Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga, PhD, is an Integrative Transcultural Psychotherapist and writer. She set up therapeutic services at the African Caribbean Mental Health Association and group work with women impacted by violence in relationships. Isha is a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University and teaches transculturalcounselling at The Universty of London Goldsmiths College. She has published several papers and a book based on her Doctoral study with trainee counsellors, Black issues, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process (2009).