Episode 1 - Angela Byrne
A conversation with Angela Byrne, a clinical psychologist working in the NHS who has worked within the Black & Minority Ethnic access service and with the marginalised religious and cultural communities of East London. Angela shares her journey with community psychology ideas, values and practice and her reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some relevant links and resources below:
Recipes of Life: https://dulwichcentre.com.au/recipes-for-life-by-natale-rudland-wood/
Social Kitchen: This facebook page (now inactive) provides an overview of the project: https://www.facebook.com/SocialKitchenCIC
A video here: https://www.facebook.com/SocialKitchenCIC/videos/713765132038765
Mamma’s to market: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/154177987219143897/?fb_ref=154178124651696859%3A95b4ea46532c6ba7763e&fbclid=IwAR2O4lz9k2xDqHwu-8x-AqiBBfkRJCDXRNsV7_TtIKkA4ZmWi3eLd9Wcszg
Regarding Collective Narrative Practices/Tree of Life:
Founder of the Tree of Life - Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo - Original paper here: http://inee-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/Tree_of_LIfe,_child_therapy_in_South_Africa.pdf
Read about the Tree of Life methodology being used cross-culturally: https://dulwichcentre.com.au/the-tree-of-life/
Ncazelo now runs Phola.org: https://phola.org/tree-of-life/
Angela’s work with the Trailblazer’s Project:
https://smnolas.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/trailblazers_final-programme.pdf
https://dulwichcentre.com.au/the-tree-of-life/england/using-the-tree-of-life-with-the-trailblazers-group/
Angela Byrne et al's work written up in Context, Issue 117: “A powerful piece of work”: African and Caribbean men talking about the ‘tree of life’ (contact us for a copy).
Working with religious, spiritual, cultural communities
Byrne et al., 2017 Working together to break the ‘circles of fear’ between Muslim communities and mental health services
https://clinpsychnick.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/angela-bryne-and-shirin-mustafa-building-bridges-psychology-community-and-faith-groups-in-tower-hamlets.pdf
Work within Kurdish/Turkish Community: http://derman.org.uk/en/
Discovering Community Psychology
Discovering Community Psychology is a brand new podcast hoping to make community psychology ideas and practice more accessible. In our first mini series we will be having conversations with numerous psychological professionals, activists and community leaders about their work within and alongside communities, highlighting the variety and impact of this collaborative and transformative approach.
- No. of episodes: 16
- Latest episode: 2021-08-20
- Health & Fitness Mental Health
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