50 Shades of Love TACC 2026

In this workshop, we will reflect on the cradle of love – our conception stories and the womb as the first spaces of human holding – and explore the roots of love through imagery and theory. Expanding beyond the mother-infant dyad, we view caring for love as a radical political act in the current troubled world. Drawing on our Three-Ego-State Model of Co-Regulation and Layers of support model for intervention, developed through our experience as TA practitioners within perinatal and parental psychotherapy and supervision, alongside insights from other modalities, we will open dialogue on the beauty and cost of love, and on how we can support our clients and ourselves. From a systemic perspective, we aim to normalize ambivalence in parenthood, reduce pathologizing narratives, cultivate compassion for parents and activate layers of support from our communities. This experiential workshop invites participants to co-create a reflective space where theory and practice emerge in dialogue.