Nafsiyat will be taking part in the Hackney Half marathon on Sunday September 26th. The team running includes Managing Director, Adam Weatherhead, who says: “It’s been a tough time for many, but the pandemic has exposed and widened inequalities, which makes the work of Nafsiyat even more important right now. If you make a donation, it will enable Nafsiyat to support more people for...

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 looking for self-employed bilingual/multilingual counsellors in the following languages Cantonese, Dari, Farsi, Filipino, French, Pashto, Polish, Turkish to join our intercultural clinical team. Please see the full details here: Bilingual Counsellor – Job Description We are also looking for an experienced clinical supervisor to undertake fortnightly group supervision for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...