COURSE OVERVIEW
We are very pleased to be opening applications for our Certificate in Working with Racial Trauma, using the Fondation of Group Analysis.
This IGA-approved (Foundation course) course fills an important gap. It combines the principles of Group Analysis with specialist training in racial trauma, centring decolonial and liberatory approaches.
It is the first and only depth course to resist racial trauma in the U.K. and the only too that does so through a group analytic praxis, offering both an entry-level qualification in Group Analysis thus a pathway toward advanced training as a group analytic psychotherapist and the necessary skills to work with racial trauma.
For our up-to-date curriculum, click here.
The prospectus may be accessed here
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
The course is designed for anyone committed to addressing racialised violence, oppression, and trauma, including:
* Mental health practitioners, psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors
* Students in these fields
* Activists, educators, and social justice scholars
* Health and criminal justice professionals
* Group analysts revisiting theory through a racial trauma lens
* Individuals with lived experience of racial injustice
To apply to join the course, please return an application form, you can find it here
CORE AIMS AND ETHOS
To access the provisional curriculum; click here
* Support the psychological needs of people of colour
* Apply group analytic concepts to oppression, injustice, and violence
* Offer Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions linking theory to practice
* Create experiential learning spaces, including a group on whiteness
* Critically challenge dominant systems while incorporating decolonial alternatives such as African ontologies and Indigenous cosmologies
* Obtain a Foundation Qualification in Group Analysis to join further training
STRUCTURE
In about 15 months (from February 2026), students will participate in;
* 30–35 large group sessions (online)
* A monthly reflective group (online)
* 15 monthly theoretical seminars (online)
* 4 PBL sessions, dates to be confirmed (in person, planned in Milton Keynes – dates to be confirmed by September 30th 2025).
The prospectus may be accessed here
KEY DATES AND TIMING
* Start: 03 February 2026
* Schedule: First Tuesday of each month, 16:00 – 21:45
* Open Day: 12 September 2025, 3–7 pm (online), details here
* Course Launch: 24 October 24 2025, 4-7 pm (in person, at the IGA), details here
FEES AND PAYMENT PLANS
We have a range of payment options available and a few scholarships, see the application form’ s fee section. The main numbers are as follow;
* Early Bird (before 31 Oct 2025): £1500 + VAT (non-members)
* Race Reflections members: £1250 + VAT
* Standard rate: £1650 + VAT
* Standalone seminars/whiteness groups: £150 + VAT each
SCHOLARSHIPS
We are making 10 small scholarships of £350 available for people who work in mental health for the certificate/foundation course in working with racial trauma/group analysis.
Details here.
APPLICATIONS
Application is normally by application form only. Please complete it carefully.
Places are strictly limited. Although we do not have a rigid closing date for applications; as long as the course has not started… we may stop offering places once we have received a suitable number of applicants.
To apply to join the course,
1. Complete the application form here and below;
2. Return the form 📩 Email your applications to: hayan@racereflections.co.uk
3. Most applicants must pay £150 registration fee to secure a place (see application’s fee section).
ANY QUESTION?
Use the contact form below to get in touch or to arrange an informal chat.
