Therapy in Colour: Intersectional, Anti-Racist and Intercultural Approaches by Therapists of Colour

If you are seeking to create a more intersectional, anti-racist, and inter-cultural approach to therapy, this edited collection emerging from the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network is an invaluable resource for your practice. This collection covers topics such as the psychological trauma of racism, the various barriers to accessing support for mental health and the lived experience of Black, African, or Asian people in a profession that is still dominated by Eurocentric perspectives, training, and practice. Each contribution further reinforces the importance and benefit of having an intersectional, anti-racist, and inter-cultural approach to your therapeutic practice and contains insight from 27 experts in the psychological arena. This book is split into four sections - the first focusses on colour, creativity, and anti-racist reflections. Part two covers training in the psychological field in the past, present, and future. Part three discusses CPD, supervision and self-care with a specific focus on mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional health and lastly, part five centralises therapeutic needs and psychological wellbeing within the context of identity, culture, and belonging.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Preface by Eugene Ellis Introduction by Karen Carberry SECTION I - COLOUR, CREATIVITY AND ANTI-RACIST REFLECTION 1. Adaptations to Psychotherapy for Effective Treatment of Black and Minority Ethnic People - Lennox K. Thomas 2. The Racist Gaze: Bearing Witness - Narendra Keval 3. Can the Image Bridge Our Differences? - Ann Boxill 4. An Encounter Between a White Patient and a Black Psychotherapist - Wanderley M. Santos 5. Counsellor Training and Beyond... A Practical Application - Kiren Khosla SECTION II -TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF PASTS, PRESENTS AND FUTURE 6. Two Black Tutors! - Pat Marie Coleman & Paulette Gibson 7. Misery Loves Company, but There's No Need to Walk Alone - Lydia Puricelli-Culverwell 8. Myself as Therapist, Trainee, and the Power of Creativity - Symone Stephens-Morgan SECTION III - CPD: SUPERVISION AND SELF CARE - OUR MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH 9. Conversation about co-supervision with two Senior African Heritage Therapists - Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga & Arike Grant 10. Sitting With Discomfort or Embodying Joy? - Moriam Grillo 11. Embodied Ancestors: Inter And Intra Psychic Reactivations Of The Colonized Self In Psychotherapy And Supervision - Roshmi S. Lovatt SECTION IV - THERAPEUTIC NEEDS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING: IN CONTEXT OF IDENTITY, CULTURE AND BELONGING 12. Transracial Adoption: Keeping Race on the Agenda - Anthea Benjamin 13. The Power Of A Name - Umaa Thampu 14. Belonging: Who Decides? - Karen Minikin 15. Embodied Experiencing: Relational Learning - Carmen Joanne Ablack 16. The impact of racism and culture on identity: A Psychoanalytic Intercultural approach - Gita Patel 17. Character Work - Shirani Situnayake SECTION V: CELEBRATING OUR INTERSECTIONALITY: ANCESTRAL CONSELLATIONS - AFRICAN HEALING CONTEXTS, TRADITIONS AND ORIGINS 18. A Queer Love Letter: The severing and redeeming power of Eros in psychotherapy - Joel Simpson 19. African Healing Ritual with a Therapeutic Edge - Sonya Welch-Moring 20. A journey in decolonising therapy - Oye Agoro 21. Effective Anti-racist Practice in Counselling and Therapy Training - Tonia Mihill Epilogue: Selah by Kris Black About the Editors About the Authors