Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies at IFT

Book Club

Next meeting: Thursday 30^th April at 6.15pm.  We are pleased to welcome Steven Walker, author of ‘Culturally Competent Therapy; working with children and young people’ to this meeting to join us to discuss his book.

 

Working with Refugees Systemically: Trauma, Resilience and Adversity-Activated Development

Professor Renos Papadopoulos PhD is a renowned and distinguished writer, trainer, consultant and researcher.  He will draw upon his rich and wide experience of working with asylum seekers and refugees to present this vibrant and stimulating workshop.   A refreshed and expanded perspective that can acknowledge both the impact of traumatised experiences and the realities of resilience and adversity- activated development will be presented to inform our theory and practice. This workshop will demonstrate how ideas developed in this context can be widely applicable to a broad range of professional contexts and will be useful to all those working with individuals, couples, children and families.

 Renos Papadopoulos is the Director of the Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees, a member of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, Jungian analyst in private practice and a consultant to the United Nations.  He has published widely in this field.

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Early Evening Events: Taking Risks in Working Cross Culturally

Barry Mason, Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist, The Institute of Family Therapy and in private practice

This presentation could also be entitled: 'The Personal and the Professional: Constructing Bridges Across Difference’

In this seminar, I will talk about the development of my own personal belief system and look at how I work with people with very different beliefs - not least in relation to gender, religion and culture. I have become particularly interested how, in wishing to connect therapeutically across difference, I don't necessarily disqualify some of my own personal ways of seeing. An example of this approach is an article I recently wrote for Context (August, 2008) - 'The Bridging Card'- in respect of greeting women who do not shake hands with men because of their religious beliefs.

I will also show some video of my working with a British Indian man who described himself as essentially a Buddhist, but with Christian influences. He knew that I did not believe in God.

There will be plenty of time for discussion and debate. 

 

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