Racism in Psychology

Craig Newnes is editor of the Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy and has published numerous book chapters and academic articles. He has been Chair of the BPS Psychotherapy Section and was director of one of the UK’s largest NHS psychological therapies departments. He has also edited and authored over a dozen books. He has spoken at numerous events as a critic of psychology and has given seminars at many UK and international universities.

Foreword: Nimisha Patel; Part One. Institutional racism; 1. Race, racism and the psy project; 2. Invisible anti-Semitism in psychology; 3. The global system of white supremacy within UK clinical psychology: An African psychology perspective; 4. The Indigenous psychology curriculum in Australia - the risk of white-washing; 5. "Something less terrible than the truth": Oliver Twist and anti-Semitism; 6. Racism and the rights movement; Part Two. Race, theory and practice; 7. Racism and learning disabilities; 8. Judaism and the psy project; 9. Racism in New Zealand Psychology, or, Would Western Psychology be a Good Thing?; 10. Counselling the ‘other’; 11. I Refuse to Choose: Culture, trans-culturalism and therapy; 12.Echo to Authenticity: Exploring identity in an age of privilege and supremacy; 13. Embracing the Kaleidoscope: Talking about racism in British Clinical Psychology