Systems of supremacy impact upon us all. From the day we are born, we are moulded by patriarchal narratives, the structures of white supremacy of the impressions of a capitalist system, all of which mould who we are based around our gender, sexuality, race, culture, ability, age and so on.
This event, which is partly designed to publicise my new book, The Psychology of Supremacy, which is published by Routledge, takes an in depth look at some of the themes in the text and looks at how supremacy, meaning the intersections of patriarchy, white supremacy and capitalism, impacts upon on only our lives as counsellors and psychotherapists, but how they also influence our clients in the psychotherapy room. Considering everything from class, to race, to gender, to sexuality, and other forms of marginalisation, this workshop will be in part an exploration of the themes in the book but also in part an explication of how we, as practitioners, may work with these themes within our consulting rooms.
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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.
