provided is anonymous. While the risk is low, it is possible that participating in this research may make you remember or think about things that are upsetting. For this reason, we have provided information about some of the diff erent resources that are available to you at the end of the study. To take part, use the link below to access the consent form for
this study. This research project has been reviewed by and received a favourable opinion from the Open University Human Research Ethics Committee – HREC.
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/ethics/
Promoting research within AFT We are interested in fi nding out whether any of you are
currently engaged in research on any aspect of family therapy and/ or systemic practice. If you are involved in an ongoing research project, please could you send us an abstract of your research, names and affi liations of co-researchers, the timeline for your project, the source of funding and anything else you might like us to know about your project. We are revisiting the development of a couple version of
SCORE, and are looking for some volunteers to take this important project forward. If you are interested, please contact Peter Stratton at p.m.
Stratton@ntlworld.com or Reenee Singh at
ceo@aft.org.uk. Please could all of you who got a distinction for your Masters
(family therapy) dissertation, email the title and abstract of your dissertation to Charlotte or Astrid at the Family Therapy and Systemic Research Centre –
SystemicResearchCentre@JiscMail.ac.uk. We are planning a research strategy day/research webinar on
the 16 November, so watch this space. New Devon AFT branch
Call out to Devon and Cornwall AFT members: Are you
interested in developing a South West AFT branch? Cornwall and Plymouth AFT branch are considering expanding their branch to include all of Devon. If you have a view about this, and/or would like to become involved please contact: Amy Urry, deputy chair of AFT:
amyurry@hotmail.co.uk Liz Burns, chair of Cornwall and Plymouth AFT branch:
liz@burns.myzen.co.uk
Are you are remote working or back in the room? For those of you working remotely, there are resources
available to support you on the AFT COVID-19 page, including Remote Clinical Working Guidelines and the recently updated Remote Training Courses Working Guidelines. Resources are added to the page regularly. You can reach these via the button on the AFT website home page. Many members will now have been working online for
some weeks and may have had training within the workplace or via online resources. It is highly recommended that members off ering clinical work or supervision remotely, do access training in online working to best support their practice. AFT is working towards developing a bespoke online training for working with families. With lockdown easing, some of you will have started seeing
clients ‘in the room’ again. Although it may be a relief to do so, you may have concerns about whether it is safe, and should follow your agency or organisation’s guidelines for resuming work in your clinic. These guidelines could include allowing intervals between appointments, the use of masks and sanitising
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chairs and other surfaces between one client and another. They may also include a declaration from parents and clinicians that they are not suff ering from COVID-19.
Black Lives Matter We witnessed the tragic death of George Floyd and have been
shocked and horrifi ed by police atrocities in the U.S. At AFT, we are fully in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and our diversity, equity and inclusion committee has helped us draft a statement which can be found on our website (Please follow the link on the home page). I (Reenee) spoke to Huffi ngton Post about the necessity of
taking on a ‘both-and’ position when thinking about issues of ethnicity, ‘race’ and racism for an article titled Why Grindr Removing Its Ethnicity Filter Is a Complex Issue. We are planning a webinar to address issues of ‘race’ and
diversity and hope that you will be able to join us. The launch of The International Handbook of Black Community
Mental Health was very timely. The handbook, by the Ubele Initiative, was launched with a free Zoom event on Tuesday, 7 July 2020. This introduced the handbook, which explores an international perspective on the personal, lived experiences of people of colour in the mental health system. 50 years ago, the father of black psychology, Joseph L. White,
Professor at the University of California, published the seminal article, ‘Towards a Black Psychology’, challenging the dominance of white middle-class culture in determining what psychologists considered ‘normal’. Half a century on, many (white) people are still uncomfortable discussing the important and controversial topic of mental health and race. The publication of The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health heralds that it is time for change and action, by bringing together the global work of researchers and practitioners including those from the UK, Europe and US. The handbook illuminates the personal, lived experiences of everyday racism, micro-aggressions, racial battle-fatigue, and implicit-provider bias encountered by people of colour within the mental health, school and university systems beyond the statistics. Crucially, contributors go on to not only outline and make policy recommendations but have developed proven interventions, including practical, clinical and therapeutic applications and new technologies that can help to address the problems encountered by both black mental health professionals and service users.
Systemic family therapy YouTube channel The systemic family therapy YouTube channel now includes the
following interviews: • Reenee Singh about her career in family therapy and systemic practice
• Inga-Britt Krause, systemic psychotherapist and anthropologist • Russ Crane, of Brigham Young University, shares his fi ndings from 30 years of research into the cost eff ectiveness of family therapy.
• Gail Simon off ers her refl ections on reading, writing, and research. (
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ZDo8Yfi Xs9EFD0F1izurw).
Call for presentations: Imagination and Critique in Systemic Research
The Systemic Postgraduate Research Conference, co-hosted by the two systemic practice professional doctorates at the Tavistock
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