalised psychotherapists/transactional analysts to do the intersectional work.
This workshop will invite participants to engage in a decolonising journey from the radical roots of transactional analysis to intersectional transactional analysis on the ground, challenging social constructs and constructed truths; accounting for social, cultural, political, and historical contexts, systemic oppression and the onslaught of colonisation, supremacies, and systemic racism which have not been adequately addressed in TA and psychotherapy. Reflecting on the idea that ‘all oppression is connected’, it inviting the opening up of mind and heart through the practice of radically open and non-defended dialogue, the call to move from ‘I’ to ‘we’ – a collective awakening – and asking, in each unique encounter: who holds the power? And, ultimately, what is my part in this intersectional dyad? (adapted from book synopsis).
Victoria Baskerville (she/her) is an Intersectional Psychotherapist based in multidiverse East London, UK. She founded TA East London Institute, bringing a lens of intersectionality, aiming to account for social, cultural, and political contexts across theory and practice. She is a passionate activist for decolonising TA and psychotherapy practice.
This webinar will focus on the psychotherapy field, although other fields may find the discussion of interest. £24.00 members/£48.00 non-members.
PLEASE NOTE – This webinar will not be recorded.
Ticket sales will end Tuesday 14th April at noon.
The Zoom Link will be sent out to all participants the day before the event.
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