The Rogue Therapist Collective

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Critical Conversations Collective Action
Community Care

Second Friday of the month | 930-11AM | ZOOM
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Register for April 10

APRIL: Staying With: Slowness & Presence for Clinicians

This 90-minute, community-centered call will help you:

 đź”¸Reflect on the emotional and nervous system demands clinicians carry while holding space for others.

 đź”¸Pause together for a brief, optional experiential moment focused on noticing pacing, presence, and the body.

 đź”¸Consider how clinicians can step in and out of clinical work with greater awareness and care for themselves.

Join us on April 10

Facilitated by: Liz Cerven, LCPC
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2026 | 930-11AM | VIA ZOOM
DONATION-BASED | REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

Therapists spend much of their time holding the emotional lives of others while moving quickly between sessions, notes, systems, and responsibilities. In the midst of this pace, it can be easy to lose contact with our own bodies, limits, and internal rhythms.

Grounded in relational, feminist, and queer-informed perspectives, this month’s RTC offers space for clinicians to slow down and reflect on how we move in and out of the therapy room—and what it means to remain connected to ourselves while doing this work.

Meet this month's presenter:

Elizabeth “Liz” Cerven, LCPC, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago (Liminal Space Therapy). Their work is relational and body-centered, shaped by feminist, queer, and somatic perspectives, with a particular focus on grief, death and mortality, trauma, identity, and the emotional lives of marginalized communities. Liz completed their PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision, where their research explored healing experiences among genderqueer individuals engaging in mind–body practices in therapy. Across their clinical work, writing, and teaching, they are interested in how therapists stay present to loss, uncertainty, and the realities of the body while remaining connected to their own humanity within the work.

Learn more about Liz here.

LIZ CERVEN, LCPC (she/they)

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WHAT IS RTC?

The RTC Mission:

THE RTC VISION:

WHO THIS IS FOR:

WHAT IS RTC?

The mental health field is changing — and not always for the better. 

As therapists committed to justice, care, and community, we know the traditional models aren't enough.

The Rogue Therapist Collective is a monthly gathering space for clinicians who are ready to challenge the status quo, imagine new futures, and advocate for real change in our field.

This is not simply another networking event or clinical training.

It’s a space for critical dialogue, mutual support, political engagement, and visionary thinking — among therapists who refuse to "stay in their lane."

Whether you're grappling with burnout, questioning the ethics of our systems, wanting to build alternatives, or simply craving solidarity — you are welcome here.

Please note: Although this event is virtual, registration will be capped and won't be recorded.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

The RTC Mission:

The Rogue Therapist Collective is a collaborative, peer-to-peer, community-in-formation of mental health workers committed to practicing with integrity, justice, and creativity in a field and world shaped by systemic harm. 

We gather to confront the ethical contradictions of our work, support one another in political and professional reflexivity, and imagine liberatory approaches to care. 

Through monthly meet-ups, collective care, and critical dialogue, we’re building a space where therapists don’t have to choose between their work and their well-being, and where therapy is able to truly be a healing practice.

THE RTC VISION:

We envision a mental health field rooted in collective care, political accountability, and liberation — where therapists are no longer isolated, overextended, or forced to choose between ethical integrity and professional survival. 

The Rogue Therapist Collective exists to cultivate a brave, connected community of practitioners who resist harmful systems, reimagine the role of therapy, and work together toward more just and sustainable models of care.

WHO THIS IS FOR:

Therapists, counselors, clinical social workers, psychologists, and students-in-training

Those committed to liberation, justice, and systemic change

Practitioners who feel disillusioned with the status quo — and ready to build something better

Please note this space assumes a shared commitment to anti-oppression values. 

(We are not a debate club about human rights.)

Logistics:

When: Monthly on Fridays, from 930-11am Central Time
Where: Zoom link provided upon registration
Cost: Donation-based (to offset speaker fees)

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Monthly Meeting Format

  • Opening Circle (10–15 minutes): Grounding, community agreements, introductions.

  • Creative Conversation (30–40 minutes): A rotating discussion topic each month (e.g., ethics under capitalism, collective care models, transformative approaches to mental health).

  • Skill-Building or Resource Exchange (20 minutes): Sharing strategies, tools, actions, and mutual aid.

  • Closing & Action Steps (10–15 minutes): Invitations for collaboration, advocacy, or personal/community reflection.

Each call will include:

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