Embedding Context, Diversity & Equity by Design into Practice & Curriculum

About the Book:

A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking and practical textbook that offers a comprehensive entry into self-development, theory, skills, practice, and advocacy.

This first-of-its-kind resource integrates, as required by SCoPEd competencies, dimensions often overlooked in mainstream teaching and practice, including social and personal context, culture, identity, diversity, neurodiversity, embodiment, worldviews and beliefs, power dynamics, intersectionality, and trauma- and harm-informed approaches. By embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI/DEI) into the very foundations of therapy, it strengthens the profession from the ground up rather than treating these aspects as add-ons.

The book provides a robust framework for a complete counselling and psychotherapy curriculum, supporting students, tutors, course planners, and qualified professionals alike.

Event Details:

This event invites you to witness a reimagining of training and practice—one that is fairer, more expansive, and more representative by design.

Join Mamood Ahmad, alongside several contributing authors, for an engaging panel discussion exploring the rationale, positioning, and hopes behind this work. Together, they will examine its core themes and vision for a therapeutic body of knowledge and practice that is beautifully grounded and inclusive.

Contributors include:

Stella Duffy, Beverley Costa, J.C. Czyzselska, Lohani Noor, Jude Boyles, Liz Smith, Katy Evans, Mel Halacre, Ellis J. Johnson, Mel Ciavucco, Cemil Egeli, John Wilson, Zena Nicholas, Linda Aspey, Helen Bennett, Jo Watson, Ankita Banerjee.

With thanks to reviewers:

Eugene Ellis, Liz Smith (Prime), Andrew Reeves, Jeanine Conner, Shahajra Jamal (Prime), Helen Morgan, Jude Boyles, Liz Smith, Jenny Bell, Shrav Shankar, Corrin Mclaughlin, Natasha Grigorov, Jocelyne Quennell, Corrine S. McLaughlin, Sylwia Korsak, Natasha Anderson-Foster, Andrea Summers-Green, Jo Daley, Shravanti Shankar, Briony Martin.

RECORDING

This event will be recorded and the recording is included in the self-select admission ticket. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM

This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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If you are not a member of a professional organisation, we ask that you participate in a way that is both authentic and respectful, fostering a space of mutual learning and professional engagement.

By registering for this event, you agree to be present and interact in a manner that reflects these principles.

Mamood Ahmad

Mamood is an independent therapist, author, trainer, and founder of The Anti-Discrimination focus (TADF). He has extensive experience in client mental health advocacy work, including the book ‘client perspectives of therapy’ and more recently in supporting the counselling and psychotherapy profession embed the social context as standard into the curriculum. He holds a private practice in Binfield, Berkshire since 2014.