Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2007) 13: 187-193. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.106.002295
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Effective psychotherapy in a racially and culturally diverse society

Kamaldeep Bhui and Neil Morgan

Kamaldeep Bhui is Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Director of the MSc course in transcultural mental healthcare at Barts and the London School of Medicine (Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London EC1A 6BQ, UK. Email: k.s.bhui{at}qmul.ac.uk) and an honorary consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy at Mile End Hospital, which is part of the East London and City Mental Health Trust. His interests include racism, cultural identity and religious factors in healing. Neil Morgan is a consultant psychiatrist and Head of Psychotherapy at the Department of Psychotherapy at Mile End Hospital. The Department receives referrals for people from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds in East London. The authors are developing models of improved practice and psychotherapy training processes that produce culturally capable practitioners.

This article is aimed at psychotherapists and health practitioners who have not reflected on the role of race, culture and ethnicity in the provision of psychological treatments. We highlight the key issues of importance in engagement, assessment and ongoing therapy, supporting practitioners to reach a stage of pre-competency. Competency will be achieved with additional training, supervision and innovation.




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