Description

Kairo is currently a HCPC registered Dramatherapist working in a NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. 

Since her therapy training, her main interests and the driving force for her work focus on intergenerational trauma and attachment, racial injustice and health inequalities which she has spoken and written about on a number of occasions. Alongside her therapy work, she is the Equality and Diversity Lead for her service and is passionate about improving access to mental health services for Black and other marginalised communities, whilst also advocating for further inclusion and visibility of Black, Asian and ethnic minority therapists and trainees. 

A list of her writings include:

•  'Can Dramatherapy help Black women discover their true self despite racial and gender oppression?' in Dramatherapy Journal, 2018.
• “As a Black therapist, I want to see action come out of mental health awareness discussions” in Mental Health Today, 2019.
• "Dramatherapy: History, Applications and Outcome Measures" in The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2018
• "Black Children and Autism" in Lafiyah Health, 2017
• Currently she is contributing to a book exploring Intersectionality in the Arts Therapies.

References:

• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Ntozake Shange
• Four Women, Nina Simone (song)

Be in touch: suchagorgeousparadox@gmail.com

Instagram: @ryan.therapyspace