Decolonisation is a term, which has become a modern-day buzzword as we look to understand the influences of the systemic structures of oppression, which have moulded all of our identities., Yet in the worlds of counselling and psychotherapy, there has been a struggle to understand what this term means in regard to our profession. Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy considers the ways in which the systems of colonisation have taken over and are continually reconstituted within our profession.
As part of this book launch event, we will explore some of the themes of the book as it challenges our profession by offering practical ways in which we might diversify our practices, proffering varying perspectives about how to create pathways for greater inclusion in training courses and examining the many opportunities to explore and expand the ways in which we undertake research. Most importantly, it will encourage the therapist to look at the internalised experiences of colonisation on themselves. The book shows that working creatively with techniques common to counselling and psychotherapy could lead the profession to not only broaden out what it knows and understands of human nature but, through a process of decolonisation, assist in meeting the needs of a wider range of clients.
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Dr Dwight Turner is Course Leader on the Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Course at the University of Brighton, a PhD Supervisor at their Doctoral College, a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. His publications include The Psychology of Supremacy (2023), and Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2021), which are both published by Routledge, together with several chapters in anthologies on aspects of counselling and psychotherapy, and over 50 academic papers on everything from intersectionality in psychotherapy, to dreamwork, to Afrocentric spirituality. A leading driver in Intersectional Psychotherapy, Dr Turner is an experienced conference speaker, including numerous keynote presentations. Dr Turner has also run workshops for a wide variety of Universities, Charities, and private organisations on issues of race, difference and intersectionality in counselling and psychotherapy.
