Fauzia Khan meets…
We collect her interviews for The Psychologist…
22 January 2024
Since 2021, Fauzia Khan has been meeting psychologists and other allied mental health professionals to discuss their life and work. The interviews she has carried out cover a wide range of topics, including lived experience, co-production, trauma-informed practice, challenging systems and models, EDI, anti-racism, equity for older people, islamophobia, among many other important subjects.
Before we get into that, here's Fauzia's own story:
'I realised Psychology was my calling'
Fauzia Khan on overcoming barriers in her journey, and being shaped by those she has met along the way…
Now for the conversations…
'If not now then when, and if not you then who?'
Alan Kessedjian on his life, work and values.
'Older people live in a society that doesn't value them'
Polly Kaiser, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, on her journey, working with the older adult population, and what needs to change to make services more equitable for them.
'I never saw anyone who looked like me in the profession'
Dr Shah Alam, BABCP accredited CBT Therapist and Clinical Psychologist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, on his journey into psychology as a British Bangladeshi Muslim Male.
'To consider accessibility, we must also take the politics of Islamophobia outside of mental health settings more seriously'
Clinical Psychologist Dr Tarek Younis.
'I am constantly absorbing stories of trauma'
Clinical Psychologist Dr Juliet Young, also known as 'The Creative Clinical Psychologist'.
'These ideas have enabled people to be more accepting and open about voice-hearing experiences'
Fauzia meets psychiatrist Dr Marius Romme, who co-pioneered the Hearing Voices Movement – also known as the Maastricht approach – along with Science Journalist and Researcher Sandra Escher in the 1980's.
'I was a rebel without a cause before my breakdown… I saw psychology as an avenue to change things'
Rufus May had a breakdown at 18 years of age. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia, which resulted in three hospital admissions. Dr May, now a Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Trainer, tells Fauzia how his experiences in and out of the mental health system spurred him to train as a psychologist.
'We each bring our flaws and strengths to every conversation'
Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Lelanie Smook, Consultant Counselling Psychologist at Powys Teaching Health Board, and Founder of the 'Pathways to Psychology' Blog.
'Counselling Psychology has a real ethical and political value base'
Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton.
'Simply observing good leadership can be inspiring'
Dr Viba Pavan Kumar, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead for South Birmingham Integrated Community Care and Recovery Service (ICCR) at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
'We are engaged in something much more complex than a debate about the evidence'
Dr Lucy Johnstone discusses her interest in formulation, trauma-informed practice and her contribution to the Power Threat Meaning Framework.
'The medical model has presided over four decades of flat-lining outcomes'
Author, anthropologist and psychotherapist, Dr James Davies, on his journey into the field of mental health and his work as co-founder of the Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry.
'Talking to people about what matters to them'
Dr Dan O'Hare, a 2023 winner of the Distinguished Contributions to Practice Award from the British Psychological Society's Practice Board, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol and founder of edpsy.org.uk.
'The hospital has the feel of a massive living thing'
Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Charlie Jones, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at North Bristol NHS Trust.
'We all walk with privilege and otherness'
Dr Dwight Turner, UKCP Psychotherapist, Author, Course leader and Senior Lecturer at University of Brighton, School of Humanities and Social Science.
'The impact we had as a discipline and profession in that time was off the scale'
Professor David Murphy FBPsS, FRSA, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the DClinPsych programme at the University of Plymouth and Past President of The British Psychological Society.
'Our conversations have been extremely raw, pushing boundaries'
Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Shakiba Moghadam, Chartered Psychologist at Solent University and Chair of British Psychological Society Human Rights Advisory Group.
'Psychological interventions are often rooted in Western rhetoric'
Dr Afsana Faheem, Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, Dubai.
'Although you stand out as different, this space not only exists for you, it needs you'
Dr Hibah Hassan, Clinical Psychologist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
'What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?'
Dr Sian Williams, Counselling Psychologist, BBC presenter and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, shares her journey in journalism and what led her to retrain in counselling psychology.
For more interviews carried out by Fauzia for the British Psychological Society, check out her 'One on One' interviews with:
