Visit our website for events, training and forums: www.baatn.org.ukSonya Welch-Moring presents the 3rd of 5 BAATN Spring seminars. She gives us an overview of Family, Community and systemic Constellations which is a combination of western and African approaches and is described by Sonya as a healing ritual with a therapeutic edge.Sonya Welch-Moring…

Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo, co-developer of a narrative therapeutic approach called the Tree of Life gives the 2nd of 5 BAATN Spring Seminars. This model of intervention supports those who have experienced significant hardship and trauma and also speaks to people across cultures. Ncazelo invites us to break free from problem saturated identities.…

Visit our website for events, training and forums: www.baatn.org.ukDr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga presents the first of these 5 BAATN Spring seminars. She talks about working with the hidden and voiced impact of racism in therapeutic relationships especially in supervision and touched on important themes in her book that relate to working in this area. H…

Visit our website for events, trainings and Forums: www.baatn.org.uk In this podcast I'm in conversation with therapists Bea Millar and Suzanne Keys who sent out an invitation to other white therapists for a gathering entitled 'Examining Whiteness, White Identity and Racism. They decided to offer this workshop because they realised that the unexami…

In this podcast I’m presenting a talk given at the 2014 BAATN Conference by Zenobia Nadirshaw. Zenobia is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has been in the world of Psychology for 38 years. She is very active in the field of Psychology, Counselling, Psychotherapy and ?Ethnic Minority and disability issues - including training of and supervisio…

Visit our website for events, trainings and Forums: www.baatn.org.uk There are many conversations happening about the psychological impact of racial bias and identity within the field of psychotherapy. There is however still much to do, as the worry about the race conversation is ever present. This episode of the 'Black and Asian Therapist Podcast'…

Visit our website for events, trainings and Forums: www.baatn.org.uk In this podcast I’m presenting a talk given at the 2014 BAATN Conference by Dennis Carney Dennis has been running courses around equality and diversity for the last 24 years with a focus on Black Gay and Bisexual men. He was the chair of the Black lesbian and Gay project back in t…

This podcast is a continuing conversation from the previous podcast. I'm speaking with black therapist and trainer, Patmarie Coleman and white therapist and trainer, Niki Cooper about their experience of supplementing their previous psychotherapy training with learning concepts and ideas that support their empathic approach to their black and Asian…

In this podcast I'm speaking with a black therapist, Kris Black and a white therapist and trainer, Celia Levy about their experience of supplementing their previous psychotherapy training training with learning concepts and ideas that support their empathic approach to their black and Asian clients and students. My guests will also be talking about…

This podcast features Jackee Holder who spoke at the 2013 BAATN conference on the theme of Leadership, purpose and self care. Jackee is a trainer, intuitive facilitator, executive business coach, speaker and author of three books, Soul Purpose, Be Your Own Best Life Coach and 49 Ways To Write Yourself Well. She believes wholeheartedly in creative e…

In this podcast I'm speaking with poppy Banerjee. Poppy Banerjee has been practicing as a counsellor/psychotherapist since 1994 and has been trained in person-centred/existential therapies and has substantial experience of working with Asian women and girls. In 1995 Poppy initiated and developed a Pan-London forum for Asian counsellors and professi…

This podcast features Sanjay Jobanputra who is a Senior Lecturer in psychology at the University of Westminster. He has worked in a number of community-based projects as a Asian Drug Worker, Alcohol Advisory Worker and HIV/AIDS Social Worker. Within the context of identity politics and developing a voice in this area his PhD explored the experience…

This edition of the podcast features a conversation with Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga who is an Integrative Transcultural Psychotherapist, Reiki practitioner, trainer, and supervisor. She is also author of ‘Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process’ and ‘In Search of Mr Mckenzie’. She gives us a very intimate and personal narrative of her life as a child…

This months podcast features a conversation with by Dwight Turner, psychotherapist, staff member of the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in London and writer on the topics such as 'An Afro-Caribbean perspective on intimacy', 'a personal perspective on the on how the absent father hinders the growth of black men in the new millenni…

This edition of the podcast features a talk given by Psychotherapist Valarie Watson who has a personal and particular interest in ethnicity race and culture as it relates to the counselling relationship. Valarie Watson will talk about the role of the black expert which is a way of thinking about how in certain situations black people are put in the…

In this podcast counsellor, trainer and consultant Luke Daniels speaks passionately and knowledgeably about working with perpetrators of domestic violence. Whilst doing his work with men he has found three common themes they all share which are that these men have been hurt themselves, either physically or emotionally, that sexism is strong in thei…

Transcending Intergenerational Trauma Dr Aileen Alleyne is a Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor in private practice in East Sussex and also consults to organisations on issues of difference and diversity in the workplace and education. Aileen is the author of several book chapters and journal papers exploring themes on black/white dynamics, an…

Towards Bicultural Competence - beyond black and white. This weeks podcast features a talk given by Gloria Gordon who is a lecturer at Southbank University, founder of the Centre for British African-Caribbean Studies and author of 'Towards Bicultural Competence - Beyond Black and White'. Gloria Gordon's talk is about her psychological journey and h…

This podcast features a talk given by Fakrhy Davids at the 2010 BAATN conference in London. Fakrhy Davids is a psychoanalyst working in London. He lived in South Africa under apartide where he was a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Cape Town. He has written and taught widely on the psychology of racism and has recently published a book c…

Narendra Keval is a therapist, supervisor and trainer and currently based at the centre for psychoanalytical studies at the University of Essex. Narendra uses a Object Relations frame work to articulate What happens to the collective curiosity of the therapy profession around the area of race? what is the nature of racial trauma? and what are the t…

This podcast features a talk given by Elaine Arnold at the 2010 BAATN conference in London. Elaine Arnold has worked with black families in various contexts for many years as a social worker specialising in Psychiatric Social Work and Child Guidance, as Director of Training at Nafsiyat, as a member of Action For Children's Black Families Adoption P…

This podcast features a talk given by Farhad Dalal at the 2010 BAATN Men's conference in London. Farhad is a psychotherapist, supervisor and group analyst and has published widely on forming an understanding of some of the causes of hatred of others in general and racism in particular. His recent publication 'Thought Paralysis - The virtues of disc…