Privilege and Otherness: Developing a Language for Practitioners

We live in a challenging age, with the death of George Floyd, the subsequent marches across the world for Black Lives Matter, the struggles of the #Metoo movement, campaigns for equal rights for the LGBTQ community, and the rise of Disability theorists. Yet, these efforts towards equality in the face of varying types of oppression speak loudly of the voices of the others and their need to be heard and acknowledged.

It could be considered that trainings around difference and diversity have been slow in turning their considerable talents towards exploring or understanding the complexities of these overlapping issues, and how privilege and otherness influences these discussions, often doing no more than to mirror the wider societal oppressions we all witness daily. 

In his new book, Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dr Dwight Turner draws upon the ideas of intersectional theory tying this to post-colonial theory, feminist discourse, and other theoretical areas of relevance to address these absences within counselling and psychotherapy.

This three-hour CPD morning presents some of the key ideas from this book, and brings theory together with the skills embedded within counselling and psychotherapy to develop a language to assist professionals in discussing issues of privilege and otherness. The workshop will be delivered online and participants will have the opportunity to take part in live Q+A throughout the morning. 

This short course forms part of the university's Counselling and Psychotherapy team's Continued Professional Development (CPD) programme.