Drawing upon the ideas of intersectional theory, this presentation explores the importance of bringing this theory together with the skills embedded within counselling and psychosexual and relationship therapy as we together develop a language to assist professionals in finding the language to discuss issues of privilege and otherness.
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.
Psychosexual and Relationship Therapists…:
- Will gain an understanding of intersectionality theory and its relevance to the social constructions of identity;
- Explore and understand issues of privilege and otherness;
- Will gain knowledge about othering, stereotyping and the objectification of the other;
- Understand the internalised experience of othering.
About the Presenter
Dr Dwight Turner is Senior Lecturer within the School of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton, lecturing on their PG Dip and MSc courses in Counselling and Psychotherapy, a PhD Supervisor at their Doctoral College, a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice.
His latest book Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy was released in February 2021 and is published by Routledge. An activist, writer and public speaker 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 Twitter at @dturner300
