Exploring the impact of race and working with refugees

Overview

What does it mean to be displaced? What does it mean to seek refuge? What does it mean to feel like you are different, that you don’t completely belong?

How does all of this impact your identity, sense of belonging, self-worth and your mental health? As mental health and emotional well-being practitioners, what do we need to know? What needs to be considered in clinical practice? How do we talk about the difference between us?

About the presenter

Sheetal Amin

Sheetal is a UKCP HIPC registered psychotherapist and supervisor who has many years of experience working with children, adolescents, families and adults in statutory mental health services, residential care, local authority and education. She has been the adoptions lead specialist, clinical lead and lead for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people within CAMHS service and specialises in working with children in care, adoption and migrant and refugee population with complex needs. Sheetal has a consultative role with schools, social care professionals and CAMHS clinicians regarding this client group and supervises psychotherapists promoting multi-agency practice with children.

Sheetal also has a private practice whereby she provides individual psychotherapy to young people and adults, consults with independent providers of services for children and young people, offers clinical supervision to both qualified and trainee therapists and lectures on psychotherapeutic training courses. She has been the chair for the equality and diversity committee for children and young people within UKCP and now is a committee member of the Equality, Diversity and inclusivity within central UKCP.

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