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Exploring Privilege and Power in Counselling and Psychotherapy

About the workshop

ABSTRACT: The political within psychotherapy has become a growing field. With this though, is a rising realisation that the power dynamics which we have often avoided within counselling and psychotherapy, need space to be explored, considered and weighed appropriately. This workshop will therefore involve an exploration of just how we all have a relationship to power and how we might develop the skills and the knowledge in order to work safely with our own power, how we might work with the power that our colleagues may also have alongside us, and how we might also then bring this into the counselling and psychotherapeutic space and explore the power dynamics inherent within any of our consulting relationships.

Who is it for?

The workshop is open to all counsellors, students and supervisors.

About the Trainer

Dr DWIGHT TURNER is Course Leader on the Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Course at the University of Brighton, a PhD Supervisor at their Doctoral College and a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. His publications include The Psychology of Supremacy (2023) and Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2021), which are both published by Routledge, together with several chapters in anthologies on aspects of counselling and psychotherapy and over 50 academic papers on everything from intersectionality in psychotherapy, to dreamwork, to Afrocentric spirituality.A leading driver in Intersectional Psychotherapy, Dr Turner is an experienced conference speaker, including numerous keynote presentations. Dr Turner has also run workshops for a wide variety of Universities, Charities and private organisations on issues of race, difference and intersectionality in counselling and psychotherapy. Dr Turner can be contacted via his website www.dwightturnercounselling.co.uk and can be followed on social media on LinkedIn, Threads or on Twitter at @dturner300.

Key facts

When: Saturday 23rd November 2024, 10am to 4pm
Workshop Fee: £110 (includes a light lunch)
Note: 21 places maximum
Location: Rooms Worthing, Guildbourne Centre BN11 1LZ

If you need any further information about this course please email info@caracounsellingtraining.co.uk.