Taking a proactive stance against racism means engaging our minds, bodies and interpersonal selves. How can we develop the capacities we need for this essential and often deeply challenging work? Psychotherapist Eugene Ellis, founder of the Black, African and Asian...
Inner Life Writes: A Manifesto For RE-Connecting To Love, RE-Newing Your Light and Radiating Your Light Author: Denise James This following piece of writing is taken from the Introduction of my new book, Inner Life Writes: A Manifesto For RE-Connecting To Love,...
Author: Maame Blue Summary: Ex-psychotherapist and author Maame Blue reflects on the impact that creative writing had on her practice, and how psychotherapy has influenced her as a writer today. I began my training as a psychotherapist at age 23. I was following a...
Author: Gary McFarlane Is it true that “Black men don’t do therapy?”, Somewhat provocative, but is there an element of truth? As a black Afro-Caribbean male, I remember undertaking my counselling training with RELATE and planned to do a major career shift from the...
Author: Lorraine Collins There’s a lot of uncertainty these days regarding job security. It’s understandable. The pandemic has had a massive impact on careers. Redundancies have soared as companies have gone bust or been forced to make drastic cuts. As we...
Author: Lorraine Welch And yet I find myself feeling pressured and responsible to do this, both professionally and personally. Its October 2022 and black history month again. The theme this year is Time for change: Action not words. Resultantly I find myself writing...
Author: Karmela Jones Polyamory and non-monogamy have become increasing well-known buzz words in public discourse and, although I neither specialise in therapy specifically related to gender, sexuality and relationship diversity nor do I work with couples, it has been...
What the construct of racial difference imposes on us is demanding and complex. Exploring themes from his most recent book, The Race Conversation: An Essential Guide to Life-Changing Dialogue, Eugene explores the various factors in our conditioning around race while...
Author: Sanah Ahsan Therapy must be a place where oppression is examined, where the focus isn’t to simply reduce distress, but to see it as a survival response to an oppressive world. Read more on the Guardian website...
Author: Ayesha Giselle Dornelly It’s hard enough being a black person in today’s society. We constantly have to deal with the negative stereotypes and microaggressions that come with it. But what many people don’t realize is that this constant...
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