Therapists Cafe

Therapists Cafe for Psychodynamic/-analytic orientations
2026-04-17 18:00 - 21:00 UTC
This is a meeting for therapists of psychodynamic/-analytic orientations (or those interested in those professions but not exclusively trained) to come together, talk about what moves us personally and professionally, support and encourage each other, and network/collaborate over coffee and cake. There will be an hour of reflective space followed by informal networking.
Registered therapists only – trainees welcome but details of training need to be provided.
Non-profit initiative – ticket price covers room rent and snacks.
There will be a shared reflective space gaining 1.5 hours of CPD – please see ‘How the Cafes work’ on our website – followed by informal networking and socialising.
To book a space, please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com – please include your professional body accreditation number.

Quotes from participants after the last Cafes:
‘Such a lovely, eclectic group of people! Refreshing to meet colleagues one would not otherwise meet.’
‘As a new therapist , post rigorous training, the internal and external anxiety to survive is profound….. to create and hold a sustainable tension between professional and personal relationships; even more profound!
To find a space that allows me to be seen and heard and to exchange at relational depth; the most profound of all!’

‘A brilliant, much-needed initiative!’
‘I have found the ethical foundation and carefully curated, yet free-flowing approach of the Therapists’ Cafe distinctive and the evenings there highly enjoyable. It’s a great opportunity to meet other psychotherapists and a much-needed breathing space for me, in a busy professional career.’
‘It was good to have a reflective space to meet therapists and to consider systemic/structural challenges. I think this is such an important space you have set up. Well done for what you’ve created!’

‘I did feel a little like Philomena Cunk in the advert on your site at first:) I soon felt at ease though and it was such a welcoming and relaxed space’

Private Practice Business Development Peer Supervision Group - ONLINE
2026-03-29 15:00 - 16:00
Private Practice Business Development Group – Peer Supervision. ONLINE, monthly.
The next one is this coming Sunday, 29th of March, 3-4pm, online. £25 to contribute to the running costs of our project. Next one after that will be Sunday, 26th of April.
This one is a monthly peer supervision group for all colleagues interested in developing their private practice or any other business venture they are working on. We will share our tips and experiences with marketing, advertising, practice development, and all other business skills acquired. Topics discussed so far were marketing, SEO, social media strategies, where to find good experts, how to develop specialisms for private work and promote them locally, in partnership with other services and colleagues.
Action: to sign up, please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com

ONLINE Therapists in Mental Health Service Management
2026-03-20 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE
Ticket fee supports the running of the in-person Cafes.
Management in the Mental Health sector – Friday, 20th of March – Speakers Marta Banet, Head of Psychological Services at riverside.org.uk and Kelly McMinn, former Head of Mental Health at One Housing Group.
We will cover: how do therapists step up to become a mental health service manager – skills needed to manage a mental health service with both clinical and operational responsibilities; recruiting and managing a team, working towards commissioned targets, achieving key performance indicators, collaborating with stakeholders.
Participants will get detailed information of skills they need to develop, how to apply for the role, and how to prepare for interview. Specialist personal mentoring will be available after the event by Kelly McMinn.
The workshop will lead to the direct opportunity to apply for open service manager posts at Riverside projects.

Ticket fee supports the running of the in-person Cafes. We are trying to offer the in-person Cafes at cost, covering room rent and snacks. But there are many other costs involved in running a project like this, which we are attempting to cover with online events – your contribution helps us.

Therapists Cafe for Psychodynamic/-analytic orientations
2026-03-13 18:00 - 21:00
This is a meeting for therapists of psychodynamic/-analytic orientations (or those interested in those professions but not exclusively trained) to come together, talk about what moves us personally and professionally, support and encourage each other, and network/collaborate over coffee and cake. Registered therapists only – trainees welcome but details of training need to be provided.
Non-profit initiative – ticket price covers room rent and snacks.
There will be a shared reflective space gaining 1.5 hours of CPD – please see ‘How the Cafes work’ on our website – followed by informal networking and socialising.
To book a space, please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com – please include your professional body accreditation number.

Quotes from participants after the last Cafes:
‘Such a lovely, eclectic group of people! Refreshing to meet colleagues one would not otherwise meet.’
‘As a new therapist , post rigorous training, the internal and external anxiety to survive is profound….. to create and hold a sustainable tension between professional and personal relationships; even more profound!
To find a space that allows me to be seen and heard and to exchange at relational depth; the most profound of all!’

‘A brilliant, much-needed initiative!’
‘I have found the ethical foundation and carefully curated, yet free-flowing approach of the Therapists’ Cafe distinctive and the evenings there highly enjoyable. It’s a great opportunity to meet other psychotherapists and a much-needed breathing space for me, in a busy professional career.’
‘It was good to have a reflective space to meet therapists and to consider systemic/structural challenges. I think this is such an important space you have set up. Well done for what you’ve created!’

‘I did feel a little like Philomena Cunk in the advert on your site at first:) I soon felt at ease though and it was such a welcoming and relaxed space’

ONLINE Therapists Ethical Business Skills Development Salon
2026-02-22 14:00 - 15:30
Therapists Ethical Business Development Salon (ONLINE) – monthly Salon meeting for discussion and planning of ethical business projects, including private practice
Email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com to book – £15 pp, free if you have attended the ethical marketing workshop before Christmas. Fees contribute to project admin and in-person Cafes.
This group is part of our Ethical Business Skills for Therapists program (below). It is part of the political mission of this project, aiming to help therapists expand the market for good quality, ethical therapeutic products from private practice, CPD events, to larger-scale projects in the non-profit or for-profit sector.
This meeting is held in Salon-style: after a check-in round there will be one or two ‘presentation slots’ where colleagues can present a particular project they are thinking of (‘idea stage’) or already working on, and colleagues then give their input in form of reflection, critical questioning, encouragement, and sharing of practical experience and advice.
The next Business Development Salon (ONLINE) will be on Sunday, 22nd February 2pm – 3.30pm.
Date after this will be: Sunday, 22nd of March, 2pm-3.30pm.

Therapists Cafe for Psychodynamic/-analytic orientations
2026-02-13 18:00 - 21:00
‘A brilliant, much-needed initiative!’ – ‘What an incredible space!! Thank you again for being real versus an AI creation!!!!!’ [Quotes from participants at the first meeting]
This is a meeting for therapists of psychodynamic/-analytic orientations (or those interested in those professions but not exclusively trained) to come together, talk about what moves us personally and professionally, support and encourage each other, and network/collaborate over coffee and cake. Registered therapists only – trainees welcome but details of training need to be provided.
There will be a shared reflective space gaining 1.5 hours of CPD – please see ‘How the Cafes work’ on our website – followed by informal networking and socialising.
To book a space, please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com – please include your professional body accreditation number.
This is now SOLD OUT – but new dates will be added soon.
Quotes from participants after the last Cafe:
‘Such a lovely, eclectic group of people! Refreshing to meet colleagues one would not otherwise meet.’
‘As a new therapist , post rigorous training, the internal and external anxiety to survive is profound….. to create and hold a sustainable tension between professional and personal relationships; even more profound!
To find a space that allows me to be seen and heard and to exchange at relational depth; the most profound of all!’

‘A brilliant, much-needed initiative!’
‘What an incredible space!! Thank you again for being real versus an AI creation!!!!!’

ONLINE - Therapists Ethical Business Development Salon
2026-01-25 14:00 - 15:30 | ONLINE
Therapists Ethical Business Development Salon (ONLINE) – monthly Salon meeting for discussion and planning of ethical business projects, including private practice
Email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com to book – £15 pp, free if you have attended the ethical marketing workshop before Christmas.
This group starts this month and will be part of our Ethical Business Skills for Therapists program (below). It is part of the political mission of this project, aiming to help therapists expand the market for good quality, ethical therapeutic products from private practice, CPD events, to larger-scale projects in the non-profit or for-profit sector.
This meeting will be Salon-style: after a check-in round there will be one or two ‘presentation slots’ where colleagues can present a particular project they are thinking of (‘idea stage’) or already working on, and colleagues then give their input in form of reflection, critical questioning, encouragement, and sharing of practical experience and advice.
The next Business Development Salon (ONLINE) will be on Sunday, 25th of January, 2pm – 3.30pm.
Dates after this will be: Sunday, 22nd of February and Sunday, 22nd of March, 2pm-3.30pm.

Therapists Cafe for Psychodynamic/-analytic Practitioners
2026-01-16 18:00 - 21:00
‘A brilliant, much-needed initiative!’ – ‘What an incredible space!! Thank you again for being real versus an AI creation!!!!!’ [Quotes from participants at the last meeting]
This is a meeting for registered therapists only, to come together, talk about what moves us personally and professionally, support and encourage each other, and network/collaborate over coffee and cake.
There will be a shared reflective space gaining 1.5 hours of CPD – please see ‘How the Cafes work’ on our website – followed by informal networking and socialising.
To book a space, please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com – please include your professional body accreditation number.
Quotes from participants after the last Cafe:
‘Such a lovely, eclectic group of people! 🙂 Refreshing to meet colleagues one would not otherwise meet.’
‘As a new therapist , post rigorous training, the internal and external anxiety to survive is profound….. to create and hold a sustainable tension between professional and personal relationships; even more profound!
To find a space that allows me to be seen and heard and to exchange at relational depth; the most profound of all!’

‘A brilliant, much-needed initiative!’
‘What an incredible space!! Thank you again for being real versus an AI creation!!!!!’

ONLINE Information and Q&A Event - open to all
2025-12-14 13:00 - 14:00
Hi, welcome to our new project. This event is an open Q&A session for anyone who is interested in the Therapists Cafe initiative – and who wants to check whether we are chatbots – we aren’t. 🙂
Please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com for the link.

ONLINE - Marketing for Therapists - Business Skills Course
2025-12-05 09:30 - 11:00 | ONLINE
ONLINE
1st Event of our Business Skills for Therapists Course – Marketing for Therapists
Speaker: Silvia Del Corso – Owner of PINK SEO Marketing, specialising in marketing for independent medical doctors and health professionals.
Title: Making Your Practice Visible — Marketing Basics for Therapists

Session Description:
Most therapists start their private practice with years of clinical training, but very little guidance on how to reach new clients.
In this practical and encouraging session, Silvia Del Corso, founder of the award-winning SEO agency PinkSEO, will explain how to make your practice visible online in an ethical, authentic way.
You’ll learn how to present your expertise so that the people who need your help can actually find you, without self-promotion that feels uncomfortable.

Key Takeaways:

Understand what a website can do for you, and why it matters for therapists
Learn simple, no-jargon ways to appear in Google and AI when clients search for help
Discover how to use your most common client questions to create helpful content
Explore local SEO and Google Business tools that bring nearby clients to your door
Shift your mindset: marketing as helping, not boasting

SEO for Therapists

Non-profit and Charity
2025-11-29 12:00 - 14:00
Non-profit business – Saturday, 29th of November– Speakers: Dorothee Bonnigal-Katz on founding and running the famous Psychosis Therapy Project (https://ptp-usemi.org.uk/ptp.html) for over 12 years and Dr Phoenix-Rises Tabot-Ojong on starting her charity Voice of the Child 17 years ago – we will cover: start and development of non-profit projects, skills needed, running of the projects, funding successes and nightmares, general success and pitfalls. Q&A, mentoring opportunities for colleagues.
Sessions: 1.5 – 2hours, CPD certificate available. Recording of presentations will be available excluding Q&As for participant privacy reasons.
Cost: £40 per session. Registered therapists only.

Psychoanalysis Cafe - Salon for therapists of psychodynamic/analytic orientation/interest
2025-11-28 18:00 - 20:00
Hi all,
our next meeting/Salon for therapists of psychodynamic/-analytic orientations will be on Friday, 28th of November, from 6pm near Bond Street Tube.
You can be a psychodynamic/-analytic psychotherapist or a therapist of a different modality with significant interest and experience in dynamic or analytic approaches.
If you cannot make this specific date but are still interested in these meetings, please do be in touch, as we are creating a group of interested therapists and can then organise meetings on different days/times.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
NB: There is now a waiting list for this event – it may be sold out.
Further proposed dates: Sunday, 14th of December, TBC
Sunday, 12th of January TBC
Friday, 17th of January TBC

Info Event
2025-11-23 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE
This is now an open online event for anyone who is interested in this project – not limited to therapists. Just open Q&As.
If you would like to attend, please email therapists.cafe@protonmail.com for the link.

TESTTT
2025-09-10 08:00 - 17:00

Therapy Cafe Test
2025-07-16 09:30 - 17:00 | ONLINE

Title Event Online
2025-07-09 08:00 - 17:00
