We received an email yesterday that stopped me in my tracks. Someone who had attended one of our workshops wrote to say thank you, not just for the content, but for the way the space felt. She said she had felt safe. And then she asked a question that I think matters: “What led you to be so intentional about creating a diverse and inclusive space, given that both founders are not people of colour?”

Yesterday, a group of Homa tutors spent the afternoon on a walking tour with researcher, historian, activist, public speaker and CEO of Black Rooted Darrel Blake, tracing the "slave trade money trail” through the City. It was fascinating, absorbing and deeply uncomfortable.

Training at Homa is not simply about learning therapeutic skills or absorbing theory. It is a developmental journey that begins with the self and gradually unfolds into the practice of psychotherapy. At Homa, becoming a therapist also means Walking the Walk, bringing the values of Humanistic psychotherapy into our relationships, communities and the wider world.