Practice of Pleasure

Do you feel that pleasure and joy are often decentred in helping professions? Join us as we explore this and more with William Gooding and Ricky Varghese.

This event focuses on the principles and expression of pleasure in and as a form of practice. The presenters are steeped in community practice, as well as academic theorizing and clinical work. We discuss the usefulness of psychoanalytic thought for community healing and social justice-focused practice. The presenters discuss what practice looks like that centers on pleasure and why pleasure is dismissed, ignored, or disciplined so often in politics and the helping relationship.