We are looking for a proactive person with a friendly, can-do attitude to provide efficient administrative support for the delivery of our therapeutic service; to provide good customer service to both clients and external organisations, accurately maintain the client databases, and perform other general administrative duties for the smooth running of the office. Job title: Clinical...

Nafsiyat is now providing culturally sensitive short Grief Support Groups for emotional support and to find ways to understand better grief.  We will be running a women only support group Mondays starting 7th June 2021 from 9:30-11am.  A mixed support group will be held Wednesdays starting 9th June 2021 from 4-5:30pm.  Our Grief Support Groups will be running over 4 weeks at same...

We are looking for a group therapy trainee, who will participate in facilitating psycho education, therapy, or reflective groups. We encourage applications from: > Bilingual trainees> Psychodynamic or Analytic oriented trainees> Lived experience of being a refugee is desirable We are a friendly and experienced team and supervision will be provided by an experienced group analyst. To...

Nafsiyat will again run its successful one-day workshop for supervisors and supervisees, to explore interculturality within the supervisory relationship. It will be held online via Zoom on Sunday 24th October 2021 and tickets are available now through Eventbrite. There have been many books, workshops and training program on psychotherapy and counselling across cultural and ‘racial’ borders...

We are pleased to share the news that, following a one-year secondment, Baffour Ababio has been appointed as the Clinical Lead of Nafsiyat. Baffour Ababio is a psychoanalytic intercultural psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice and at Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre. Baffour completed his training at University College London and the Guild of Psychotherapists and...

We are pleased to announce that Nafsiyat’s new Chair of Trustees is Jane Cook. Jane has been a Nafsiyat Trustee since 2015 and has previously served as Chair. Jane is a Registered General Nurse and Public Health Specialist (Health Visitor) who works at a strategic level focusing on transformational change that aims to meet the needs of individuals, families and communities. Jane has...

Delivered by Caroline Adewole and Sega Habtom. The workshop will draw on clinical examples and work as well as the intercultural experience to put forward the processes involved in working at the juncture of the client’s inner and outer experiences. The evocation of shame and avoidance in the dyadic or group encounter of intersecting differences and sameness will also be explored. “Any...

This is a FREE Bereavement Support Service that we are providing as a member of the BAMEStream alliance. Who we will supportAnyone aged 18 and over who identifies as Black, Asian or any other Minoritised Ethnicity who has been affected by the death of a loved one due to Covid-19, and is registered with a GP in England. What we will provideNafsiyat will provide FREE culturally competent...

We’re very happy to announce our brand new Newsletter has just gone live on MailChimp. Here you’ll be able to read the very latest about our news, events, fundraising and everything Nafsiyat. You can also subscribe to our newsletter. Why not take a moment and click the link. https://mailchi.mp/2fe053d6f5c0/nafsiyat-newsletter

The final nine minutes of George Floyd’s life captured on a smartphone camera, ignited the injustices which had for so long been seared into the lives of black people. The image of a white policeman’s knee bearing down on a black man’s neck, casually snuffing the life out of him, blew the lid...