Jogo Behaviour Support Conference 2025 Brochure - Flipbook - Page 12
We will explore real-life examples from diverse age groups and international contexts,
reflecting on the power of culturally informed advocacy. Together, we9ll think critically
about how to co-create holistic support plans that honour the richness of each client9s
identity while challenging systemic barriers that may stand in their way.
Key Learning Objectives:
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Reflect on how our own cultural identity/and that of our clients and positionality
may influence the therapeutic relationships and clinical decisions.
Sharing examples of lessons we learned from our clients and how they helped
us evolve.
Develop an internal dialogue to help us assess our positions through the
therapeutic process.
Create a poster to celebrate lessons we learned from our clients that helped us
grow in our cultural and racial humility.
Biographies:
Hend Badawy 3 MA Play Therapy
Hend Badawy has over 15 years of experience working in the mental health field
across Egypt and the UK. She supports children, adolescents, and adults through
culturally sensitive, creative, and personalised therapeutic approaches.
With a background in medicine and a Master9s in Neuropsychiatry, Hend began her
career specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her passion for creative
modalities led her to complete a Master9s in Play Therapy from Roehampton
University. She has worked in a variety of settings4including private clinics, hospitals,
schools, charities, and community centres4and offers therapy both in-person and
online, in Arabic and English, to clients across all age groups.
Alongside her clinical work, Hend co-founded HadiBadi, an initiative promoting quality
Arabic literature for children and teens.
Sara Gawdat 3 MA Play Therapy
Sara Gawdat graduated back in 2011 from the Play Therapy masters course in
Glamorgan (Currently USW). Since then, she has been working as a freelance play
therapist predominantly with children in care and neurodivergent children and their
parents. In 2020, like many of us, Sara was looking at how to reach and support her
clients. As online practice opened her reach to clients in the UK and beyond in time of
the pandemic, she was struck by the many papers, books and courses that talked
about inclusivity, equity and anti-oppressive practice. From that time of the pandemic
until today, she has collaborated with many therapists who share her passion of finding
a systemic way to culture humility and anti-oppressive practice.
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