Lucia Sarmiento Verano
@sarmientoverano.bsky.social
Anti-oppressive Therapist.
PhD-ing at Birkbeck Uni on Coloniality & Mestizaje.
Eurocentrism is a cage.
Peruana. Culture navigator.
Frañol is my mother tongue.
Olympic Weightlifting.
Autistic.
She/Her
linktr.ee/sarmientoverano
PhD-ing at Birkbeck Uni on Coloniality & Mestizaje.
Eurocentrism is a cage.
Peruana. Culture navigator.
Frañol is my mother tongue.
Olympic Weightlifting.
Autistic.
She/Her
linktr.ee/sarmientoverano
Reposted by Lucia Sarmiento Verano
💬Subjectivity and Coloniality in Peru
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Becoming what we eat: Subjectivity and Coloniality in Peru
Join us for the next seminar in our APS Emerging Scholars series, with Lucia Sarmiento on mestize subjectivity and food.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
💬Subjectivity and Coloniality in Peru
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Mental Health care? Trust me, you don't need another scented candle...
... you need to dismantle internalised oppression.
... you need to dismantle internalised oppression.
January 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Mental Health care? Trust me, you don't need another scented candle...
... you need to dismantle internalised oppression.
... you need to dismantle internalised oppression.
I truly need a timeline that is less US centric but having to work in English makes it difficult!
January 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I truly need a timeline that is less US centric but having to work in English makes it difficult!
Last chance to book your tickets! Pay what you can afford option still available 👇
🚨 In two weeks!
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: On Migrant Subjectivities & Multiplicity
A conversation on migration, navigating a multiplicity of identities and selves from an anti-oppressive perspective.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Last chance to book your tickets! Pay what you can afford option still available 👇
💬Subjectivity and Coloniality in Peru
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Becoming what we eat: Subjectivity and Coloniality in Peru
Join us for the next seminar in our APS Emerging Scholars series, with Lucia Sarmiento on mestize subjectivity and food.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
💬Subjectivity and Coloniality in Peru
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
Wed 28th Jan - 5pm
Free tickets
I will be hosted by the APS to talk about my research so far.
I am trying to understand mestize negotiations with this context: reproduction of colonial violence and resistance to it.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/becoming-w...
📌 Blogs that express the ethos of the South of Therapy project 3/3
It’s A White Woman’s World – Group Whiteness in Process
About group process in therapy training.
(also one of the most popular pieces on the blog)
southoftherapy.com/its-a-white-...
It’s A White Woman’s World – Group Whiteness in Process
About group process in therapy training.
(also one of the most popular pieces on the blog)
southoftherapy.com/its-a-white-...
It’s A White Woman’s World – Group Whiteness in Process - South of Therapy
Featured photo credit: Teslariu Mihai I don’t want this text to be read as “I didn’t like group process so now I’m making a disparaging piece about it”. Rather, this
southoftherapy.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
📌 Blogs that express the ethos of the South of Therapy project 3/3
It’s A White Woman’s World – Group Whiteness in Process
About group process in therapy training.
(also one of the most popular pieces on the blog)
southoftherapy.com/its-a-white-...
It’s A White Woman’s World – Group Whiteness in Process
About group process in therapy training.
(also one of the most popular pieces on the blog)
southoftherapy.com/its-a-white-...
📌 Blogs that express the ethos of the South of Therapy project 2/3
Therapy as a Site of Resistance PART 1: Being in the Client’s Corner
How does praxis look like in therapy?
southoftherapy.com/therapy-as-a...
Therapy as a Site of Resistance PART 1: Being in the Client’s Corner
How does praxis look like in therapy?
southoftherapy.com/therapy-as-a...
Therapy as a Site of Resistance PART 1: Being in the Client’s Corner - South of Therapy
Featured photo credit: Alexandre Dinaut Last year, I wrote about Epistemic Justice in the therapy room and what it may look like through practices like Conscientization and naming oppressive dynamics.
southoftherapy.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
📌 Blogs that express the ethos of the South of Therapy project 2/3
Therapy as a Site of Resistance PART 1: Being in the Client’s Corner
How does praxis look like in therapy?
southoftherapy.com/therapy-as-a...
Therapy as a Site of Resistance PART 1: Being in the Client’s Corner
How does praxis look like in therapy?
southoftherapy.com/therapy-as-a...
The ethos of the South of Therapy project 1/3
Therapy and Liberalism part 2: Innocence and Punishment
On liberalism and power in the therapeutic relationship.
southoftherapy.com/liberalism-a...
Therapy and Liberalism part 2: Innocence and Punishment
On liberalism and power in the therapeutic relationship.
southoftherapy.com/liberalism-a...
Liberalism and Mental Health PART 2: innocence and punishment - South of Therapy
Featured photo credit: Ramez E. Nassif I voted in the UKCP chair elections for the first time this year. I voted with one intention: not letting the alt-right, transphobe, anti-EDI,
southoftherapy.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The ethos of the South of Therapy project 1/3
Therapy and Liberalism part 2: Innocence and Punishment
On liberalism and power in the therapeutic relationship.
southoftherapy.com/liberalism-a...
Therapy and Liberalism part 2: Innocence and Punishment
On liberalism and power in the therapeutic relationship.
southoftherapy.com/liberalism-a...
The South of Therapy project turns 5 today! To celebrate we will be sharing the 3 blog pieces that most represent the Ethos of this community in our stories (keep an eye out on the next 3 days!).
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The South of Therapy project turns 5 today! To celebrate we will be sharing the 3 blog pieces that most represent the Ethos of this community in our stories (keep an eye out on the next 3 days!).
An anti-oppressive perspective on Perfectionism:
Wanting to improve and live in alignement with our values is not a bad thing per se. However, perfectionism implies that we can, with enough effort, be perfect. This is unattainable.
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Wanting to improve and live in alignement with our values is not a bad thing per se. However, perfectionism implies that we can, with enough effort, be perfect. This is unattainable.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
An anti-oppressive perspective on Perfectionism:
Wanting to improve and live in alignement with our values is not a bad thing per se. However, perfectionism implies that we can, with enough effort, be perfect. This is unattainable.
1/
Wanting to improve and live in alignement with our values is not a bad thing per se. However, perfectionism implies that we can, with enough effort, be perfect. This is unattainable.
1/
There are still concession tickets available. These are pay what you can afford tickets, they are right at the bottom of the list so you have to scroll down 👇
🚨 In two weeks!
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: On Migrant Subjectivities & Multiplicity
A conversation on migration, navigating a multiplicity of identities and selves from an anti-oppressive perspective.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
There are still concession tickets available. These are pay what you can afford tickets, they are right at the bottom of the list so you have to scroll down 👇
🚨 In two weeks!
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: On Migrant Subjectivities & Multiplicity
A conversation on migration, navigating a multiplicity of identities and selves from an anti-oppressive perspective.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🚨 In two weeks!
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📷 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Free for Community Members
Tickets include recording
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
Next month!!👇
🚨 New event
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📌 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Concessions available
Free for Community Members
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: Migrant Subjectivity & Multiplicity
📌 Online via Zoom
Tuesday 20th January | 1.30pm to 3pm
Concessions available
Free for Community Members
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-dial...
South Dialogues: On Migrant Subjectivities & Multiplicity
A conversation on migration, navigating a multiplicity of identities and selves from an anti-oppressive perspective.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Next month!!👇
Questions to therapists shouldn't be considered out of bounds.
Curiosity about your therapist's experience can be a natural consequence of sitting with them in vulnerable moments in your life. 1/
Curiosity about your therapist's experience can be a natural consequence of sitting with them in vulnerable moments in your life. 1/
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Questions to therapists shouldn't be considered out of bounds.
Curiosity about your therapist's experience can be a natural consequence of sitting with them in vulnerable moments in your life. 1/
Curiosity about your therapist's experience can be a natural consequence of sitting with them in vulnerable moments in your life. 1/
Christmas can be such a hard time for many ND people. The social aspect of it, overstimulating environments, crowds everywhere, expectations on behaviour and feelings (yes, we are supposed to FEEL a certain way about it) and the performance around gifts...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Christmas can be such a hard time for many ND people. The social aspect of it, overstimulating environments, crowds everywhere, expectations on behaviour and feelings (yes, we are supposed to FEEL a certain way about it) and the performance around gifts...
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Reposted by Lucia Sarmiento Verano
Shame goes hand-in-hand with Autistic Burnout
The Shame Architecture of Autistic Burnout
Why you can’t “optimise” your way out of autistic burnout – and what shame has to do with it.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Shame goes hand-in-hand with Autistic Burnout
📢 Webinar:
Neurodivergence: an anti-oppressive perspective
Mon, 9th February 2026
Pay what you can afford
Understanding our experiences within a social and historical context.
*Free for Community of Practice members*
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ne...
Neurodivergence: an anti-oppressive perspective
Mon, 9th February 2026
Pay what you can afford
Understanding our experiences within a social and historical context.
*Free for Community of Practice members*
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ne...
Webinar: neurodivergence, an anti-oppressive perspective
Understanding our experiences within a social and historical context.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 Webinar:
Neurodivergence: an anti-oppressive perspective
Mon, 9th February 2026
Pay what you can afford
Understanding our experiences within a social and historical context.
*Free for Community of Practice members*
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ne...
Neurodivergence: an anti-oppressive perspective
Mon, 9th February 2026
Pay what you can afford
Understanding our experiences within a social and historical context.
*Free for Community of Practice members*
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ne...
Me when my therapist remembers an issue I mentioned months ago and was hoping to avoid for the rest of my life:
a man wearing a beanie and a t-shirt that says that
ALT: a man wearing a beanie and a t-shirt that says that
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Me when my therapist remembers an issue I mentioned months ago and was hoping to avoid for the rest of my life:
Next Monday!!
💡Workshop: Power in Therapy
Dec 8th, 6 to 8pm
Concessions available
Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1630744463...
Dec 8th, 6 to 8pm
Concessions available
Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1630744463...
Power in the Therapy Room
A follow-up reflective session on Power in therapeutic work
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Next Monday!!
📜New Blog: Reclaiming Dreaming in Therapy
By Dr. Delso Batista
This essay aims to reframe dreaming as an ancestral indigenous practice within the context of therapeutic care.
southoftherapy.com/reclaiming-d...
By Dr. Delso Batista
This essay aims to reframe dreaming as an ancestral indigenous practice within the context of therapeutic care.
southoftherapy.com/reclaiming-d...
Reclaiming Dreaming in Therapy - South of Therapy
Featured photo credit: Greg Rakozy By: Dr. Delso Batista In the autumn of 2025, I enrolled in an introductory certification program on Decolonising Psychotherapy offered by the BAATN-UK (Black and
southoftherapy.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📜New Blog: Reclaiming Dreaming in Therapy
By Dr. Delso Batista
This essay aims to reframe dreaming as an ancestral indigenous practice within the context of therapeutic care.
southoftherapy.com/reclaiming-d...
By Dr. Delso Batista
This essay aims to reframe dreaming as an ancestral indigenous practice within the context of therapeutic care.
southoftherapy.com/reclaiming-d...
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These come sporadically with new writings, announcements on upcoming events/goodies, and extra resources on decolonial thinking and anti-oppression I've found online.
Curated by moi.
Subscribe here: bit.ly/3dLmP7l
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
OK next newsletter will be sent out soon.
These come sporadically with new writings, announcements on upcoming events/goodies, and extra resources on decolonial thinking and anti-oppression I've found online.
Curated by moi.
Subscribe here: bit.ly/3dLmP7l
These come sporadically with new writings, announcements on upcoming events/goodies, and extra resources on decolonial thinking and anti-oppression I've found online.
Curated by moi.
Subscribe here: bit.ly/3dLmP7l
Our first Reading Group will happen in the last week of November!
All tiers (even newsletter readers only tier 'Liberation Reader' will have an invitation!) are welcome. I have secured permission from Dr Proctor, the author of the book Burn Out, to share a section of the chapter on Bitterness.
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All tiers (even newsletter readers only tier 'Liberation Reader' will have an invitation!) are welcome. I have secured permission from Dr Proctor, the author of the book Burn Out, to share a section of the chapter on Bitterness.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Our first Reading Group will happen in the last week of November!
All tiers (even newsletter readers only tier 'Liberation Reader' will have an invitation!) are welcome. I have secured permission from Dr Proctor, the author of the book Burn Out, to share a section of the chapter on Bitterness.
1/
All tiers (even newsletter readers only tier 'Liberation Reader' will have an invitation!) are welcome. I have secured permission from Dr Proctor, the author of the book Burn Out, to share a section of the chapter on Bitterness.
1/
Reposted by Lucia Sarmiento Verano
Looking forward to going to Historical Materialism in London next month. Will be speaking on the "Political Pathologies: revolutionary and counter-revolutionary approaches to mental health" panel.
www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism
Registration is open and programme is online! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: F...
www.historicalmaterialism.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Looking forward to going to Historical Materialism in London next month. Will be speaking on the "Political Pathologies: revolutionary and counter-revolutionary approaches to mental health" panel.
www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
My dog is old. I'm so grateful that I can afford to treat her but OMG! Just been hit by one of those vet bills... I don't know how people are keeping their pets alive in this economy.
Also, vets have been bought by corporations who pay profits to investors. Let that sink in.
Also, vets have been bought by corporations who pay profits to investors. Let that sink in.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My dog is old. I'm so grateful that I can afford to treat her but OMG! Just been hit by one of those vet bills... I don't know how people are keeping their pets alive in this economy.
Also, vets have been bought by corporations who pay profits to investors. Let that sink in.
Also, vets have been bought by corporations who pay profits to investors. Let that sink in.
💡Workshop: Power in Therapy
Dec 8th, 6 to 8pm
Concessions available
Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1630744463...
Dec 8th, 6 to 8pm
Concessions available
Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1630744463...
Power in the Therapy Room
A follow-up reflective session on Power in therapeutic work
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
💡Workshop: Power in Therapy
Dec 8th, 6 to 8pm
Concessions available
Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1630744463...
Dec 8th, 6 to 8pm
Concessions available
Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1630744463...