Laura Gilkinson 🧡

Clinical psychologist working with asylum seekers/refugees (NHS) & adults in independent practice in N. London.Trauma informed,EMDR,social justice

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

No child should have to worry about money or how Mum & Dad will afford the bills.
@CatherineWest1 will you urge the new PM to keep the commitment to increase all benefits in line with inflation as usual? A real-terms cut in support for struggling families is unimaginable.

[JCWI (Follow us on Bluesky @jcwi-uk.bsky.social) @JCWI_UK]

It's really not complicated.

We need an asylum system that prioritises the safety and wellbeing of people seeking asylum.

Calling @RishiSunak @trussliz - here's your guide to creating a safe, accessible asylum system 🔽
https://t.co/lNbVSv3cZf

Please read + share!

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@StpDeportations A small glimmer of light in a very very dark day

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@hifly_airline @mirpuri_org Please don't help Priti Patel deport people to Jamaica. Stop profiting from pain, tearing families apart and forcing people from their homes. #Jamaica50 #StopthePlane @Family_4Justice @detentionaction

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

Qualified CPs, please help lovely Zaynah with her important research! Requires about 10 minutes concentration but really interesting to do @drdebbieford @LizetteNolte @DrEmmaDiamond

[Zaynah 🇲🇺 @ZaynahClinPsych]

Calling all Clinical Psychologists!!! 📣 Take part / share my study looking at barriers to clinical training for "BME" groups, specifically in the selection process: https://t.co/vaABIJiJPS

ESP looking for CPs from ethnically minoritised backgrounds

#DClinPsy #BME #ClinPsych

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@criminographer @DarrenBowes3 Absolutely no words Emily. What a beautiful little boy (he looks so much like you!). Your family will be in my thoughts.

[Sahdya Darr @sahdyadarr]

Here’s a list I’ve compiled of some of the tweets I’ve come across on how you can support Afghans 👇🏼

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

.@ukhomeoffice next week's mass deportation to Zimbabwe will tear black British residents from home & family, incl their children. We demand you cancel it & any other planned charters & urgently look to reform the UK's inhumane & unjust deportation laws. https://t.co/fP25dktXyD

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

Incredible scenes from #KenmureStreet today

[Eileen ReidBoulter @ReidEileen1]

Never have I been prouder to live in this wonderful community. #kenmurestreet

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

I just signed @FreefromTorture's petition, telling Priti Patel: #RefugeesWelcome!

Will you join me?

https://t.co/9LWoiVswcc

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

That a family had to lose a son, brother and father; that a teenage girl had to film and post a murder, that millions across the country had to organize and march just for George Floyd to be seen and valued is not justice.

And this verdict is not a substitute for policy change.

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@annedraya Yes, thank you for putting this together. Seems to me like good quality, trauma-informed care given at the point it is needed and training the police on how to support people in distress & suicidal might have been a simpler option 🤷‍♀️

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

Please read this thread - the statistics, (for those that need them and are not living/ witnessing this day in & day out) that show despite reports to the contrary, there is institutional racism in the UK

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@TimCanning668 @PeteOlusoga People ask Tim. It’s racism, not underuse. White people are also more likely to be offered psychological support at points of access (GPs/ psychiatrists etc)

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

Our wonderful @Halima_Begum talking to @krishgm on @Channel4, calling out this #RacismReport for what it is - #Rigged

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

Looking forward to delving into this after @JCWI_UK ‘s fascinating talk with @minnierahman & @La_Cowan The myths vilifying migrants & arbitrary borders needlessly ruin (or end) countless lives #bordernation

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@aclientfirst This is so important to discuss & acknowledge! I also fuck up regularly & I encourage my clients to tell me if I’ve said something that has upset or angered them. Such a vital part of the process.

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@NEON_UK @SatbirLSingh @JCWI_UK I do wonder if Priti Patel & co have ever actually spoken to any asylum seekers

[Laura Gilkinson 🧡 @ClinPsyLaura]

@NEON_UK @SatbirLSingh @JCWI_UK Exactly!Having worked with 100s of asylum seekers,you don’t hear stories of advance plans to come to the UK for the luxury of £37 a week & a 5 year wait to have claim processed,you hear of momentary opportunities to escape traffickers,hasty exits to avoid Taliban recruitors..

[Carolyn Spring @CarolynSpring]

"The heartfelt, painful question around recovery from trauma is basically, 'Will life get better? Or will I always be in this much pain?'"

Listen to Carolyns Podcast 'What does recovery from trauma look like?': https://t.co/WQjA2BFkUJ

#trauma #PTSD #DID #therapy #recovery #hope