Mental health is political.
Our work extends beyond therapy into advocacy, organising and systemic change.
Our Activism
Activism is central to the work of Black Psychotherapy. Alongside our clinical and educational work, we engage in advocacy and collective organising to challenge the structural conditions that shape mental health and wellbeing for Global Majority communities. Through research, community conversations, events and partnerships with grassroots organisations, we contribute to wider movements for justice, health equity, and systemic change.
Our activism is grounded in the belief that mental health cannot be separated from the social, political and historical forces that shape people’s lives.
5th Conference
Justice In Therapy: Decolonising The Curriculum
What must be dismantled to decolonise therapy training? Join the 5th Justice in Therapy conference, on 25th April, exploring justice in education. Counselling and psychotherapy training in the UK is increasingly being asked to reckon with its colonial inheritance, Eurocentric canon, and the impact of structural injustice within therapeutic education.
Justice in Therapy: Decolonising the Curriculum is a free conference bringing together educators, practitioners, trainees, researchers and community leaders to explore what meaningful change in therapeutic training could look like. Hosted by Black Psychotherapy, in partnership with and sponsored by the University of East London School of Childhood and Social Care, this event marks the 5th Justice in Therapy conference, building on conversations, campaigning and organising held over the past 18 months. Key insights and recommendations from this work are captured in our Justice in Therapy report which continues to inform the priorities for change in therapeutic education.
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What must be dismantled, and what must be built, in order to decolonise counselling and psychotherapy education?
This conference is an invitation to move beyond performative diversity initiatives and towards justice in how therapy is taught, practiced and imagined.
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Counsellors and psychotherapists • Trainees and students • Educators and training providers • Researchers • Community practitioners and organisers • Anyone interested in justice-informed approaches to therapy and therapeutic education
Find out more or sign up for this free event here.
Justice in Therapy
Justice in Therapy is our ongoing conference series exploring the changes needed to create a more equitable and accountable therapeutic profession. Rooted in community, these spaces centre lived experience, critical thinking and collective action.
You can read our 2025 report here