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...

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...

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...

Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on Britain’s minorities. The critical preventative measures implemented to stem the spread of the virus, such as social distancing and self-isolation, have also impacted already marginalised groups to a much greater extent. Nafsiyat is now providing same language and culturally sensitive brief emotional interventions to adults (18+) from...

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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...

Due to Covid-19 the Institute of Fundraising announced a startling statistic suggesting that up to 48% of all voluntary giving to charities would have fallen due to the pandemic. So together with Centre 404 and the Mayor of Islington we launched the Mayor’s campaign to help us through this pandemic and keep our services running. Take action: Covid-19s impact on Nafsiyat and Centre...

In a report published on April 24th 2020, Healthwatch Islington has found that, in many cases cultural and language barriers made NHS counselling and talking therapies less effective for members of migrant communities.  They interviewed 73 residents from migrant communities who were living with mental health issues find out what their experiences were of accessing the...

We sadly share the news that pioneering psychotherapist Lennox Thomas has died. Lennox Thomas, originally from Grenada, qualified and worked as a social worker and probation officer with adults, children and families. He then went on to train as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and was a registered psychotherapist with the UK Council for...