A BAATN Conference
BAATN Online conference 2026
Therapy, Activism & Self Care: Seeking Liberation In A Wounded World.
24th October 2026
Thought-provoking, interesting, educational, collective, identity reflective and comforting food for the soul!!
Angela Browne
Liberating, powerful, beautiful, and inspiring!
“I highly recommend coming together with other members in safe ground at the BAATN conference. It was a wonderful, joyous and enriching experience”
Date
24th October, 2026, (9:45 am for yoga session), conference starts at 10 am till 4:15 pm
Outline
This conference will explore how therapeutic work, social justice, and personal well-being intersect. How can our practice both challenge the status quo and amplify marginalised communities while sustaining us as practitioners?
Throughout the day, we will be drawing on the idea of rest as a radical act of self‑ and collective care and resistance and on how action and collective empowerment in the service of our and others’ liberation can, in itself, support good mental health.
This online event is suitable for therapists, trainees, and those in the helping professions interested in practises that are both sustainable and transformative, for ourselves and for those we work alongside.
Keynote speakers
David Archer – Anti-Racist Psychotherapy – Healing Racial Trauma When the World is on Fire.
Rakhi Chand – Rest is Resistance.
Nicole Worrica – Working Outside: re-storying, re-membering, & re-connecting to the natural world.
Workshops
You will be invited to choose your workshop when you purchase your ticket
- David Archer – Keynote talk reflections
- Rakhi Chand – Keynote talk reflections
- Nicole Worrica – Keynote talk reflections
- Ayan Ali -Working in therapy services without losing yourself or burning out
- Samina Ali – Nature in Psychotherapy: as co-facilitator, resourcer, and form of activism. Exploring creative ways to work with our intrinsic nature, in nature, within our professional field – for our clients, ourselves, and the global community.
- Dennis L Carney – Is therapy activism?
Venue
Online meeting via Zoom
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Programme
Saturday, 24th October 2026
09:45 – Music Intro with optional pre-conference yoga session led by Jasminder Bahia
10.00 – Introduction to the conference (25 mins)
10.25 – Embodying Meditation
10:30 – Keynote Talk: (30 min followed by 10 mins reflections)
11:10 – Break (20 mins)
11:30 – Keynote Talk: (30 min followed by 10 mins reflections)
12:10 – Break (5 mins)
12:15 – Keynote Talk: (30 min followed by 10 mins reflections)
13:00 – Lunch (1 hr)
14:00 – Workshop Introductions
14:05 – Workshops (1hr 15) – Find out more
15:20 – Break (20 mins)
15:40 – Plenary (30 mins) and ending ritual – 5Rhythms dynamic dance for five minutes.
16.15 – End
Cost
Normal fees
Non-members £65, Members £40, Student non-members £40 and student members £30
(Click here to become a member)
Booking Conditions
- Bookings can be made any time up until 1 pm on the day before the event.
- If you have difficulty booking, email events
Full payment will need to be made to guarantee a place.
What delegates have said:
“The conference was a deeply insightful and reflective experience. It was thought-provoking, inviting new perspectives and deeper understanding. It was also a joy to connect with such open-hearted, welcoming people. I left feeling enriched, expanded, and warmly held by a vibrant community.” Yvonne John
“A space to connect rejuvenate and remember who we are.” Marva Sherman
“We must embrace the richness of diversity in our communities, celebrating differences and listening to our marginalised voices. Creating a space where everyone is welcomed and honoured.”
“Attending the BAATN Conference was a way of pouring back into myself and this was my first ever BAATN event, online or in-person. For me, it felt like going back to your childhood home as an adult and bringing something meaningful back with you like the toy you used to love playing with as a child, or family photos that give you joy. I needed to bring something back home to myself and being at the conference did that for me.” Anaum Hammad
“The conference was nourishing, inspiring & informative; best conference I’ve ever attended in my career as a therapist.” Davina Aidoo
“I loved hearing various people who were new to the conference speaking of how accepted, held and loved they felt. A space where one can be unapologetically oneself. A coming home. This is the ethos of BAATN in a nutshell – humanity has not been lost to its unaffected professionalism: learn, love, reflect, grow.”
Bookings close on Friday, 23rd October, 2026 at 1 pm.
This conference is for therapists and mental health practitioners of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage. The conference is also open to therapists and mental health practitioners of Colour who are also affected by prejudice due to the colour of their skin and global white power.