NORTH WEST DIVISION OF COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
'RACISM IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES:TRUTH OR DENIAL'
SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2020, WEBINAR
SPEAKERS
Dr Anne Aiyegbusi
Dr Anne Aiyegbusi currently works part time in the NHS at the Cassel Hospital, Richmond. She is a Director of Psychological Approaches, an independent training and consultancy company. Anne is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Institute of Group Analysis where she leads on Anti-discrimination and Intersectionality. Anne is a group analyst, forensic psychotherapist and registered mental health nurse. She has professional experience in many other areas including executive level management and leadership, research, integrated governance, coaching, mentorship and supervision.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 currently training as a counselling psychologist at the University of Manchester under the School of Environment Education and Development Scholarship. They received a master’s in science in children and young people’s mental health from the University of Edinburgh, for which they were presented with the highest performance achievement award. They have also been a guest lecturer at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile on topics such as psychoanalytic theory and praxis, and psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and carers. Their research focuses on intersectionality and children’s liberation in child-adult relationships, and they are the founder of ketrawe BIPoC Trainees Liberation Group, grassroots initiative for BAME/PoC counselling psychology trainees at the University of Manchester. They are also a multi-disciplinary artist working with queerness, BIPoC identity, conversion therapy and transgenerational trauma.
Tania's Presentation
In the second part of this workshop, through the lens of current anti-racist theory, Tania Payá Ramírez will explore accounts of institutionalised racism in the training programmes for counselling psychology and allied professions and how these experiences affect the journey of PoC trainees. Tania will also explore their experience of developing ketrawe BIPoC Trainees Liberation Group, a grassroots initiative by and for PoC trainees at the University of Manchester aiming to resist institutionalised racism and make learning spaces safer for PoC trainees.
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