The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture
Saturday 1 November 2025
A WORKSHOP ON WHITENESS:
EXPLORING RACISM IN THERAPEUTIC WORK
Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan
This workshop is rooted in the assumption that the division of the races was created by a racist system for economic and political purposes. It is a deep, entrenched, social structure which creates and promotes white advantage. It is one within which we all live and is a dynamic which will inevitably permeate our therapeutic work. I suggest the position of colour blindness – which is frequently that taken by white therapists – resists acknowledgement of this reality and avoids the work required of us. I argue this is no altruistic endeavour but that, whilst clearly doing untold harm to people of colour, such a system also limits and distorts the development of white individuals and the society in which we are citizens.
The day will include a presentation and small group work Helen Morgan is a Fellow of the British Psychotherapy Foundation and a training analyst and supervisor for the British Jungian Analytic Association within the BPF. Her background is in therapeutic communities with adolescents and in adult mental health. She has published a number of papers on racism, and her book ‘The Work of Whiteness. A psychoanalytic perspective’ was published by Routledge in May 2021.
APPLICATION DETAILS
This lecture will take place in-person only at St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL and will be held between 10.15am and 2.30pm (GMT). The cost for the lecture is £95.00 or £47.50 (trainee psychotherapists). Refreshments and a buffet lunch are also included.
Please refer to the application form for further details on reduced fees offered
Bookings should be made/confirmed as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
PAYMENT DETAILS
Please make BACS payments as follows:
Bank: Barclays, Sort Code: 20-08-44, Account No: 03737950
Account Name: The Training in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy
(Please use your name as a reference)
For further details and queries contact:
Sue Harford, Administrator to the Training Committee,
telephone: 07789 545908, email: aptc@wmip.org
The APT-Birmingham
Public Lectures
For enquiries contact Sue Harford,
Administrator to the Training Committee
Unit 1A, West Stockwith Park,
Stockwith Road, Misterton,
Nottinghamshire DN10 4ES.
Telephone: 07789 545908
Email aptc@wmip.org
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