In the book Spoken For - Unearthing God's Relentless Love and Ending the Cycle of Heartbreak- Stephanie shares life lessons from personal experience along with poems and prayers around the subject of heartbreak. The aim is to reach the hearts of people who have felt disqualified from receiving and giving true love; those who have endured painful experiences of heartbreak and are bound by frustration, anger and other negative emotions around love.

Owning our madness" is a concept coined by Jamaican psychiatrist Dr. Frederick W. Hickling, advocating for the decolonization of mental health by developing culturally appropriate and locally-driven mental health initiatives, such as the deinstitutionalization of colonial mental hospitals and the creation of community-based primary prevention programs in postcolonial Jamaica. It challenges Western mental health paradigms by emphasizing the need for strategies that acknowledge the historical legacy of structural violence and integrate local cultural values and practices into therapeutic approaches, like Dream-A-World Cultural Therapy.

Inner-city children dream a new world.

Childrens’ book of poem.

Images of Psychiatry: The Caribbean is a collaborative venture of the WPA Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution Section and the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry at the University of the West Indies, Mona , Jamaica. It is the fourth and latest in the WPA Images of Psychiatry series.The book traces the historic, medical, and scientific development of Caribbean Psychiatry in the rich and diverse context of the West Indian culture. It addresses not only the medical aspects of the profession but also takes on the indellible marks left by slavery and racism as well as the accompanying social and political consequences. It is a book abounding in detail, visionary thinking, and pragmatic examples be they clinical, ethical or health policy focused, across the life cycle. It is dedicated to Professor Michael Beaubrun, the father of modern Caribbean Psychiatry. It is a thought provoking tome, worthy of the rich, West Indian and universal medical, cultural and intellectual traditions of our profession.

This book lays out the model of psychohistoriography, which challenges dominant Eurocentric approaches to psychology and mental health, and includes a step by step process which professionals can use with clients of Caribbean or black and minority ethnic (BME) descent to explore issues around race, identity and culture.



Psychohistoriography takes the form of a model for group psychotherapy in which members of a particular group or community narrate their stories within the context of a pertinent cultural or historical issue. The process includes deep breathing and stretching exercises, large group analysis where discussion and storytelling is encouraged, and exercises which involve challenging dominant discourses of historical events. At the heart of this process is a 'matrix': a time line showing a chronological period with two threads – one showing the events described from a European perspective, and the other showing the same events from a BME perspective, teaching clients to challenge pre-conceived conceptions of history, and its grand narratives. The final stage is the production and performance of 'scripts', as part of a group sociodrama which helps clients understand and explore their feelings.



This book will be of use to therapists, counsellors, mental health professionals and social workers with clients of Caribbean or other black and minority ethnic origin.

Perspectives in Caribbean Psychology attempts to record the unique psychological character of those who live in the Caribbean and more broadly people of African-Caribbean heritage. It considers the impact of colonialism, the struggle for domination by various European and North American countries through history on individuals, and the unique psychological realities that have emerged from attempts to come to terms with the realities of Caribbean culture and experience.



Contributors address prevalent issues of violence, mental illness, stigma, psychopathology and HIV/AIDS, and chronicle the adaptation, cultural retentions, resilience and migratory tenacity of the Caribbean people, both within their geographic communities and in the Diaspora.



This book makes the case for a definitively Caribbean psychology with a range of chapters on psychological assessment, understanding and treatment modalities culled from a Caribbean experience. It will be an invaluable source of reference for anyone with an interest in multicultural psychology, as well as for social work and mental health professionals working with members of the Caribbean community.

That Time in Foreign was born out of a series held in 2006 at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Seventeen presenters traced their experiences as migrants from Jamaica and other Caribbean countries destined mainly for the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Canada as well as to other countries. The presenters delineated their time abroad for periods ranging from 5-35 years or more with the experiences of loss, joy, bereavement, success, achievement and nostalgia. Ten of these presentations are featured in this book.