Nafsiyat was featured in the December issue of ‘Psychoanalysis and History’

An article by our Clinical Lead, Baffour Ababio, titled ‘Nafsiyat Therapy Centre: Challenges, Insights and Developments’, has been featured in the December issue of Psychoanalysis and History.

The article explains how Nafsiyat was founded in the 1980s in order to counteract a particular set of psychotherapeutic assumptions: notably, that non-Europeans would not benefit from a dynamic talking therapy. The article also delves into the way the service endeavours to overcome a number of barriers, including scant resources, fear, and stigma and at the same time, it seeks to acknowledge Nafsiyat's attempts to incorporate the enduring wealth of culturally affirming practices into its intercultural therapeutic model.

To read the full article, click here.