Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Topic Guide
These resources have been compiled by Dr Kerrie Channer (Deputy Professional Lead Psychological Professions), Courtney Caris (Assistant Psychologist), supported by the library service at Leeds York Partnership Foundation. The guide is aimed at psychological professionals, although many resources may be applicable to health professionals in all sectors.
This Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) topic guide serves as a repository for shared knowledge, learning and resources to highlight systemic inequalities and advocate for meaningful social change.
Our goal is to provide resources to contribute to the ongoing development of person centered care. This includes best practice, bias free language guidance and adaptations in therapy and supervision, with a specific focus on EDI.
By collating essential information, we aim to support you in improving your clinical practice and team skills, fostering cultural competence, and developing a deeper understanding of inclusive practices. Throughout this guide the topics are organised by the protected characteristics, these are specific attributes defined by law that are safeguarded against discrimination and promote equal treatment and inclusion. Find out more about protected characteristics.
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Introduction: Learning about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Overview of the landscape
American Psychological Association: Inclusive Language Guide
American Psychological Association: Bias-Free Language Guide
British Psychological Society (2023) BPS welcomes its new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board
British Psychological Society (2023) Using Community Psychology approaches to reduce the impact of inequality through the Community Mental Health Framework
Burnham, Pearce and Pearce, Partridge, Divac, Heaphy, Roberts, & McGoldrick. (2019) Practice Tool: Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS and the LUUUTT model (pp. 2–7)
Clearing house. (2022) Equal opportunities data - Equal opportunities
Cardiff University. (n.d) Understanding mental health in Muslim communities
Kline, R., Middlesex University Business School, brap, Warmington, J., MBE, Somra, G., & Rebecca Pilliere. (2024) Too hot to handle? Why concerns about racism are not heard..or acted on.
Mind. (2021) Inequalities for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in NHS mental health services in England.(pp. 2–15)
Mir, G., Salway, S., Kai, J., Karlsen, S., Bhopal, R., Ellison, G. T., & Sheikh, A. (2012) Principles for research on ethnicity and health: the Leeds Consensus Statement. European Journal of Public Health, 23(3), 504–510
Psychological Professions Network. (n.d.). Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Resource Bank
NHS England. (n.d.). NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard.
Osajivbe-Williams, D; Menyié, M. (2023). Race is complicated Race is complicated: a toolkit for psychological therapies training. UK Council for Psychotherapy
Oxfam Policy & Practice. (2023). Inclusive Language Guide.
Books
Natives: Race and class in the ruins of empire. Akala. (2018). Two Roads
White privilege: The myth of a post-racial society. Bhopal, K. (2018). Bristol: Policy Press
Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation. Byrne, B., Alexander, C., Khan, O., Nazroo, J., & Shankley, W. (2020)
Developments in Social GRRRAAACCEEESSS: Visible–invisible and voiced–unvoiced. In Culture and Reflexivity in Systemic Psychotherapy Burnham, J. (2018). (pp. 139-160). London: Routledge.
Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race. Eddo-Lodge, R. (2018). London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Understanding Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology. Fernández, A. L., & Evans, J. (2022). Routledge.
Institutional racism in psychiatry and clinical psychology. Fernando, S. (2017). Springer
Black and British: A Forgotten History. Olusoga, D. (2020). Pan Macmillan.
Me and White Supremacy. Saad, L. F. (2020). Quercus.
The Good Immigrant.Shukla, N. (2016). Unbound Publishing.
Whiteness on the couch. Stovall, N., & Stovall, N. (2022, October 18). Longreads.
Video Content
Churchill Fellowship. (2018, July 9). African psychology: Erica McInnis on her Churchill Fellowship YouTube
Emilie Flower. (2017, November 17). Birth with Sanctuary. YouTube.
Emilie Flower. (2018, June 13). WOMEN FROM THE SHADOWS. YouTube.
Raquel Martin. (2023, February 16). You’re Doing It Wrong: The evolution of cultural competence TEDxRutgersCamden, YouTube
Podcasts/ TV Programmes
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge - Anti-Racist Activism. (2024, March 14).
Arena - I am not your negro. By James Baldwin. (2020). [Video]. BBC iPlayer.
Why is Covid killing people of colour? (2021, March 2). BBC iPlayer.
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files. (2019, June 24). BBC iPlayer.
Empire State of Mind. By Sathnam Sanghera. (2021, November). Channel 4.
Code switch. (2024, May 1). NPR.
13TH Netflix. (2020, April 17). YouTube.
Noughts + crosses. (2020). BBC iPlayer.
The Radical Therapist. Podcast
Small axe.(2020). BBC iPlayer.
Instagram Accounts of Interest
Note: NHS LYPFT is not responsible for content posted by public or external sites. If you find any of the content to be offensive or against our values please email kerrie.channer1@nhs.net so it can be removed.
56 Black Men
Amanda Seales
Black Minds Matter
Dclin_RevealingRacism
Layla F Saad
Rachel Cargle
The Art of Being Well
The Conscious Kid
The Voice of Colour
Working Clinically
This guide will cover how psychological professionals work clinically,with service users, with teams, and in understanding themselves. By examining these areas, we seek to offer a thorough understanding of the responsibilities of Psychological Professionals across different clinical and cultural contexts, and to provide opportunities for meaningful reflection.
Clinical work with service users
Age
- Ayers, C. R., Sorrell, J. T., Thorp, S. R., & Wetherell, J. L. (2007). Evidence-based psychological treatments for late-life anxiety. Psychology and Aging, 22(1), 8–17.
- Banerjee, D., Rabheru, K., Ivbijaro, G., & De Mendonca Lima, C. A. (2021). Dignity of older persons with mental health conditions: Why should clinicians care? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
- Biering, P. (2018). Helpful approaches to older people experiencing mental health problems: a critical review of models of mental health care. European Journal of Ageing, 16(2), 215–225.
- Bodner, E., Palgi, Y., & Wyman, M. F. (2018). Ageism in mental health assessment and treatment of older adults. In International perspectives on aging (pp. 241–262).
- Burnes, D., Sheppard, C., Henderson, C. R., Wassel, M., Cope, R., Barber, C., & Pillemer, K. (2019). Interventions to Reduce Ageism Against Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 109(8), e1–e9.
- Forsman, A. K., Schierenbeck, I., & Wahlbeck, K. (2010). Psychosocial Interventions for the Prevention of Depression in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 23(3), 387–416.
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists, & Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, M. of E. (2018). Suffering in silence: age inequality in older people’s mental health care. In College Report.
Disability and accessibility
Disability
Working with disability across the counselling professions. In Good Practice Across the Counselling Professions 007. Halacre, M., British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, & Steers McGillan Eves. (2020).
How people will be assessed by our mental health and learning disabilities services. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. (2019).
Mental health for all. (2023, November 20).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Mental Health of People with Disabilities
NICE. (2016, September 14). Overview | Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management | Guidance | NICE.
NICE. (2017, January 10). Overview | Learning disability: identifying and managing mental health problems | Quality standards | NICE.
Accessibility
Change People. (2025). Change People Easy Read Resources.
Easyhealth. (2025). Easy Read Health Information.
Easy Read Online. (2025). Easy Read Resources.
e-Learning for Healthcare. (2025). Health Literacy. e-Learning for Healthcare.
Leeds NHS Learning Disability Health Passport. (2021). Easy Read Guide.
Microsoft. (n.d.). Get your document's readability and level statistics. Microsoft Support.
Newcastle University Research Software Engineering Faculty. (n.d.). NHS Medical Document Readability Tool.
North Yorkshire County Council. (n.d.) A guide to producing written information in easy read.
NHS England. (2025). Accessible Information Standard – Overview. NHS England.
Patient Information Forum. (2025). Health Information 'How-to' Guides.
Patient Information Forum. (2025). Our Resources
Patient Information Forum. (2025). The Perfect Patient Information Journey.
Patient Information Forum. (n.d.). Using plain language in health information.
Readable. (2025). Flesch Reading Ease and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level.
Gender Reassignment
The Healthline Editorial Team. (2019, April 17). How to be human: talking to people who are transgender or nonbinary.
Whitington, R. (2022, May 27). Everything you need to know about gender affirming care.
Benson, K. E. (2013). Seeking Support: Transgender Client Experiences with Mental Health Services. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 25(1), 17–40.
Bockting, W. O., Knudson, G., & Goldberg, J. M. (2006). Counseling and mental health care for transgender adults and loved ones. International Journal of Transgenderism, 9(3–4), 35–82.
Budge, S. L. (2015). Psychotherapists as gatekeepers: An evidence-based case study highlighting the role and process of letter writing for transgender clients. Psychotherapy, 52(3), 287–297.
Ellis, S. J., Bailey, L., & McNeil, J. (2015). Trans People’s Experiences of Mental Health and Gender Identity Services: a UK study. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 19(1), 4–20.
Holman, C. W., & Goldberg, J. M. (2006). Ethical, legal, and psychosocial issues in care of transgender adolescents. International Journal of Transgenderism, 9(3–4), 95–110.
NIHR. How can we improve communication with LGBT+ people in healthcare settings? (2023).
Hunt, J. (2013). An initial study of transgender people’s experiences of seeking and receiving counselling or psychotherapy in the UK. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 14(4), 288–
296.
Keo-Meier, C. L., & Fitzgerald, K. M. (2017). Affirmative Psychological Testing and Neurocognitive Assessment with Transgender Adults. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 40(1), 51–64.
Trittschuh, E. H., Parmenter, B. A., Clausell, E. R., Mariano, M. J., & Reger, M. A. (2018). Conducting neuropsychological assessment with transgender individuals. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist, 32(8)
Marriage and Civil Partnership
Carers UK. (n.d.). Supporting LGBTQ+ carers: A good practice briefing. In Carers UK.
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT. (2024, August 4). Marriage and Civil Partnership.
Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity | BPS.
(2024). BPS.
Pregnancy and Maternity
Altman, M. R., McLemore, M. R., Oseguera, T., Lyndon, A., & Franck, L. S. (2020), Listening to Women: Recommendations from Women of Color to Improve Experiences in Pregnancy and Birth Care. Journal of Midwifery & Women S Health, 65(4), 466–473.
Darwin, Z., Domoney, J., Iles, J., Bristow, F., McLeish, J., Sethna, V., & South London and NHS England. (2021). Good practice guide: Involving and supporting partners and other family members in specialist perinatal mental health services.
Khan, S., Lovell, K., Lunat, F., Masood, Y., Shah, S., Tomenson, B., & Husain, N. (2019). Culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy based intervention for maternal depression: a mixedmethods feasibility study. BMC Women’s Health, 19(1).
Matthews, K., Morgan, I., Davis, K., Estriplet, T., Perez, S., & Crear-Perry, J. A. (2021). Pathways to Equitable and Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care: Insights from Black Women stakeholders.
Health Affairs, 40(10), 1597–1604.
New BPS guidance on giving remote therapy to new parents | BPS. (2020). BPS.
Race
Religion or Belief
Culture, spirituality and religion: migrant health guide. (2021, September 23). GOV.UK.
Foreman, D, M. (2017). The role of faith in mental healthcare: Philosophy, psychology and practice. BJPsych Advances, 23(6), 419-425.
Healthcare Staff Training. (2023, October 14). Accommodating and respecting religious beliefs in patient care.
Leavey, G., Dura-Vila, G., & King, M. (2012). Finding common ground: the boundaries and interconnections between faith-based organisations and mental health services. Mental Health
Religion & Culture, 15(4), 349–362.
Mir, G., & Sheikh, A. (2010). ‘Fasting and prayer don’t concern the doctors . . . they don’t even know what it is’: communication, decision-making and perceived social relations of Pakistani Muslim patients with long-term illnesses. Ethnicity and Health, 15(4), 327–342.
Morgan, A. (2017). Engaging with religious beliefs within a medical model of mental health care. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 6(5), 239–244.
Swihart, D. L., Yarrarapu, S. N. S., & Martin, R. L. (2023, July 24). Cultural religious competence in clinical practice. StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf.
Walpole, S. C., McMillan, D., House, A., Cottrell, D., & Mir, G. (2013). Interventions for treating depression in Muslim Patients: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 145(1), 11–20.
Sex
The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce. (2018). The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce: Final report.
Blumer, M. L. C., Ansara, Y. G., & Watson, C. M. (2013). Cisgenderism in Family therapy: How everyday clinical practices can Delegitimize People’s gender Self-Designations. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 24(4), 267–285.
Sexual Orientation
UCU. (2021). LGBT+: A guide to language in use.
APA style. (2024) Sexual orientation: bias free language guide
Meyer, I. H. (2013). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and
Gender Diversity, 1(S), 3–26.
Montero, A., Hamel, L., Artiga, S., & Dawson, L. (2024). LGBT Adults’ Experiences with Discrimination and Health Care Disparities: Findings from the KFF Survey of Racism, Discrimination, and Health | KFF
Naughton, T. (2022). “Talk about sex?”: Therapists’ experience of facilitating discussion of the topics of gender and sexuality in therapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling,
24(4).
Rowland, H., & Cornell, W. F. (2021). Gender Identity, queer theory, and working with the sociopolitical in counseling and psychotherapy: Why there is no such thing as neutral.
Transactional Analysis Journal, 51(1), 19–34.
Rutherford, K., McIntyre, J., Daley, A., & Ross, L. E. (2012). Development of expertise in mental health service provision for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. Medical
Education, 46(9), 903–913.
Socio-economic status/ Poverty
BPS Division of Clinical Psychology. (2018). The Power Threat Meaning Framework Overview. Leicester: British Psychological Society.
Centre for Mental Health. (n.d.). Briefing 58: Poverty, economic inequality and mental health.
Imran. (n.d.). Shape Atlas.
Johnstone, L., & Boyle, M. (2020). The Power Threat Meaning Framework: Addressing the deeper causes of mental distress. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 33(1), 12–25.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation. (2024). UK Poverty 2024: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK.
Marmot, M. (n.d.). The Marmot Review Reports.
Open Data Communities. (2019). English indices of deprivation
Therapeutic modality
Culturally adapted service provision
Bernal, G., Jiménez-Chafey, M. I., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2009). Cultural adaptation of treatments: A resource for considering culture in evidence-based practice. ProfessionalPsychology: Research and Practice, 40(4), 361–368.
Kaiser, B. N., & Weaver, L. J. (2022). Culture-bound syndromes, idioms of distress, and cultural concepts of distress: New directions for an old concept in psychological anthropology. Transcultural Psychiatry, 59(4), 395–398.
Leanza, Y., Larchanché, S., Rostirolla, D., Marcoux, A., & De Cotret, F. R. (2024). Improving feeling of control and trust in interpreter-mediated mental health consultations. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 94(2), 169–179.
Rathod, S., Phiri, P., Naeem, F., Halvorsrud, K., Bhui, K., Southern Health NHS Foundation trust, University of Toronto, University of Oxford, & East London NHS Foundation Trust. (2020). The importance of cultural adaptation of psychological interventions: Learning from UK experiences of IAPT and CBT services.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
Habib, N., Dawood, S., Kingdon, D., & Naeem, F. (2014). Preliminary Evaluation of Culturally Adapted CBT for Psychosis (CA-CBTp): Findings from Developing Culturally-Sensitive CBT Project (DCCP). Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(2), 200–208.
Hinton, D. E., & Patel, A. (2017). Cultural adaptations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 40(4), 701–714.
Huey, S. J., Park, A. L., Galán, C. A., & Wang, C. X. (2023). Culturally responsive cognitive behavioral therapy for ethnically diverse populations. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 19(1), 51–78.
Kananian, S., Starck, A., & Stangier, U. (2021). Cultural adaptation of CBT for Afghan refugees in Europe: A retrospective evaluation. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3(Special Issue).
Mitchell J, Allen C. (2023). Adapting cognitive behavioural therapy for depression in later life for Irish Travellers: a case example and considerations for practice. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 16.
Naeem, F. (2019). Cultural adaptations of CBT: a summary and discussion of the Special Issue on Cultural Adaptation of CBT. the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 12.
Naeem, F., Naz, S., & Phiri, P. (2023). Culturally Adapted CBT for Psychosis. Springer eBooks (pp.125–139).
Naeem, F., Phiri, P., Munshi, T., Rathod, S., Ayub, M., Gobbi, M., & Kingdon, D. (2015). Using cognitive behaviour therapy with South Asian Muslims: Findings from the culturally sensitive CBT project. PubMed, 27(3), 233–246.
Naeem, F., Phiri, P., Rathod, S., & Ayub, M. (2019). Cultural adaptation of cognitive–behavioural therapy. BJPsych Advances, 25(6), 387–395.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Haft, S. L., O’Grady, S. M., Shaller, E. A. L., & Liu, N. H. (2022). Cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy: A systematic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(10), 787–801.
Behavioural Activation
Lehmann, D. C., & Bördlein, C. (2020). A Systematic review of Culturally Adapted Behavioral Activation Treatments for Depression. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(6), 688–702.
Mir, G., Meer, S., Cottrell, D., McMillan, D., House, A., & Kanter, J. W. (2015). Adapted behavioural activation for the treatment of depression in Muslims. Journal of Affective Disorders, 180, 190–199.
Emotionally focused therapy
Allan, R., Edwards, C., & Lee, N. (2022). Cultural adaptations of emotionally focused therapy. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 22(1), 43–63.
Psychotherapy
Anik, E., West, R., Cardno, A. G., & Mir, G. (2021). Culturally adapted psychotherapies for depressed adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 278,296–310.
Chu, J., Leino, A., Pflum, S., & Sue, S. (2016). A model for the theoretical basis of cultural competency to guide psychotherapy. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice, 47(1), 18–29.
Day, S., Laver, K., Jeon, Y., Radford, K., & Low, L. (2023). Frameworks for cultural adaptation of psychosocial interventions: A systematic review with narrative synthesis. Dementia, 22(8), 1921–1949.
Degnan, A., Baker, S., Edge, D., Nottidge, W., Noke, M., Press, C., Husain, N., Rathod, S., & Drake,R. (2017). The nature and efficacy of culturally-adapted psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 48(5), 714–727.
Koslofsky, S., & Rodríguez, M. M. D. (2016). Cultural adaptations to Psychotherapy. Clinical Case
Studies, 16(1), 3–8.
Maura, J., & De Mamani, A. W. (2018). The feasibility of a culturally informed group therapy for patients with schizophrenia and their family members. Psychotherapy, 55(1), 27–38.
Understanding yourself as a clinician
Self reflection in clinical practice
Lekas, H., Pahl, K., & Lewis, C. F. (2020). Rethinking cultural competence: Shifting to cultural humility. Health Services Insights, 13, 117863292097058.
Marcelin, J. R., Siraj, D. S., Victor, R., Kotadia, S., & Maldonado, Y. A. (2019). The impact of unconscious bias in Healthcare: How to recognize and Mitigate it. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 220(2), S62–S73.
Roysircar, G. (2004). Cultural self-awareness assessment: Practice examples from psychologytraining. Professional Psychology Research and Practice, 35(6), 658–666.
Sanchez, N., Norka, A., Corbin, M., & Peters, C. (2019). Use of experiential learning, reflective writing, and metacognition to develop cultural humility among undergraduate students. Journal of Social Work Education, 55(1), 75–88.
Wright, P. I. (2019). Cultural humility in the practice of applied behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(4), 805–809.
Tools
ASCCC. (2022). Cultural Humility Toolkit.
Cruwys, T., PhD, Steffens, N., Haslam, C., Haslam, S. A., Jetten, J., & Dingle, G. A. (2016). Social Identity Mapping: a 20-30 minute exercise. In British Journal of Social Psychology, 55(4), 613–643.
Ravenhill, J. P., Hayes, B., Nodin, N., Ramnani, N., Sebah, I., & Bourne, V. J. (2024). Inclusive pedagogies for learning the psychology of equality, diversity, and inclusion. Psychology Teaching Review, 30(1), 84–95.
SAGE Publications, Inc. (2022). Reducing implicit bias and explicit bias. In SAGE Publications, Inc.
Suyemoto, K. L., Trimble, J. E., Cokley, K. O., Neville, H. A., Mattar, S., Speight, S. L., Townsend, T.G., Figueroa-García, A., & Wynn, S. T. (2019). Race and Ethnicity Guidelines in Psychology: Promoting Responsiveness and Equity.
Training
Benuto, L. T., Singer, J., Newlands, R. T., & Casas, J. B. (2019). Training culturally competent psychologists: Where are we and where do we need to go? Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 13(1), 56–63.
Costa, B., & Dewaele, J. (2018). The talking cure—building the core skills and the confidence of counsellors and psychotherapists to work effectively with multilingual patients through training and supervision. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 19(3), 231–240.
Craven-Staines, S., Coleman, M., Wood, F., & Barua, S. (2023). Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Teesside Doctorate in Clinical Psychology: Working towards anti-racist recruitment processes. Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(371), 45–50.
Kruse, J. A., Collins, J. L., & Vugrin, M. (2022). Educational strategies used to improve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of health care students and providers regarding implicit bias: An integrative review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4,100073.
Pedrotti, J. T., & Burnes, T. R. (2016). The new face of the field: Dilemmas for diverse early-career psychologists. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 10(3), 141–148.
Schubert, S., Monrouxe, L. V., Buus, N., & Hunt, C. (2023). Fragilising clients: A positioning analysis of identity construction during clinical psychology trainees’ supervision. Medical Education, 58(3), 338–353.
The British Psychological Society. (2019). STANDARDS for the ACCREDITATION of DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES in CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY.
Leadership
Asher, N. (2010). How does the postcolonial, feminist academic lead? A perspective from the US South. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 13(1), 63–76.
Esquierdo-Leal, J. L., & Houmanfar, R. A. (2021). Creating inclusive and equitable cultural practices by linking leadership to systemic change. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14(2), 499–512.
Fu, Q., Cherian, J., Ahmad, N., Scholz, M., Samad, S., & Comite, U. (2022). An inclusive leadership framework to foster employee creativity in the healthcare sector: The role of Psychological Safety and Polychronicity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4519.
Gonzalez, C. M., Lypson, M. L., & Sukhera, J. (2021). Twelve tips for teaching implicit bias recognition and management. Medical Teacher, 43(12), 1368–1373.
Kline, R. (2014). The snowy white peaks of the NHS: a survey of discrimination in governance and leadership and the potential impact on patient care in London and England. London. Middlesex University.
NHS England, Dyer (2023). Patient Carer Race Equality Framework.
Identity within the Psychological Professions
Bawa, H., Gooden, S., Maleque, F., Naseem, S., Naz, S., Oriaku, E. O., Thomas, R. S., Vipulananthan, V., Bains, M., & Shiel, L. (2019). The journey of BME aspiring psychologists into clinical psychology training: Barriers and ideas for inclusive change. Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(323), 3–7.
Beliard, C. A., Cunningham, P. R., Fontus, F., & Moye, D. R. (2018). Therapists of Color: Surviving long enough to keep fighting. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 37(1), 18–26.
Cape, J., Roth, A., Scior, K., Thompson, M., Heneage, C., Du Plessis, P. (2008). Increasing diversity within clinical psychology: The London initiative. Clinical Psychology Forum, 190, 7-10.
Falgares, G., Venza, G., & Guarnaccia, C. (2017). Learning Psychology and Becoming Psychologists: Developing Professional Identity through Group Experiential Learning. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 16(2), 232-247.
Ibrahim, J., Wallace, G., Nicholas, J., Baah, J., Hasham, A. & Stamatopoulou, V. (2016). Pre-Qualification Group Column: 'I tried to sound like someone I thought courses would choose': Navigating marginalised experiences during clinical psychology interviews. Clinical Psychology Forum, 283, 3-7.
Kanceljak, D., & Calia, C. (2023). Diversity and inclusion in UK psychology: A nationwide survey. Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(369), 15–29.
Meredith, E., & Baker, M. (2007). Factors associated with choosing a career in clinical psychology: Undergraduate minority ethnic perspectives. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 14, 475- 487.
National Psychological Professions Workforce Group. (2021). Psychological Professions Workforce Plan for England. Psychological Professions Workforce Plan for England (pp. 2–4).
Scior, K., Gray, J., Halsey, R.,Roth, A. (2007). Selection for clinical psychology training: Is there evidence of any bias towards applicants from ethnic minorities? Clinical Psychology Forum, 175,7–11.
Scior, K., Wang, M., Roth, A., & Alcock, K. (2016). Underrepresentation in the profession: What’s been done and what are the priorities going forward? Commentary on Celia Grace Smith’s Ethics Column. Clinical Psychology Forum, 280, 12-13.
Smith, C. G. (2016). Increasing the number of black and minority ethnic clinical psychologists: Progress and prospects. Clinical Psychology Forum, 280, 3-11.
Power Dynamics and Privilege
Breto, I. A. (2023). Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition. London: Penguin, 2021. 157 pp. Revista Alicantina De Estudios Ingleses, 38(179)
Cabrera, N. L. (2018). White immunity: Working through some of the pedagogical pitfalls of “Privilege.” Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 3(1), 77–90.
Patel, N., & Keval, H. (2018) Fifty ways to leave …… your racism. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 18(2) 61-79.
Intersectionality
Alsaeed, R., Boros, P., Corrington, S., Rambo, A. H., & Spencer, J. (2018). When you Need a Friend: Snapshots of therapists struggling with cultural competence and larger systems issues. Journalof Systemic Therapies, 37(1), 27–35.
Birdsey, N., & Kustner, C. (2020). Reviewing the social GRACES: What do they add and limit in systemic thinking and practice? the American Journal of Family Therapy,
49(5), 429–442.
Burnham, Pearce and Pearce, Partridge, Divac, Heaphy, Roberts, & McGoldrick. (2023). Practice Tool: Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS and the LUUUTT model. (pp. 2–7).
Butler, C. (2015). Intersectionality in family therapy training: inviting students to embrace the complexities of lived experience. Journal of Family Therapy, 37(4), 583–
589.
Working with colleagues
This guide offers resources on how to effectively address discussion topics, support, and collaborate with colleagues and team members with protected characteristics. We aim to highlight the value of diversity within teams and the enhancement of care through the shared expertise and perspectives that diverse teams bring. The following content is broken down into 2 sections, which have been further organised by the protected characteristics:
Working with staff and teams
Age
Becker, K. L., Richards, M. B., & Stollings, J. (2020). Better Together? Examining benefits and tensions of generational diversity and team performance. Journal of Intergenerational
Relationships, 20(4), 442–463.
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