For immigrants and the children of immigrants, the experience or not ” belonging is complex. The story of how people come to be in a new land might be fraught with traumas – past and present. In the UK experiences of immigration are intertwined with the hostilities of racism and other forms of othering. Yet, we know that an experience of belonging – to a family, to a community and to a society is a fundamental human need.
This workshop considers the dynamics of alienation and the challenge of identity and belonging when dominant structures and normative mindsets are ostracizing to that quest. There will be opportunity to share personal experiences and link them to ideas that help understand this challenge from radical and relational perspectives.
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Presenter
Karen Shireen Minikin, (MSc. UKCP Reg TSTA (P)) is a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer in private practice. She is has written a number of articles on alienation and radical perspectives in psychotherapy. She is a co-editor of two journals: “Psychotherapy and Politics International” and the “Transactional Analysis Journal.” She is currently based in West Somerset.
