What's it like to train as an Analyst? A Black, African Perspective

What's it like to train as an Analyst? A Black, African Perspective

Welcome to the latest #JungianBitsofInformation podcast. I'm Nicholas Toko. Host and author of #JungianBitsofInformation; a blog, podcast and individual and workplace transformation service dedicated to exploring the unconscious in the workplace, specifically, the dynamics between the individual psyche and the workplace. 

In the latest podcast, I explore some of the challenges of training in psychotherapy or psychoanalysis as a black man. My guest is Rotimi Akinsete. Rotimi is a therapeutic counsellor and clinical supervisor with extensive experience in community and NHS counselling services in the United Kingdom. He is part of the Leadership Team of the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN) and the founder and director of 'Black Men on the Couch', a special interest project focussing on psychotherapy and identity politics of African and Caribbean men and boys. He has held leadership roles in the wellbeing area at several universities and has worked as an independent facilitator, trainer and advisor on various transformational leadership programmes in the UK and overseas. Rotimi is an author too. He is the author of 'This Book Could Help: The Men’s Headspace Manual' and is currently the Director of Student Welfare and Support Services at the University of Oxford. Rotimi is a highly-respected counselling practitioner in his own right and I’m really pleased to have him on the podcast as we explore psychotherapy and psychoanalytic training from our perspectives as black, African men who both grew up in the UK.

For more information about BAATN check out their website at www.baatn.org.uk. BAATN is a support network for qualified and training psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. If you are of Black and/or Asian descent and would like to expand your network with like-minded people, people of African descent or for advice, guidance or training, you'll find some great connections and resources at BAATN. And check out Rotimi's book, This Book Could Help: The Men's Headspace Manual, it has some great practical tips for managing your mental health and well-being.