This blog is about the psychological consequences of being a person of colour in the UK. It’s about the impact on our inner lives and our sense of identity, about the political landscape we live in that shapes public opinion and the policies that have been put in place to mitigate against the impact of racial bias. Guest contributors are welcome. Guest Contributor Guidelines
Working as a Sex and Relationships Therapist
Working and training as a Sex and Relationships Therapist – E4’s newest member to The Sex Clinic Author: Charlene Douglas “I’m a Sex and Relationships Counsellor” I say. ‘oh, oh okay. Erm, that’s great! “Yep…erm..definitely something that’s needed” – the familiar...
BAATN won the nOSCARS
Author: Eugene Ellis BAATN won the 8th nOSCARS event in the Wellbeing category The nOSCARS showcases innovation and outstanding community impacts in the sexual health sector and is dedicated to raising the profile of the people and projects that are making headway...
Apologies and Compensations for Colonial Period
Author: Eugene Ellis My attention was drawn, by a BAATN member, to a European Parliament resolution that was like… what? How come I never heard about this in the news? The European Parliament has approved, by a large majority, the resolution on the “Fundamental rights...
The business of sustaining wellbeing from a Black perspective
Last weekend, I attended my first group gathering of counselling and psychotherapy students run by BAATN – The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network. I have been to similar sessions with cohorts at my place of study run by Eugene Ellis, but I was interested to know more about other Black and Asian students and keen to touch base with like-minded journeywomen and men.
Child sexual abuse in BAME communities and the need for more BAME therapists
Eugene Ellis from BAATN speaks on Child sexual abuse in BAME communities on the Paulette Edwards show on Radio Shefield.
The Sista Collective Podcast
Edieneh Spence from the BAATN Midlands Team speaks on The Sista Collective Podcast – Episode: The black Superwoman” “Every superwoman has her kryptonite” “With therapy theory it is really good cloth but we need to make a garment that suits us” “women need to find a...
The Ascent and Worship of Winning
Author: Adriana Dorsett: First of all I want to admit that it probably seems odd to choose this title and subject because Winning is so cozied up in our culture that it’s almost become a law of nature. Also, I’m not totally anti, when sport was drug free the glory...
Race Discrimination Remains A №1 Problem In The USA
The racial policy of the United States has long historical roots. It all started with the oppression of the indigenous people of America - the Indians: persecution, massacres, infection with smallpox and the creation of reservations, in which people were...
Jung’s Writings on and Theories About ‘Africans’
Thirty years ago the British Journal of Psychotherapy published a paper by Dr Farhad Dalal entitled ‘Jung: A racist’ (Dalal, 1988). No adequate acknowledgement or apology for what Jung wrote, and Dalal critiqued, has ever been forthcoming from the field of analytical...
Witnessing the Wound
Due to the popularity of this video I have placed a link to it here in this blog. The impact on relationships between Africans, South Asians and Caribbeans as a result of African slavery (colonisation), the rule of the British Raj (British Rule), indentured slavery...