ACTION NOT WORDS II: NEGOTIATING MULTIPLE IDENTITIES

WHEN:            Friday 17^th October 2014, 9:30am – 4:30pm (Registration from 9:00am)

WHERE:           University of East London, University Square Stratford, 1 Salway Road, Stratford, London E15 1NF (entrance is on Salway place at the end of Salway road)

Organisers:     Psychologists belonging to various forums interested in issues related to race, culture and diversity from the Divisions of Clinical, Counselling and Educational Psychology including but not limited to BACPG and ERFCF

Sponsors:        Divisions of Clinical, Counselling and  Educational and Child Psychology, British Psychological Society.

Following the highly successful  joint cross-divisional conference on ‘Therapeutic Interventions: Action not Words’  held in October 2013 at the BPS offices in London, a follow up conference will be held on the topic ‘Negotiating Multiple Identities.”

This conference will emphasize and develop knowledge around culture and black and ethnic minority experiences for those involved in all aspects of applied psychology and shaping psychological services for adults, children and young people. We are excited to host a  range of excellent keynote speakers,  and offer ten inspiring workshops.  All workshop facilitators have been drawn from practitioners in clinical psychology, community psychology, counselling psychology and educational psychology.

OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:

To promote the development of psychology services that are relevant and accessible to people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities in the UK.

·        To explore the issue of multiple identities with reference to issues of equality and diversity.

·        To identify the role of psychologists in challenging multiple discriminations by  developing  further awareness of discrimination in its many forms and it effects on clients, services, professionals and its overall impact on psychological work.

·        To strengthen the development and application of cultural competence in individual psychologists, groups of professionals, and educational and health institutions to the needs of people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities.

Key note speakers: Dr Elaine Arnold, Psychotherapist (Migration and its effect on individual identity ), Dr Nimisha Patel, Clinical Psychologist & Professor Rachel Tribe, Counselling & Occupational  Psychologist (Human rights, social justice and psychology), Dr Suman Fernando, Psychiatrist (Globalization of ‘mental health’ and ‘mental illness’. Implications for the Global South) and Dr Matthew Jones Chester, Consultant Neuro-psychologist (Cross-cultural neuropsychology: from bigotry, through bias, to interaction).   

The Conference is ideal for service providers, practitioners, educators, researchers, policy makers, advocates, trainees and anyone with an interest in providing culturally appropriate services to adults, children and young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Discount rates are available.

For further details and registration please go to: www.kc-jones.co.uk/action Early  booking is recommended to ensure that you obtain a place. We hope that you will come along and join us.