1st Edition

Reimagining Race in Psychology Challenging Narratives and Widening Perspectives in Training and Practice

Edited By Yetunde Ade-Serrano, Ohemaa Nkansa-Dwamena Copyright 2025
280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This important book brings together race, mental health and applied psychology, unpacking these areas from differing perspectives and offering new insights in support of training and development of practice. The ability to work with issues of race and intersectionality within psychology is vital. Contributors with experience in counselling psychology and applied psychology from across varied... Read more

PART 1 AT THE PERCEIVED INCIPIENT

1 Frameworks

Cerisse Gunasinghe

2 Training

Andre Etchebarne

3 Developing super-vision in a colour-blind world

Amelia Baldwin

4 Ethics and ethical practice

Jaspreet Tehara, Ohemaa Nkansa-Dwamena, and Yetunde Ade-Serrano

PART 2 LANDSCAPE

5 Mental health

Hayat Hussein

6 Racial trauma

Divine Charura and Byron Al-Murri

7 Bias and diagnosis

Ranjot Bhogal and Neha Cattra

8 The impact of systemic racism

Adebayo Idowu

9 Race and politics

Dominique Fray-Aitken

PART 3 PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICE

10 The role of intergenerational trauma and adultification in children and young people

Raisa Kumaga

11 Rethinking the way we work with Black men

Melissa Butler

12 Working with women of colour

Mou Sultana

13 Working with older adults of colour

Natalie V. Bailey

14 Social hierarchies and societal values: Implications for Black queer men in the UK

Andrew Stockhausen

PART 4 APPROACHES IN PRACTICE

15 Why I developed mindfulness calligraphy enhance therapy?

Juan Du

16 Race and neurodiversity: Understanding intersectionality and privilege – My story

Tumi Sotire

17 Faith, religion and spirituality

Asuka Yamashina

Postscript

Biography

Yetunde Ade-Serrano is a chartered and registered Practitioner Counselling Psychologist who works primarily in independent practice. She also works as an Expert Witness in Family Courts and as a Domestic Violence Risk Assessor. Dr Ade-Serrano is a UK-based practitioner.

Ohemaa Nkansa-Dwamena is a registered and chartered Counselling Psychologist and an Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology at City, University of London, UK. She works primarily in private practice with former clinical positions in NHS, forensic, higher education, and third sector settings.