Jan 27, 2026
This workshop critically examines how psychological practice and language-often assumed to be neutral and universal-are deeply shaped by history, power, and politics. It explores how dominant psychological concepts such as trauma, coping, and resilience can individualise suffering while obscuring structural violence, particularly in contexts marked by coloniality, conflict, and racialisation.
The session also introduces a framework of therapist anti-complicity, grounded in ethical clarity, social justice–oriented therapeutic practice, and collective responsibility, inviting participants to reimagine healing beyond adaptation to harm.
📅 Date: 29 January 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Venue: Conference Hall, Ibn Al-Haytham Academy
🖥 Mode: Hybrid (Offline & Online)
🎙 Workshop Lead: Zainab Amal
Registered therapist (UK), researcher, and practitioner working with refugee and migrant communities, with research focusing on Muslim women's experiences of emotional distress.
