Dr Anne Aiyegbusi

During her NHS nursing career she gained experience at all levels from ‘ward to board.’ She has extensive experience of working in forensic services and has a special interest in attachment and trauma, especially how related phenomena can unconsciously organise around the victim / perpetrator dynamic within multiple domains of experience. Anne has over 30 years of experience delivering academic presentations, nationally and internationally. She has also published academically and is an experienced editor, having edited and co-edited a number of professional texts. Her publications have been in the areas of; dynamics of difference, ‘race’ and racism, personality disorder, the psychodynamics of forensic nursing, boundaries in forensic practice, attachment and trauma, women in forensic services. She has recently co-authored a book with Anna Motz and Maxine Dennis entitled ‘Invisible Trauma : Women, Difference and the Criminal Justice System which has been published by Routledge.

Tania Paya Ramirez

Tania is a Latinx child and adolescent psychotherapist, working in public and private settings in Chile for 6 years before moving to the U.K. 5 years ago. She is currently training as a counselling psychologist at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on intersectionality, oppression and liberation in childhood and child-adult relationships. 

Tania coordinated an LGBT+ community support group in Edinburgh and recently founded a grassroots group for PoC counselling psychology trainees at University of Manchester, aiming to fight institutionalised racism in academia and support students with the emotional and practical implications of these experiences. Tania is also a multi-disciplinary artist working with photography, collage, spoken and written word exploring themes around queer living, PoC identity, bilingualism, conversion therapy and transgenerational trauma.