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Her most recent, 'In Therapy: The
Unfolding Story' is an expanded edition of In Therapy (an annotated
version of the BBC series listened to live by 2 million people).
She is the recipient of the Inaugural British Psychoanalytic Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2019. She continues to help many individuals and couples from her practice in London. ARTICLES BY SUSIE ORBACHAs a contributor, Susie had published many articles across the UK media. You can access a selection of these articles by clicking on the titles below. The Guardian: 'Body Uniformity is out of Control' The Observer: 'We don't have to be overwhelmed by climate anxiety. Feel the pain, then act' The Guardian: 'Weight Watchers wins when our diets fail - it won't change society's broken thinking around food' The Guardian: 'We are all vulnerable: that's where a new conversation about masculinity begins' The Observer: 'Working from home: how it changes us forever' |
Liliana Morales and Angie McLaughlin will be exploring the inequalities in Mental Health in terms of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio economic class and disability. They will be encouraging reflection on how we position ourselves in order to meet the needs of our diverse communities in the therapeutic realm.
Find out more about these speakers below.
SPEAKERANGIE MCLAUGHLIN |
Angie McLaughlin is a cis gender heterosexual woman (she/her). She was brought up working class in Scotland, with an Irish father and Scottish mother, and married into an African American family. She is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Family Therapist with a passion for exploring Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity in both her professional and personal life. After completing her training in San Francisco as a Marriage and Family therapist in 1997, she went on to work in community mental health in San Francisco for several years before returning to Ireland. Working with marginalised groups such as those at risk for homelessness, ethnic minorities, the LGBTI+ community and people diagnosed with HIV allowed her to witness first-hand the direct relationship between poor mental health and discrimination. Throughout her career she has brought an EDI lens to her work in multiple types of organisations with adults, youth, couples, families and groups. She values the diversity in the work that she has done which has allowed her to be challenged by different perspectives on an ongoing basis. Along with Liliana Morales, she is co-founder of PARC Training and has developed and delivered training on proactive non-discriminatory practice for mental health professionals. She co-formed the EDI subcommittee in Family Therapy Association of Ireland and represents this group on the FTAI Executive Board. Her current position is in youth mental health as Regional Clinical Manager for Jigsaw. She continues her life long striving to have humility when working with people who are different from her. |
LILIANA MORALES |
Liliana Morales is a migrant woman, and Counselling Psychologist, originally from Colombia. She is a Latin American mestiza, and Colombian-Irish. Liliana has 20 years’ experience working therapeutically with asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland in the public service sector, and she is now working in the voluntary sector managing services for survivors of torture. She is the Therapy Manager and Acting Head of Clinical Services in Spirasi. She is involved in delivering training for doctoral psychology trainees (Clinical, Counselling and Educational), psychologists and other mental health and health care professionals on cultural competence/cultural humility/migrants’ mental health. She’s a member of PSI and was a co-founder of the Culture and Ethnic Diversity SIG, no longer in existence. Along with Angie McLaughlin, she is co-founder of PARC Training. She has been invited to deliver key note speeches, and participated at events, organised by special interest groups and women’s mental health networks. She provides supervision to staff at a voluntary organisation who works with vulnerable populations and forced migrants. Liliana has a passion for culturally inclusive practice, challenging systems, politics, social justice issues and diversity within psychology/mental health and the health space in general. She lives with her tri-cultural family in Dublin |