Book Review for “A New Introduction to Counselling & Psychotherapy”

NCPS CM ArticleDownload Book Review for A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy - Text version Tell us about your book. It’s called A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: Embedding Context, Diversity, and Equity into Practice. It’s a bit of a long title, but it reflects the book’s scope. It’s a comprehensive (nearly 500-page) … Continue reading Book Review for “A New Introduction to Counselling & Psychotherapy” →

What is Contextual Empathy?

A number of people have given feedback and messaged appreciation for my defining a new term, 'contextual empathy' explicitly to avoid thinking/empathising solely in ahistorical, here-and-now, or decontextualised human-only terms. Here is the definition used (Ahmad, 2025):"Contextual empathy (author term/definition): Empathy seeks to understand a person’s inner world (client frame of reference) and experience as … Continue reading What is Contextual Empathy? →

Therapist disclosure

Image: Mike Lewinski Therapist Disclosure Revisited: By Mamood Ahmad Disclosure Self-disclosure is the intentional or unintentional disclosure to the client of aspects of the therapist’s personal biography, such as identity, positionality, values, beliefs, or lived experience. Disclosure may occur while in therapy or outside of it. Self-disclosure may be deliberate, unavoidable, accidental, or client-initiated (Zur … Continue reading Therapist disclosure →

Developing Racial-Cultural Competence: A Call to all therapists

What comes up when you read the words “race and culture”? For most its likely to be people descended from the global majority (PoGM), such as African or South Asian people and their ubiquitous experiences of racism and systemic discrimination. While these are often central concerns, they can hide much of the scope, awareness, and … Continue reading Developing Racial-Cultural Competence: A Call to all therapists →

Exploring whiteness in the context of anti-racist practice: A mixed methods survey

Exploring whiteness in the context of anti-racist practice: A mixed methods survey Frances Basset Metanoia Institute, London, UK. Email: frances.basset@metanoia.ac.uk Abstract: A growing body of evidence exposes the persistence of racism and inequality within the psychological professions and this has led to a re-commitment across all professional bodies to address this as a matter of … Continue reading Exploring whiteness in the context of anti-racist practice: A mixed methods survey →

A Competence Framework for Embedding Race, Culture & Anti-Discrimination in Practice

A Competence Framework for Embedding Race and Culture 2.0 A practical approach to race and multicultural competence. DOWNLOAD: Please note the LATEST competency framework with video lessons and CPD Certificate has been moved to our e-learning portal. Click here to access here ABSTRACT: A practical competency framework is presented for race and cultural competence based on … Continue reading A Competence Framework for Embedding Race, Culture & Anti-Discrimination in Practice →