Therapy in Colour

Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga is a Transcultural Psychotherapist, supervisor, lecturer, writer and Reiki Master. She is the author of 'Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process' (2009) and 'The Challenge of Racism in Therapeutic Practice' (2016). Kris Black (they/them) is a psychotherapist, intersectional feminist, activist, and trainer and has served on the BAATN Leadership Team for many years. Kris has served on the editorial and management boards of a number of grassroots campaigning organisations and charities furthering the liberation of racialised and marginalised GSRD communities.Karen Carberry is a Consultant Family Therapist for Orri; Executive Director and Deputy Chair of The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT). She is a Lecturer, an accredited Systemic Supervisor; Fellow of the Asian Academy of Family Therapy (AAFT), and co-editor of The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health (2020).Eugene Ellis is the Director and Founder of The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN), Honorary Fellow of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and Editorial Board Member of the journal Psychotherapy and Politics International. He is the author of 'The Race Conversation: An essential guide to creating life-changing dialogue' (Confer 2021).

• AcknowledgementsPreface by Eugene EllisIntroduction by Karen CarberrySECTION 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 Keval3. Can the Image Bridge Our Differences? - Ann Boxill4. 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-Culverwell8. 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 Grant10. 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. LovattSECTION 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 Patel17. 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 MihillEpilogue: Selah by Kris Black About the EditorsAbout the Authors

These are Therapists of Colour from across the generations, who have come together to present some of the most interesting and far-reaching thoughts and clinical ideas that counsellors of colour have had maybe for a generation. A book like this, is a bit like a rare event. It therefore deserves to be both witnessed and read and studied.