September 2026 Fellows' update: Erica McInnis
Dr Erica McInnis (CF 2016) delivered teaching on the University of Exeter’s Doctorate in Educational Psychology programme, drawing on learning from her Fellowship.
By Erica McInnis, 30 September 2026
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Erica McInnis
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Erica McInnis
UK model of Afrikan-centred psychotherapy for wellbeing
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Introducing Afrikan-centred approaches to talking therapies for the Black British community
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2016
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January 2026 Fellows' update: Erica McInnis
Dr Erica McInnis (CF 2016) delivered a talk at TEDxTrafford, challenging dominant Western psychological frameworks and calling for a shift towards African-centred psychology rooted in culture, collective identity, spirituality, and lived experience.
By Erica McInnis, 22 January 2026
Erica McInnis: Bringing African psychology to the UK
By Erica McInnis, 19 September 2025
August 2024 Fellows' update: Erica McInnis
Dr Erica McInnis, Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist at Nubia Wellness and Healing (NWAH) CIC, has been awarded a £5,000 grant from the Synergi Small Grants Fund to implement insights from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Erica McInnis, 20 August 2024
May 2021 Fellow's update: Erica McInnis
Psychologist Erica McInnis contributed learnings gathered during her Fellowship to a new book, Racism in Psychology, which was published this month. Erica’s Fellowship explored models of African-centred psychotherapy for wellbeing.
By Erica McInnis, 31 May 2021
Black lives have always mattered – resources
By Erica McInnis, 14 January 2021
November 2020 Fellow's update: Erica McInnis
Psychologist Erica McInnis discussed learnings from her Fellowship on African-centred approaches to mental health in the Mentally Yours podcast. The podcast aired on 9 November and Erica gave recommendations to how the NHS can improve its services.
By Erica McInnis, 30 November 2020
October 2020 Fellow's update: Erica McInnis
Psychologist Erica McInnis has published an African-centred emotional wellness workbook. This accompanies the four-week online course, 'Post Pandemic Planning: Being, Belonging & Becoming', that Erica created to help people from an African background to prepare for a post-pandemic future.
By Erica McInnis, 31 October 2020
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All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
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September 2026 Fellows' update: Erica McInnis
Dr Erica McInnis (CF 2016) delivered teaching on the University of Exeter’s Doctorate in Educational Psychology programme, drawing on learning from her Fellowship.
By Erica McInnis, 30 September 2026
January 2026 Fellows' update: Erica McInnis
Dr Erica McInnis (CF 2016) delivered a talk at TEDxTrafford, challenging dominant Western psychological frameworks and calling for a shift towards African-centred psychology rooted in culture, collective identity, spirituality, and lived experience.
By Erica McInnis, 22 January 2026
Erica McInnis: Bringing African psychology to the UK
By Erica McInnis, 19 September 2025
August 2024 Fellows' update: Erica McInnis
Dr Erica McInnis, Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist at Nubia Wellness and Healing (NWAH) CIC, has been awarded a £5,000 grant from the Synergi Small Grants Fund to implement insights from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Erica McInnis, 20 August 2024
May 2021 Fellow's update: Erica McInnis
Psychologist Erica McInnis contributed learnings gathered during her Fellowship to a new book, Racism in Psychology, which was published this month. Erica’s Fellowship explored models of African-centred psychotherapy for wellbeing.
By Erica McInnis, 31 May 2021
Black lives have always mattered – resources
By Erica McInnis, 14 January 2021
November 2020 Fellow's update: Erica McInnis
Psychologist Erica McInnis discussed learnings from her Fellowship on African-centred approaches to mental health in the Mentally Yours podcast. The podcast aired on 9 November and Erica gave recommendations to how the NHS can improve its services.
By Erica McInnis, 30 November 2020
October 2020 Fellow's update: Erica McInnis
Psychologist Erica McInnis has published an African-centred emotional wellness workbook. This accompanies the four-week online course, 'Post Pandemic Planning: Being, Belonging & Becoming', that Erica created to help people from an African background to prepare for a post-pandemic future.
By Erica McInnis, 31 October 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
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