EL Reads is a reading group/learning circle bringing together mental health professionals via a monthly discussion group and ongoing communication.
EL Reads will pick a monthly focus, whether a book of contemporary psychotherapy/psychology, fiction, memoir or other. Or it could be a film, lecture or art exhibition – any work that inspires exploration through the lens of psychotherapy. The group will gather on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss the chosen topic. When possible, we will invite the relevant author/creator to participate.
In between meetings, group members are encouraged to send to the circle news articles, poems or other communications that may be of interest to fellow group members. In this way, we will keep a learning dialogue going and not limited to the monthly meeting discussion.
Format for the monthly meeting:
18:00 – Welcome
18:05 – Check ins /discussion of any additional readings circulated
18:30 – Monthly book/topic discussion
19:15 – Discussion/selection of next read/topic
19:30 – Close
First Meeting (conducted on Zoom):
March 2, 2021
18:00 – 19:30
Author Frank Tallis will be joining!
Book: The Act of Living by Frank Tallis
The Sunday Times says ‘Tallis has distilled a wide range of psychological writing without oversimplifying the insights or reducing them to self-help platitudes… a highly readable, often touching history of the talking cures and some of their most brilliant exponents.’
For any questions, or to express interest in joining the circle, e-mail info@examinedlife.co.uk
