Monica Zenonos, a supervisor and trainer at the Trust, has been called to be a member of the UKCP’s Equality Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, which aims to make the organisation more inclusive.
The members will make recommendations to UKCP’s Board of Trustees on inclusion within the organisation, advising on future practice from July 2021.
Elizabeth Oni-Iyiola (Inclusive Board’s Executive Director and Independent Chair of the Taskforce) as well as Monica Zenonos and 11 other members from the world of psychotherapy will work on an action plan that will make big, clear commitments to challenge the lack of diversity that exists and to support the people from a different background who are already part of UKCP but do not feel heard and/or psychologically safe in the organisation.
Elizabeth Oni-Iyiola says “The Taskforce has a huge responsibility to put together a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Action Plan for UKCP. It has independence in deciding what priorities it will focus on in the development of the plan. This is very important as it means the breadth of what can be tackled is not restrictive, and that is how it should be. (…) The profession has only started scratching the surface of diversity and inclusion, and this piece of work is evidence that this is only the beginning.”
Monica Zenonos is a psychosynthesis psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer at the Trust, with experience in an occupational health trauma service. She worked with refugees and asylum seekers for 17 years before training as a psychotherapist.
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