ABSTRACT

This paper consists of a collection of individual learning and developmental experiences in the area of diversity and difference, based on the author’s participation in the ‘difference; identity; diversity’ workshop, as part of the Tavistock Clinic’s child psychotherapy training. There is a discussion here of how this learning took place, through a consideration of relevant theory, historical context, and clinical examples within the workshop’s individual seminars. In the seminars, the exploration of all these components was further enhanced by individual and group reflective processes, which formed part of the workshop. The paper highlights how the facilitating environment that was created through the containing net of all these components within the workshop allowed for my individual exploration of and learning about both internal and external diversity. This kind of learning is not commonplace in child psychotherapy trainings, which is to the detriment of child psychotherapists’ individual development, the training process itself, and the profession as a whole.

摘要

基于作者参与的“差异”，本文包含了在多样性和差异领域的个人学习和发展经验的集合。身份; 多样性”研讨会，作为塔维斯托克诊所儿童心理治疗培训的一部分。此处讨论了这种学习是如何发生的，通过考虑相关理论、历史背景和研讨会的个别研讨会中的临床实例。在研讨会中，个人和团体反思过程进一步加强了对所有这些组成部分的探索，这构成了研讨会的一部分。这篇论文强调了通过研讨会内所有这些组成部分的包容网络创造的便利环境如何允许我个人探索和学习内部和外部的多样性。这种学习在儿童心理治疗培训中并不常见，不利于儿童心理治疗师的个人发展、培训过程本身以及整个职业。