“I believe that somewhere in the darkest night… a candle glows.
I believe above the storm… the smallest breath… will still be heard”.
(‘I believe’ by Robson and Jerome 2016)
Kiren discusses why she wrote this book chapter using personal experiences of counsellor training, loss, and bereavement, including explicit discussions around suicide and trauma.
Together we will explore how awareness and power can impact relationships, our clients, our supervision experiences, complaint procedures and our participation in the wider world.
The workshop will include creativity, Activities2heal and multimedia (no artistic abilities necessary), to enable participants to look at their own experiences from differing perspectives and share their learning, if they wish to.
Course Content
Presenter
Counsellor, Mentor, Support Worker, Author
Hello, I’m Kiren. I’m a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited person-centred counsellor in private practice and a single, disabled mum of 3 boys. I am also a Mentor and Support Worker within the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network’s (BAATN) Each One Teach One (EOTO) Programme. My work is with clients and mentees experiencing trauma and discrimination within the workplace and in educational settings, including counselling training institutions and placements. A self-penned account of my survival of explicit racism in counselling training, entitled ‘Counsellor Training and Beyond’ is published in ‘Therapy in Colour: Intersectional, Anti-Racist and Intercultural Approaches by Therapists of Colour’ (2023; Jessica Kingsley Publishers). I look forward to meeting you for BWTOC UK 24. Alongside colleagues Salma Joosub and a contribution from Debrina Lloyd-Davies, I will be presenting a 90-minute Seminar exploring the experiences of Black and BIPOC trainee therapists Healing from Therapy Training.
