BAATN Conference Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Title: From Silence to Sovereignty: Emotional Liberation for Men from the Global Majority

Talk summary: This keynote examines modern masculinity through a culturally grounded Humanistic lens, exploring how racism, bias, intergenerational trauma, and “the white gaze” shape the emotional lives of men from the global majority, and perhaps most importantly, how therapists can better support them. Drawing on lived experience, clinical practice, psychological theory, developments in neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and spiritual truths that remain relevant across generations, the talk invites curiosity about what epigenetics and our deeper ancestral inheritance can teach us. It also acknowledges the value of concepts such as the Akashic field in illuminating unspoken emotional legacies and explanations beyond traditional psychotherapeutic theory. The session includes preparation and reflective space to honour the soul-exhaustion many carry into the room.