FLASH TALK
Kim Loliya
(Black Psychotherapy)
Biography
Kim Loliya is psychotherapist, supervisor and the Director of Black Psychotherapy, a Black and Global Majority mental health service based in Brixton. They lead a multidisciplinary team of 40 counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and support staff, alongside overseeing operations, clinical governance and strategic development. Kim designs and delivers education, training and community engagement programmes that extend the service’s impact beyond the therapy room, supporting both practitioners and communities to deepen their relationship to justice, care and collective wellbeing. Their work is grounded in decolonial, abolitionist and Black feminist frameworks, with a focus on transforming both practice and systems. Alongside their service role, Kim lectures on postgraduate programmes and they research Afrofuturism and other speculative practices as creative and political tools for resistance, reimagining and renewal.
ABOUT THE TALK
“Decolonising mental health means expanding our understanding of what healing can be. Instead of than treating Western psychology as the only legitimate source of knowledge, it centres lived experience, community wisdom, cultural traditions and collective care, recognising that mental health is shaped not only by individuals, but also by history, power and the conditions in which we live.”