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The #TherapistsConnect PodcastAuthor: #TherapistsConnect
Dr Peter Blundell interviews therapists about their life and work. The #TherapistsConnect Podcast aims to broaden discussions between therapists and explore pertinent topics related to the therapy community. For more information, discussion and debates go to www.Therapists-Connect.com Language: en-gb Genres: Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Myira Khan interviewed by Caz Binstead - Working Within Diversity – A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice
Sunday, 4 January, 2026
In this interview, Caz Binstead talks to Myira Khan about her book - Working Within Diversity – A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling and Therapy. Myira Khan - BiographyMyira is a multi-award-winning Accredited Counsellor, Supervisor, Coach and Counselling Tutor, the Founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN), and author of Working Within Diversity – A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling and Therapy (published July 2023).Myira has over 14 years of clinical experience, alongside delivering workshops, training and events internationally on Working Within Diversity and anti-oppressive practice and is a regular keynote speaker and presenter at conferences and events.Working Within Diversity, both the book and the accompanying workshop and training series, is a culmination of her counselling and supervision experience alongside her extensive teaching and training experience delivering workshops on identity, culture and diversity, to create a robust foundation and framework for anti-oppressive practice in therapy, supervision, coaching and all practitioner-led practices and professions, across all modalities.As the Founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN), established over 10 years ago, Myira runs the network for Muslim counsellors, therapists and psychologists, offering support, CPD opportunities and raising the visibility of Muslim practitioners. A visibly Muslim, ethnically-minoritized, neurodivergent/ADHD practitioner, Myira represents a diverse and intersectional identity within the therapeutic and coaching professions, supporting the establishment of diversity, anti-oppressive practice and culturally-attuned practice within the profession, alongside promoting counselling and coaching to ethnically-minoritized, Muslim, neurodivergent and under-represented, marginalised and intersectional communities and clients.Caz Binstead - BiographyCaz is an experienced therapist, facilitator, supervisor, and published writer working full-time in private practice. She specialises in the growth and maintenance of both ethical, and, thriving practice, and was instrumental in the creation of the Private Practice Toolkit at the BACP, acting as private practice executive divisional lead on the project. As co-lead for the platform #TherapistsConnect, she was the creative lead on their two-day conference, ’Private practice 2021: surviving and thriving in uncertain times’. Caz is a keynote speaker on this subject, and has also held numerous workshops, and appeared on popular podcasts. She is excited to co-author a new book on relational ethics in private practice, with a counselling psychologist colleague (due to be published by Routledge) .Links: Caz’s professional website is: https://cazbinstead.com/ . And you can find her on social media too:https://twitter.com/cazbinny ; https://www.instagram.com/night_owl_counsellor/Send us a text#TherapistsConnect is a platform for connecting therapists. Website: www.Therapists-Connect.comTwitter: @Therapists_CInstagram: @TherapistsConnectFacebook: @TherConnectOrigins of #TherapistsConnect
