ABSTRACT
The author writes for all those interested in the dynamics of racism, from professionals in counselling, group analysis and psychotherapy working in multiracial and multicultural societies to those exposed to racism who need help in dealing with the impact of their experiences. She also addresses the concept of victims becoming perpetrators if support is not given to contain the process. Herself a group analyst, the author experienced at first hand racial discrimination within the system, but rather than succumb has instead produced an enduring and proficient work that draws heavily on personal experience. Combining years of counselling skill with a natural compassion, she makes the subject of racism approachable, thus motivating all those wanting to explore the issues. For people whose experience of broken attachments crosses racial lines, this book is possibly the first to use Bowlby's Attachment Theory as a framework for understanding racism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|144 pages
Racial Discrimination: A Cry in the Wilderness?
chapter |4 pages
Introduction
chapter One|9 pages
What is racism?
chapter Two|3 pages
The impact of internalized racism on delivering therapy
chapter Three|9 pages
The struggle to complain about racism
chapter Four|3 pages
The black mother as a container
chapter Five|5 pages
The internal investigation
chapter Six|3 pages
A push into the wilderness: the exile experience
chapter Seven|8 pages
First Employment Tribunal: white domination
chapter Eight|13 pages
The return of the prodigal daughter: depressive position
chapter Nine|2 pages
The white couple as a container
chapter Ten|7 pages
The straw that broke my back
chapter Eleven|10 pages
Second Employment Tribunal: Black-on-Black betrayal
chapter Twelve|14 pages
Betrayal and regression
chapter Thirteen|2 pages
Consequences of complaining about racism
chapter Fourteen|7 pages
What's in a name?
chapter Fifteen|6 pages
Analysis of the second Employment Tribunal
chapter Sixteen|14 pages
Third Employment Tribunal: the return of the spirit
chapter Seventeen|13 pages
Forewarned is forearmed
chapter Eighteen|4 pages
The cutting of the umbilical cord
chapter Nineteen|6 pages
Making use of the black container
part II|52 pages
Abandonment: Hide and Seek Until You Find Yourself
chapter |2 pages
Introduction
chapter Twenty|3 pages
Personal history of abandonment
chapter Twenty One|3 pages
Sam's death: my past and present collide
chapter Twenty Two|4 pages
Hide and seek game
chapter Twenty Three|7 pages
Reaction to abandonment: the loss of Ruby
chapter Twenty Four|4 pages
Mother’s death: the impact of planned absence
chapter Twenty Five|3 pages
Obediah's death: the impact of unplanned absence
chapter Twenty Six|2 pages
Reaction to the group ending: unspeakable rage
chapter Twenty Seven|3 pages
Disillusionment: the attack of the absent breast
chapter Twenty Eight|4 pages
Finding themselves: pain is gain
chapter Twenty Nine|3 pages
Where is the hope in therapy?
chapter Thirty|3 pages
Celebrating the final separation
chapter Thirty One|5 pages
Finding myself: the halls of mirrors
chapter Thirty Two|4 pages
Celebration of two cultures
part III|122 pages
Can Psychotherapy
chapter |2 pages
Introduction
chapter Thirty Three|3 pages
Choice of the research topic
chapter Thirty Four|11 pages
The grounding theories
chapter Thirty Five|5 pages
The history of skin colour
chapter Thirty Six|17 pages
The minority identity development model
chapter Thirty Seven|4 pages
The White identity development model
chapter Thirty Eight|5 pages
Psychoanalytical interpretation of racism
chapter Thirty Nine|11 pages
Qualitative methodology
chapter Forty|4 pages
Procedure
chapter Forty One|5 pages
Research findings: important qualities of a counsellor
chapter Forty Two|5 pages
Research findings: important awareness qualities of a counsellor
chapter Forty Three|7 pages
Analysis of predictable findings
chapter Forty Four|7 pages
Analysis of unpredictable findings
chapter Forty Five|6 pages
Reflexive analysis
chapter Forty Six|3 pages
Discussion of findings
chapter Forty Seven|11 pages
Issues for training and clinical practice
chapter Forty Eight|5 pages
Methodology evaluation
chapter Forty Nine|3 pages
The vignette: working with racism in therapy
chapter Fifty|3 pages
Reflections
part IV|67 pages
Personal Development