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This event has been rescheduled from 23 October 2025 This 2.5-hour interactive online experience invites systemic psychotherapists to explore difference not only as a concept, but as something lived and felt with our whole selves. The facilitators see difference as more than an idea, its dynamic presence influences how we listen, speak, and relate to each other. Together, we’ll journey into the rich terrain of differentiation, complexity, and intersectionality, moving beyond surface-level categories to uncover the multiplicity that often goes unseen. This workshop is not just about theory, it’s about what is felt, embodied, and unsaid. We offer practical ‘take away’ examples of how we can tune into silence, sense somatic signals, and respond to creative expressions as forms of communication. We will also explore ways of extending trauma-centring narratives to distribute cultural pride, resilience, and joy. Rooted in a blend of Western and non-Western systemic frames, this workshop will examine the tensions and possibilities that practitioners face when navigating sameness and difference in therapy and supervision. Led by a diverse team of experienced facilitators – Calvin Malcolm, John Burnham, Sharon Evans, David Secrett, Susie Lynch-Babb, and Shakira Nkanang. This workshop provides a practice-oriented space to deepen how we engage with race, identity, and difference in systemic psychotherapy. Register today to join this workshop for an impactful conversation that will evoke, inspire, and connect. Webinar facilitators Calvin Malcolm is a Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist working in Devon Partnership Trust Adult Mental Health Services, he is also a Systemic Family Psychotherapist with 26 years of CAMHS experience. He is a Guest Lecturer on the DClinPsy Systemic Teaching at The University of Exeter, and Guest lecturer on the Plymouth University Intermediate level in Family Therapy Course. He is a Systemic Psychotherapy Tutor for doctors in training in Devon. He is also a Systemic Supervisor and a member of the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy organisation that supports Family and Systemic Psychotherapy training and practice standards
John Burnham trained as a Social Worker in 1974 and went on to become Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist in the Inpatient Service for Eating Disorders at Parkview Clinic, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Birmingham. John’s approach to therapy and supervision is under the influence of systemic, narrative, and social construction theories and my working class roots. His professional passions include ‘thinking theory and talking ordinary’; ‘turning practice into theory’ , ‘creating self and relationally reflexive practices’; ‘creating solidarity between young people, parents and professionals through multiple family therapy’, and using social and personal GgRRAAAACCEEEESSSS….S to enable clients and practitioners to conceptualise and influence their experiences.
Sharon Evans works as Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and Supervisor. Sharon is a tutor and supervisor on a Family and Systemic Masters Training Course.
Sharon offers individual and couple therapy and supervision in independent practice. Sharon is a member of the AFSP 'Race' Diversity Working Party Group. Race which involves training and writing articles.
David Secrett is a Systemic Psychotherapist who enjoys working with individuals, couples, families and networks. As a registered AFSP supervisor, he offers supervision to a range of people in the helping services. Having served in social care and the NHS he is now lucky to be in a new phase of more independent practice linking with a range of creative groups.
Shakira Nkanang is a Systemic Psychotherapist working for an Independent Fostering Agency, where she conducts therapy sessions with foster carers and social workers. She also delivers foster care and trauma-informed training, as well as systemic training to support supervising social workers. Shakira incorporates an embodied systemic approach in her work and maintains a private practice, working with culturally diverse clients. She is the facilitator of the AFSP 'Race' and Diversity Working Party Group. Register Here If you have previously registered your booking is valid for the rescheduled date. If you wish to cancel a booking made for the 23 October please contact mail@aft.org.uk |
