Dr Dwight Turner
@dturner300
#Intersectional #Psychotherapist. #Supervisor. #Author. Course Leader in Humanistic Counselling at the Uni of Brighton. #Father, loves #reading, #travel, and living life by the sea. Ops own (He/Him) #blacksky #existentialism #phenomenology #Counselling
The power of togetherness during the People's Final at the World Cup between France and England. A beautiful moment.
A gift to myself as I come to the end of my teaching time at the University, I've dropped a bit of weight, remembered I love my style (so bought one or two things), and reminded myself of who I am. And onwards we go... #thisiswhatatherapistlookslike
The New Blog is live Decolonise This XIV: Systemic Whiteness and Shame www.dwightturnercounselling.co.uk/2026/07/16/d... Whiteness hates to feel shame. This blog looks at just how shame is cast out, and how actually owning the shame of one's experiences means we, can all start to see the other.
In this latest episode if the popular podcast Dr Anne-Sophie invited me to explore systemic issues facing trainees on courses, how trainees might survive said environments, and also discusses the book Black Men, Trauma and Therapy. open.spotify.com/episode/2rFB...
The new blog is live Decolonise This XIII: (Re)Owning Black Fire Black people we are not allowed to be angry. Yet there is a gift within our passion, our rage, our fire, which can set us on the right path. This blog looks at our Fire at Black Fire www.dwightturnercounselling.co.uk/2026/06/29/d...
As always when it's my birthday, I like to offer you all something, a few words, to say thanks for all the kindness and care over the years. My best to you all. D x 🙏🏿 #SundayThoughts #birthdayvibes
Continuing my loose review of some of the highlights of my time at the University of Brighton, back in October 2018 I was asked to be the compere of a Black History Month event at the Student Union. Their guest was the brilliant Akala, who was lovely to work with, and who the Students loved meeting.
Book 6 update! Well, the latest update is that book 6 is coming along well. The first draft was completed before Easter, and we are well into the second draft and edits. The structure seems to work quite well, but as always there are lots of bits which i want to add into the work