Dr Yvon Guest

It was great speaking with Dr Yvon Guest - Psychodynamic
Counsellor, author and educator. She works with a diverse client
base, mainly Black and minority ethnic and LGBTQ. She worked for
many years in the independent sector, where she developed a
passion for facilitating the empowerment of society's most
oppressed and marginalised individuals. This along with her own
experiences as a care leaver, led her to undertake a PhD on the
themes of resilience and trauma, which she now incorporates into
her counselling work.


In our conversation Yvon touches on a variety of issues,
including; identity - particularly her experiences as someone of
mixed heritage, her childhood and adolescence and early
adulthood, the challenges faced by her clients, target driven
practice. 


Be warned Yvon drops a couple of F bombs along with immense
wisdom.  Yvon's authored work includes a chapter in a
recent publication: "Black Identities and White Therapies" Ed. by
Divine Charura and Colin Lago (2021) - 'Developing a
diversity-sensitive psycho-social approach to working with
mixed-race people'.


Dr Guest has a presence on LinkedIn, you can follow her there.


 


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