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05/10/2026

What does it feel like to attend a BAATN online conference?

We’re sharing some reflections from delegates who joined our 2025 online conference, Belonging: An Act of Visibility and Revolution. Their words speak to the importance of having spaces where we can come together, connect, reflect and have conversations about our experiences within and beyond the therapeutic space.

This October, we come together again for:

Therapy, Activism & Self-Care: Seeking Liberation in a Wounded World
Our online conference is for therapists and mental health practitioners of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage. It is also open to therapists and mental health practitioners of Colour who are affected by prejudice due to the colour of their skin and global white power.

The day includes keynote talks, reflection, workshops, meditation and movement, with an optional pre-conference yoga session.

🗓 Saturday 24 October 2026 | Online
⏰ Optional yoga from 9.45am | Conference 10am–4.15pm
🎟 Non-members £65 | Members £40 | Student non-members £40 | Student members £30
🔗 Find out more and book: https://www.baatn.org.uk/conference-online-oct-26/

Bookings close Friday 23 October at 1pm.

Image description: A 4-slide carousel for the BAATN 2026 Online Conference featuring delegate testimonials, event details, and eligibility information for therapists of African, Asian, and Caribbean heritage

01/10/2026

Black History Month 2026: Honouring Our Communities

Today we honour Dr Aggrey Burke (1943–2025), a pioneering Jamaican-born British psychiatrist and the first Black consultant psychiatrist in the NHS.

From the 1970s onwards, Burke's work challenged the racism and inequalities experienced by Black communities within British psychiatry and mental health services. He questioned the disproportionate numbers of young Black men held in secure psychiatric settings and challenged systems in which restraint and control could take the place of appropriate care.

His work extended far beyond institutions. Following the New Cross fire in 1981, Burke helped establish support for survivors, families and the wider Black community to process grief and trauma — relationships he continued to support for decades.

Burke also challenged racism within medicine itself. In 1986, with Joe Collier, he exposed racial and s*x discrimination in admissions to London medical schools, contributing to a formal investigation and subsequent changes to admissions practices.

His work reminds us that mental health cannot be separated from racism, inequality, community and the systems in which care takes place.
This Black History Month, we honour Dr Aggrey Burke and his lifelong commitment to Black communities, psychological wellbeing and challenging institutional racism.

Image description: Close-up portrait of Dr Aggrey Burke (1943–2025) for Black History Month 2026, with the BAATN logo in the top right with the heading "Honouring Our Communities".

30/09/2026

Yoga. Meditation. Keynotes. Reflection. Workshops. Movement.

Our 2026 online conference brings together different ways of learning, reflecting and connecting throughout the day.

Therapy, Activism & Self-Care: Seeking Liberation in a Wounded World brings together three keynote speakers, six workshops and opportunities for meditation, reflection and movement, with an optional pre-conference yoga session from 9.45am.

The day closes with a plenary and a short 5Rhythms dynamic dance - bringing us back into movement as we come to the end of the conference together.

This conference is dedicated to Professor Jason Arday and his legacy.
🗓 Saturday 24 October 2026 | Online
⏰ Optional yoga from 9.45am | Conference 10am–4.15pm
🔗 Find out more about the programme and book your place:

https://www.baatn.org.uk/conference-online-oct-26/

📷 This photograph is from our in-person BAATN conference in April 2026, photographed by Kartar Bhogal.

Image description: Two women sit side-by-side in a lecture room holding notebooks and pens. At the right is the BAATN logo. Text below the image lists event activities: "YOGA · MEDITATION", "KEYNOTES · REFLECTION", "WORKSHOPS · MOVEMENT", followed by "Saturday 24 October" and "BAATN 2026 Online Conference".

29/09/2026

🌿 Women Practitioners Group⁠
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A space for qualified female psychotherapists and counsellors of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean heritage, alongside other therapists of colour affected by racial prejudice.⁠
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Together, we’ll create space to reflect, connect and share experiences -supporting one another to feel energised, inspired and strengthened in our practice and passions.⁠

Saturday 10 October
10.30am–1pm · Online
Facilitated by Poppy Banerjee and Mickey Peake

🔗 Click here to book or find out more: https://www.baatn.org.uk/womens-gatherings/

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Image description: Photo of facilitators Poppy Banerjee and Mickey Peake standing outdoors, with event details overlaying the bottom: Saturday 10 October, 10.30am–1pm, Online.

28/09/2026

The real meaning of what Decolonising therapy is

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It’s almost Black history month U.K., watch me cook 📢🧠 Black Mental Health Matters !!! ✨

25/09/2026

Here’s what’s coming up at BAATN this October. Across the month, there are opportunities to connect with others, develop your practice, and engage with different communities.

Take a look at what’s happening this October.

3 October
- African Diaspora Gathering
- BAATN Mosaic Group for Multi-Heritage Diversity
- Student Gathering

10 October
- Women Practitioners Gathering
- Experienced Practitioner Gathering

14 October
- East and South East Asian Gathering

17 October
- South Asian Gathering

30 October
- Calabash: Women of African Heritage Gathering

🔗 Book your place via our website: https://www.baatn.org.uk/all-events/
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Image description: Infographic for BAATN Gatherings in October 2026. Features attendees from the 2025 conference. "BAATN GATHERINGS October 2026 is at the bottom in a dark grey font, against a beige banner.

21/09/2026

In community, we rest and restore.

We’re really happy to share this photograph from last year’s in-person BAATN conference, taken by Kartar Bhogal during our morning yoga session. For us, it captures something of the spirit of BAATN — coming together not only to learn and have important conversations, but to connect, pause, move and care for ourselves and one another.

We’re sharing it as we look ahead to this year’s online conference:

Therapy, Activism & Self-Care: Seeking Liberation in a Wounded World - This conference is dedicated to Professor Jason Arday and his legacy.

The conference runs from 10am–4.15pm, with keynote speakers and workshops, alongside opportunities for reflection, meditation, movement and rest. There is also an optional pre-conference yoga session from 9.45am.

🗓 Saturday 24 October 2026 | Online

🔗 Find out more about the programme and book your place here: https://www.baatn.org.uk/conference-online-oct-26/

📷 Kartar Bhogal

Image description: A group of people pose together indoors in yoga poses, with several holding their hands in a prayer position. Below the photo, on a reddish-coral background, bold white text reads "IN COMMUNITY, WE REST AND RESTORE" above the BAATN logo.

18/09/2026

What’s happening at the BAATN Online Conference 2026?

Join us on Saturday 24 October for a day of keynote conversations, workshops, reflection, movement and connection. This conference is dedicated to Professor Jason Arday and his legacy.

We begin with optional pre-conference yoga at 9.45am, before the conference opens at 10am. The morning includes Embodying Meditation and three keynote talks, each followed by time for reflection.

After lunch, choose from one of six workshops:

- David Archer – Anti-Racist Psychotherapy: Healing Racial Trauma When the World is on Fire
- Nicole Worrica – Working Outside: re-storying, re-membering, & re-connecting to the natural world
- Rakhi Chand – Making Room for Living: On Exhaustions
- Ayan Ali – Working in therapy services without losing yourself or burning out
- Samina Ali – Nature in Psychotherapy: as co-facilitator, resourcer, and form of activism
- Dennis L Carney – Is therapy activism?

We close together with a plenary and ending ritual, including 5Rhythms dynamic dance, finishing at 4.15pm.

Therapy, Activism & Self-Care: Seeking Liberation in a Wounded World

You’ll be invited to choose your workshop when you purchase your ticket.

🗓 Saturday 24 October 2026 | Online

🔗 Find out more and book your place here: https://www.baatn.org.uk/conference-online-oct-26/

Image description: Promotional graphic for the BAATN 2026 Online Conference titled "Therapy, activism & self-care: Seeking liberation in a wounded world," taking place on 24 October 2026. The graphic shows the morning and afternoon schedule and each of the different facilitators.

17/09/2026

We are saddened to hear of the death of Bonnie Greer.

Writer, playwright, critic and cultural commentator, Bonnie Greer made an enduring contribution to British public life. Her work explored race, identity, the arts and the experiences of Black people and other marginalised communities.

We remember her warmth, courage, intellect and distinctive voice.
Bonnie Greer, 1948–2026. 🕊️

09/09/2026

Meet our keynote speakers for the BAATN Online Conference 2026.

David Archer – Anti-Racist Psychotherapy: Healing Racial Trauma When the World is on Fire

Rakhi Chand – Making Room for Living: On Exhaustions

Nicole Worrica – Working Outside: re-storying, re-membering, & re-connecting to the natural world

Three keynote conversations exploring racial trauma, exhaustion, our relationship with the natural world, and how we sustain ourselves and each other within therapeutic practice.

Therapy, Activism & Self-Care: Seeking Liberation in a Wounded World

Saturday 24 October 2026 | Online

Find out more about our keynote speakers and book your place via the BAATN website
🔗 https://www.baatn.org.uk/conference-online-oct-26/

Image description: Graphic for the BAATN 2026 Online Conference featuring circular headshots of three speakers: David Archer, Rakhi Chand, and Nicole Worrica. The flyer has a warm orange and pink gradient background, display text reading 'BAATN 2026 ONLINE CONFERENCE', and event details stating 'Saturday, 24th October 2026 - Online' alongside the BAATN logo."

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