Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga (DPsych, MA, BSC)
Transcultural, Integrative, Psychotherapist (UKCP.reg) Writer, Reiki Master

Isha trained as a psychodynamic therapist. She has 20 years experience in counsellor training and contributes to psychodynamic, person centered and integrative counselling courses. She set up therapy services for the African Caribbean Mental Health Association in the early 90’s and developed therapeutic group work at Women’s Trust, with women impacted by domestic violence.

Isha's Doctoral study located at Metanoia Institute and Middlesex University has been presented at the BACP research conference and the UKCP Congress 2006. The study can be viewed at Metanoia Institute and The British Library.

She has published several papers from her Doctoral study on the process of understanding ‘black issues’ in counsellor training and practice. She has also co-authored an autobiography and contributed to several journals and anthologies.

A booklet ‘Understanding Black Issues In Counsellor Training and the Therapeutic Process’ (product of her Doctorate) can be obtained from:i.mckenziemavinga@londonmet.ac.uk

For information about Isha’s book ‘Black Issues In The Therapeutic Process’ contact Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.www.palgrave.com

History and Heritage

Having been raised in a children’s home in the UK, Isha left school at the age of sixteen with 3 O’levels. She returned to education at the age of thirty and gained a Batchelor of Social Science Honors Degree. During this period she realized there was a lack of focus on black issues and the developing world. She became interested in discovering her African Caribbean heritage and black history. This research led her to the discovery of her Trinidadian family and her father’s roots. A book (In Search of Mr. McKenzie) about this discovery was co-authored with her sister Thelma Perkins. The discovery filled in the missing bits of Isha’s black heritage and her identity as a mixed heritage woman with dual nationality. Isha gained her MA in Applied Psychoanalytical Theory in 1979. She carried out a study on the experiences of black women shared through poetry. Her Doctorate study completed in 2005 was developed by responding to the needs of trainee counsellors, who were concerned about lack of discussion about black issues. Isha now works as a part time lecturer and runs a private practice offering psychotherapy, counselling, supervision and consultancy.

Telephone, email and online, consultancy, supervison and counselling available.

Contact Isha for a consultation
Phone:020 7119 6449: or 07805190112 or E-mail click here