Season 3 of Intersectional Psychology focuses on trans and gender-diverse healthcare, rights, and resistance, with a particular emphasis on South Africa and the African continent. This episode challenges myths and centres lived experience, offering evidence-based insight and a clear-eyed look at the political realities shaping care and access today.

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00:00:00 Land acknowledgement 00:00:28 Title credits 00:01:09 Introduction to transgender health and rights 00:02:02 The actual access to gender-affirming health care (GAHC) 00:04:49 Affirmation is the first step 00:06:41 Non-medical gender-affirming practices 00:11:19 It goes all the way to the top! 00:14:40 What is hormone therapy in GAHC actually? 00:20:26 What is gender-affirming surgery actually? 00:22:31 Exporting "Eden": God, guns, and glossy pamphlets in Africa 00:30:11 Platforms of harm, laws of hope 00:33:12 The Gospel according to gaslight 00:41:01 Receipts, resistance, and raising hell 00:51:43 Don't feed the trolls, but don't starve yourself either 00:56:54 Love, families, and finding your people 01:00:11 End credits

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This Best Of Season 2 episode of Intersectional Psychology brings together key moments from a season focused on decolonising mental health practice.

Host Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor, is joined by Shaheeda Sadeck and Neesha Chhiba, two Registered Counsellors working at the intersections of psychology, culture, spirituality, community care, and social justice. Together, they explore how colonial histories, apartheid, religion, racism, Islamophobia, homophobia, and global political violence continue to shape mental health — particularly in South Africa.

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00:00:00 Land acknowledgement 00:00:28 Title credits 00:01:23 Introduction to decolonising mental health 00:10:04 Decolonial practice with children 00:18:34 How social practice and multiculturalism enhance psychology 00:24:39 Trauma-informed child mental health care 00:30:38 Impact of Islamophobia on the mental health of Muslims in SA 00:35:58 Mental health of Queer Muslims in Cape Town 00:41:15 How parents can support their children's mental health 00:45:36 From SA to Palestine: Ongoing decolonial work 00:48:24 Power, freedom, and difference in mental health care 00:53:13 Trauma-informed self care 00:56:30 End credits

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What is intersectional psychology — and why does it matter so much for mental health today?

In this Best of Season 1 episode, Aurora Brown brings together key moments from all four episodes of Dissecting Intersectional Psychology, offering a rich and accessible introduction to intersectionality, social justice, and their ethical relevance to psychology and counselling practice.

This episode also grapples honestly with psychology’s history — including its complicity in systems like apartheid and eugenics — and asks what accountability, repair, and ethical practice require of us today. Along the way, Aurora reflects on coalition-building, civil disobedience, and how mental health professionals can engage in advocacy without abandoning care, nuance, or humility.

Whether you’re a psychology professional, student, activist, or someone navigating the mental health system yourself, this episode offers language, frameworks, and courage for thinking differently about care.

Aurora will be taking a short recording break over the festive season, but episodes will continue to drop — starting with this Season 1 retrospective.

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00:00:00 Land acknowledgement 00:00:28 Title credits 00:01:23 Welcome and introduction 00:03:33 Intersectionality in practice 00:12:47 Practical social justice advocacy in psychology 00:22:10 Psychology's historical missteps 00:34:24 Civil disobedience and systemic change 00:43:21 The empathetic, ethical, and empowered counsellor 00:53:12 End credits

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