Perspectives on Intercultural Psychotherapy - An Igbo Group Analysts Search for Social and Cultural Identity

Sommario

Chapter One: Introduction: My search for an identity
Chapter Two: The troubled birth of Nigeria: being an exile in my own land
Chapter Three: Culture, identity and language: exploring my identity as a group analyst and Igbo man
Chapter Four: The connections between language as one of our important cultural attributes and the development of identity
Chapter Five: Talking to my peers — the importance of shared experiences
Chapter Six: Analysis of and reflections on the group discussions
Chapter Seven: Two cultures, one identity: Reflections on my attempts to bring together experiences from two conflicting cultures during my attempt to become an intercultural group psychotherapist
Chapter Eight: Bringing it all together: looking back, moving forward

Info autore

Okeke Azu-Okeke has an MA in Deviancy and Social Policy from Middlesex University, UK. He has wide experience as a mental health professional in radical NHS centres such as the Henderson Hospital Surrey, the Aro Centre Nigeria, and as a group analytic psychotherapist, teacher, supervisor and innovator.

Riassunto

In Two Cultures, One Identity, Okeke Azu-Okeke explores cultural identity by drawing on his own experience as the first and only Black trainee in an Institute for Group Analysis in London and the impact this has had on his work as a lecturer and supervisor.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Okeke Azu-Okeke, Azu-Okeke Okeke
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138827028
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82702-8
• Pagine: 156
• Serie: Explorations in Mental Health; Explorations in Mental Health
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Psychotherapy, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies