Healing is a collaborative act of care and repair, inextricable from the relationships in which it occurs.
The School for Ethical Touch is a collaborative US/UK-based educational project focused on the development and implementation of consent-based, trauma-informed practices across all aspects of healthcare, and particularly in the vulnerable realms of gynecological, obstetric, and gender-affirming care.
This is a space for practitioners to imagine, explore and practice the ways in which we can shift the current paradigms of care provision toward models that center the agency and humanity of our patients and clients. We are moving toward a world in which care of all kinds explicitly centers the embodied experience of those receiving it, and we are 100% here for it.
SET is dedicated to growing a community rooted in mutuality, solidarity and shared resource. Our work seeks to uphold the principles of self-help, community care, embodied self-determination and the centering of human dignity that have defined the feminist health, reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ movements for decades.
As such, we are committed to making sure that all of our offerings are accessible, inclusive, useful, and welcoming to all who feel drawn to this feast table.
We are clear that the way forward is together, or not at all.
The School for Ethical Touch is a collaboration between somatic practitioners and manual therapists
Pamela Samuelson (US) and Emily Carson (UK).
For more about us and the origins of SET, please click here.
CURRENT OFFERINGS
SET offers community-facing and provider-facing education, training, events and gatherings: monthly somatic practice groups, classes, seasonal salons, reading and discussion groups, panels and conferences, interviews and classes with incredible guest educators, as well as mentorship, continuing education, and a peer forum for practitioners who want to participate in creating an equitable culture of care together.
Ongoing invitations to join our monthly live Woven practice;
All of our public writing and videos;
Live offerings and interviews with other remarkable educators, practitioners and activists we admire whose work aligns with our mission
Early bird access to all upcoming classes and offerings.
Paid subscribers receive all of the above, plus:
The full archive of Woven recordings - an ongoing series that contains many hour-long somatic guided practice recordings, led by both of us.
The growing archive of recordings of all guest classes and interviews.
Preferred pricing for all of our online classes and offerings.
Practitioner Circle - beginning on March 10!
We are hugely excited to be opening a Practitioner Circle subscription level on Substack - this space is for our fellow care providers who want to participate in a supportive, nourishing facilitated space where we can discuss the pressing questions that arise in our work, find the support we need, and strategize together to build the culture of care we want to see - one where common humanity, embodied experience and consent are the norm rather than the exception.
Subscribers to the Practitioner Circle will receive, in addition to all the paid subscription offerings:
Invitation to a live monthly provider Q&A
Our individualized support in response to questions and issues that arise in our clinics and practices
An active peer community forum for practitioners through the subscriber chat on our Substack.
Our first Circle on March 10 will be free and open to all care providers who want to come check it out - please email us for the link to join at schoolforethicaltouch@gmail.com
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All anatomical collage art by Bedelgeuse, used with permission <3