The Rogue Therapist Collective

Critical Conversations | Collective Action | Community Care

Critical Conversations Collective Action
Community Care

Second Friday of the month | 930-11AM | ZOOM
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Register for June 12

JUNE: Response Art: Processing the Work We Carry Through a Creative Lens

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

 đź”¸Explore the use of response art as a reflective tool for understanding the therapeutic relationship

 đź”¸Deepen awareness of relational dynamics, countertransference, and emotional residue through creative expression

 đź”¸Engage in a guided art-making exercise to support integration, insight, and renewed empathy in your clinical work

Join us on June 12

Facilitated by: Annie Novotny, LCPC, ATR-BC
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2026 | 930-11AM | VIA ZOOM
DONATION-BASED | REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

As therapists, we carry a lot that doesn’t always resolve through words alone. Creative practices can help us process, reflect, and reconnect with ourselves and our work.

This month’s RTC is an experiential response art session, exploring how art-making can support reflection, insight, and new perspectives in clinical work. No art experience needed—just bring simple supplies and an open mind.

Meet this month's presenter:

Annie Novotny, LCPC, ATR-BC, is the founder of Roots and Rays Creative Counseling, a practice rooted in collaborative, trauma-informed healing. She specializes in working with survivors of sexual violence and integrates expressive arts, EMDR, IFS, and somatic approaches to support deep, meaningful change. Annie is passionate about the power of creative expression as a pathway for insight, connection, and transformation in both clients and clinicians.



Learn more about Annie here.

ANNIE NOVOTNY, LCPC, ATR-BC | roots & rays creative counseling

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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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