S2 Episode 11 - Safe Spaces: Creating a Practice When You Identify as Part of a Marginalised Community
In this episode, host Wendy Kendall discusses creating safe spaces and practicing as a member of a marginalised community with psychologists Dr. Aneesa Shariff and Dr. Melody Smith. They share their experiences of overcoming barriers in the profession, establishing empowering private practices, advocating for change, and more.
Key Discussion Points:
- How systemic racism, microaggressions, and other forms of oppression can follow us into private practice
- The challenges around self-valuing and pricing as psychologists from marginalised groups
- How private practice can provide a "safe base" to feel more empowered and embrace more of oneself
- The importance of bringing these conversations out in the open rather than staying silent
- Ideas for increasing accountability, surfacing marginalised voices/perspectives and competency-based training to start dismantling oppressive systems
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Guest Bios:
Dr. Aneesa Shariff is a Clinical Psychologist who recently started her own private practice specialising in working with professionals dealing with anxiety, burnout and trauma. She is often engaged by the media to talk about how to make therapy more culturally inclusive and the dangers of culture blindness. She also provides clinical supervision focused on culturally inclusive therapy.
Instagram: aneesashariffphd
LinkedIn: draneesashariff
Dr. Melody Smith is a Clinical Psychologist who qualified in 2019. She specialises in working with young people with neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and ADHD. Dr. Smith also runs Aspiring Clinical Psych, a company focused on supporting aspiring psychologists from diverse backgrounds progress towards becoming clinical psychologists.
LinkedIn: drmelodysmith
If you're interested in finding out more about Dr Melody Smith 's practice, including the support she offers to people with diagnosed and/or suspected neurodevelopmental conditions, you can visit her website www.MiHealthcareServices.com.
If you're an aspiring clinical psychologist who would like to explore the support provided by Aspiring Clinical Psych, or if you’re a qualified psychologist interested in supporting aspiring psychologists, please follow them on Instagram at aspiring.clinical.psych or visit their website: www.aspiringclinicalpsych.com
Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyakendall/
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Key Quotes:
"I felt very used at the time, and it took me a long time. This is a 2 year process for me, probably about a year before I started to really understand, after having had some conversations with people, that and it was named that this was actually systemic racism." (Dr Aneesa Shariff, 00:06:43)
"I Really felt backed to a corner, really. And, you know, had that rude awakening of in order for me to be able to live a life that's fulfilling for the next few years, something has to change." (Dr Melody Smith, 00:13:25)
"I think really, you know, what that makes me think about is that often we go through these things and they have such a huge impact on how we feel, but because people aren't it's very difficult to articulate what's happening because it's so complicated." (Dr Melody Smith, 00:27:15)
