Intercultural relationships: Challenges and resiliencies

Surrey AFSP are excited to let you know about our next online 5-hour CPD opportunity.

In the fast changing, globalised context of 2026, intercultural and transnational relationships are on the rise. Intercultural is a broad term that could refer to interracial, interfaith, transnational, interclass and intergenerational differences. It could even refer to couples and families who have differences in political views. Similarly, relationships is a broad term. The relationships may heterosexual, same sex or present in different forms, such as polyamorous. Although intercultural relationships have strengths and resiliencies, they present with unique challenges.

This workshop will start with a theoretical and research overview of intercultural relationships. It will explore the themes in intercultural relationships, drawing on clinical vignettes and contemporary film. Reenee will introduce a range of visual and representational methods and there will be space to practice using these methods in the participants’ clinical practice.

Dr Reenee Singh is a consultant family and couples systemic psychotherapist, with over 30 years of clinical experience. She is currently based at the Child and Family Practice, where she is the founding director of the London Intercultural Couples Centre. She was previously editor of the Journal of Family Therapy, CEO of the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice and visiting professor at the University of Bergamo. Reenee is the author and editor of four books and numerous articles on intercultural couple relationships, issues of ‘race’, culture and qualitative research. She joined Professor Adrian Blow and a team of American scholars as the only non-American associate editor of the Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy. In 2022, she was awarded the British Sikh award for outstanding achievement of the year. She presents her work at national and international conferences and teaches all over the world.

Participants are expected to respect the confidentiality of any subject matter presented/discussed during the workshop. Participants’ name and email address will be kept on a computer mailing list unless we are advised otherwise.