About this event
Back by popular demand!
Last year’s 1st ever Black Women Therapists UK Live One-Day Online Conference was a resounding success. So, we’re returning in 2025!
If you’re a Black woman therapist or trainee, supervisor, trainer or coach based in the UK you won’t wan to miss the Black Women Therapists Live One-Day Online Conference UK 2025. This is a must for your diary.
For 2025, you’re invited to consider what ‘Respecting Our Bodies’ means for Black woman in the therapy profession.
Join Host Mary Pascall and Co-Host Tonia Mihill, plus an array of dynamic presenters for this essential event in support of Black women therapists in the UK.
BWTOC UK 25 will offer you, your peers and colleagues, unique and dedicated spaces for:
- Discussion
- Self-care
- Showcasing
- Networking
Who should attend?
The conference is in support of Black women practitioners and trainees. All who are in support are welcome.
Tickets: £25.00/£37.50/£50.00 (includes recording)
Students: £15.00 with discount code
Early bird tickets: £20.00/£32.00/£45.00 (includes recording; offer ends 1st February
2025)
Speakers to be announced,
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‘Embodied Legacies: Reconnecting Black Caribbean Women with Ancestral Wisdom’ – Rayann Bryan
Once again, we welcome Rayann Bryan, Founder and CEO of the Matilda Alves Foundation. For BWTUK25, Rayann invites you to consider the intergenerational wisdom and resilience of Black Caribbean women of the Windrush era. Through storytelling, reflection and shared insights, utilising approaches that are rooted in cultural heritage whilst addressing contemporary self-care needs.
What you can gain from the session:
You will leave with a deeper understanding of how ancestral resilience shapes our wellbeing. Practical insights and reflective approaches will be shared, so that you can learn to honour your body, through a culturally-rooted approach to self-care.
What to expect:
- Introduction – an overview of research on Black Caribbean mothers and daughters from the Windrush era, highlighting resilience and cultural strength relevant to body respect.
- Discussion – ‘Ancestral Narratives and Body Memory: how trauma, resilience, and strength are passed through generations’.
- Reflection – you will be invited to draw on your memories of a significant woman in your lineage, to reflect on your inherited resilience, self-care and community bonds.
- Sharing Circle – a voluntary sharing of your personal insights, fostering community connection and collective strength.
- Close – Rayann will close with a grounding affirmation, celebrating body respect and resilience, and rooted in culture and heritage.
Duration: 90 minutes.
This session will be recorded (facilitator only).
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Mary Pascall – BWTOC UK 25 Host
Mary is a psychotherapeutic counsellor, group facilitator and mentor in private practice, and host for BWTOC UK. Mary is also an associate tutor for the post-graduate diploma in person-centred counselling at The Norwich Centre, Norfolk, UK. She is registered with the British Association For Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and with the Black African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN, https://www.baatn.org.uk/). Specialising in working with transcultural issues through a person-centred lens, her approach is relational, racial justice allied and social justice allied. Within her practice, Mary offers counselling for adults, mentoring for counselling trainees and, as a group facilitator, a tailored programme of online and in-person experiential workshops offering an enabling space, in which participants can explore the impact of race and culture on well-being within the current climate, the context of their work, training or supervision.
Website | https://www.marypascallcounselling.com/
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Tonia Mihill – BWTOC UK 25 Co-Host
Tonia is Co-Host for BWTOC UK. She works as Head of Therapeutic Services at MAP (https://www.map.uk.net/), a Youth Charity, based in Norfolk, UK. Tonia also delivers Form and Freedom Supervision training colleague, Cat Burton, to deliver (https://therapynorwich.com/). Tonia qualified as a person-centred counsellor in 2007 and has devised, and delivered, anti-racist training since the mid-nineties. She is a member of the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN, https://www.baatn.org.uk/) and has participated in their mentoring programme since 2016. Her counselling practice is situated in the context of a lifelong active commitment to personal and community development, global justice, and equality. She is author of the chapter ‘Effective Anti-Racist Practice in Counselling and Therapy Training’ in ‘Therapy in Colour: Intersectional, Anti-Racist and Intercultural Approaches by Therapists of Colour’ (2023, Jessica Kingsley Publishers). For BWTUK 24 one-day online conference, Tonia offered a radical workshop entitled Rest as Resistance: Rest Now! Accessible at: https://onlinevents.co.uk/courses/ (search 2024 Black Women Therapists Online Conference: ‘Challenging the Strong Black Woman Archetype’).
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Rayann Bryan – Founder and CEO Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation
Rayann is Founder and CEO of the Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation, a UK mental health charity providing a vital platform for the support and empowerment of Black women in the UK. Another key area of focus for Rayann is as a PhD student investigating the experiences of Black Caribbean mothers and daughters who migrated to the UK during the Windrush era (1950s to 1960s). For BWTUK24 Rayann introduced the work of the Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation and offered practical insights into establishing and supporting similar initiatives.
Website | www.thelmamatildaalvesfoundation.com
Instagram | thelmamatildaalvesfoundation
X | @ThelmaMatila
