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The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) brings Black Men on the Couch to North London

21 November 2011

Following sell-out success in Stratford, UKCP brings Project 20:20's Black Men on the Couch: talking therapy event to Tottenham.

Admitting to needing help sometimes makes people feel vulnerable in front of others, but talking about issues in therapy is the first step towards managing them. However, despite attempts within the profession to change the way it's viewed, therapy is still rarely sought by young Black men, let alone considered as a career option.

Black Men on the Couch is a series of events with high-profile guests from the Black community who take part in a 'therapy' session on stage, led by a practitioner. During the evening, the audience is invited to ask questions of the guest, the therapist leading the session and representatives from the UKCP.

Rotimi Akinsete, founder and organiser of Project 20:20 and Black Men on the Couch says, 'It's about breaking the barriers, shaking up the trees, shaking the foundations...you don't have to be a therapist to know that there is a perceived lack of positive role models in the community. We hear every day of many black men and boys who grew up in dysfunctional families and/or have a lack of positive reinforcement from older black males.' Black Men on the Couch aims to show that even those we look up to sometimes need to turn to others to help them to achieve their goals in life.

On Thursday 1 December 2011 at 7.30pm at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Tottenham, we'll be in conversation with Rt Hon David Lammy (MP for Tottenham) and Benjamin Zephaniah (poet, novelist and playwright) about their challenges, successes and their views on the value of talking therapies.



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