The Challenge of Racism in Therapeutic Practice: Engaging with Oppression in Practice and Supervision

Book Details
- Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
- Published : 2016
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 240
- Category :
Individual Psychotherapy - Catalogue No : 39367
- ISBN 13 : 9781137397027
- ISBN 10 : 1137397020
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Racism exists in today's society in many different forms and, for a huge number of people, is a fact of everyday life. Inspired and informed by the author's own research, this uniquely engaging book brings the focus to how racism affects the therapeutic relationship, creatively exploring the subject of working with people of African, Caribbean, Asian and Mixed heritage in both therapeutic practice and clinical supervision.
Unpacking the latest concepts and theories, and offering a wealth of real-life stories and examples, the author reflects on how the challenge of everyday racism, as well as the enduring, intergenerational pain caused by historical racism, can affect the therapeutic dynamic, and how practitioners can deliver a truly inclusive therapeutic service that tackles these issues sensitively. Packed full of thoughtful, supportive advice, The Challenge of Racism in Therapeutic Practice draws on layers of experience to guide the reader through complex intercultural issues with a voice of empathy and understanding.
About the Author(s)
Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga, Retired Psychotherapist, poet and lecturer, has thirty three years’ experience as a Transcultural Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Lecturer, Writer and Reiki Master. She contributed papers and poetry to several anthologies. Isha initiated therapeutic services at the African Caribbean Mental Health Association in Brixton, and at Women’s Trust, working with women impacted by violence in relationships. She was a student counsellor and senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University and taught at Goldsmiths University of London. She has presented Black Issues workshops, based on concepts created during her Doctoral research and published in her books. As her legacy, she presents talks and trains master facilitators to present her concept of a black Empathic Approach to expand thinking and practice that embrace an emergence from the impact of racism and develop intersectional, anti-oppressive therapeutic practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy, psychology, and the caring professions.
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