News and Announcements
The sad passing of Phil Cox
Phil was eager and passionate to share his knowledge and expertise with the BAATN Complaints Group for the last two years. The Complaints Group was set up to support therapists and students of colour going through or considering a complaint. His contribution to the group’s work and knowledge has been invaluable, and his legacy will continue to have a huge impact into the future – View post to add a personal tribute and commemorative message.
BAATN calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
BAATN wants peace for both sides, a cessation of hostilities and the ceasing of any further killing of any kind by anyone.
Rest in Peace Benjamin Zephaniah
We are all saddened by the news of Benjamin Zephaniah’s passing. What a beautiful soul. Watch Eugene Ellis in conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah at the Black Men on the Couch event at the Bernie Grant Centre, Tottenham 2011. This event was the second in the series aiming to change the status quo surrounding counselling and psychotherapy.
Windrush 75 – A New BAATN Webpage
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new webpage, dedicated to honouring the Windrush generation as we kick off this year’s Black History Month in association with The National Archives. Explore captivating interviews, photos, insightful research papers, archival records, and a plethora of useful links. We celebrate the rich history and remarkable contributions of our incredible community and explore the vibrant stories that have shaped our past and resonate with our present.
Book Launch: Radical-Relational Perspectives in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy
A new publication by Karen Shireen Minikin
Date for the diary!
The book-launch event will take place on Wednesday, 11th of October, 5:30 pm
Available for pre-order
20% Discount: use code SMA38, available on the Routledge website until 31st October 23.
BAATN Online Conference: 4th Nov 2023
Celebrating Diverse Practice: Spirit, Mind and Body
Tickets are now available.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Angel Abitha Chi – knowing who we are on a spirit and soul level
Amal Wartalska – socially inflicted trauma and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Stephen Abdullah Maynard and Sabnum Dharamsi – classical and contemporary perspectives on the Self in Islamic Counselling
Foluke Taylor’s keynote talk from BAATN’s 20th-anniversary conference
How can writing, as a way of telling stories that must be told, that cannot be told, help us to reckon with all the undoing that needs to be done?
Drawing from her book UNRULY THERAPEUTIC: BLACK FEMINIST WRITINGS AND PRACTICES IN LIVING ROOM, Foluke speaks to creative writing and its space-making possibilities.
Anshu Srivastava’s keynote talk from BAATN’s 20th-anniversary conference
“Decolonising Psychoanalysis – Theorising Our Own Experience – Transatlantic Dialogues” Anshu explores the question: can we really escape from the colonial and Eurocentric mindsets that accompanied the birth and growth of psychoanalysis through the 20th and now 21st Centuries?
David Weaver’s keynote talk from BAATN’s 20th-anniversary conference
David’s keynote argues the urgency for establishing anti-racism at the epicentre of the counselling professions and reframing it to serve every part of the population.
Dr Harbrinder Dhillon-Stevens’ keynote talk from BAATN’s 20th-anniversary conference
Dr Harbrinder Dhillon-Stevens' Keynote talk from BAATN’s 20th-anniversary conference is available to listen to. The...