NARENDRA KEVAL

PSYCHOANALYST, PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST & CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

I started my career as a Clinical Psychologist before undertaking an intensive training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for 6 years at the Tavistock Clinic, London, where I specialised in working with adults and adolescents. Following an extensive period of working as a senior clinician in the NHS, I took up posts as a Clinical Director on a Doctoral Training program in Clinical Psychology and joining a centre for Psychoanalytic Studies as a Senior Lecturer. I am currently working as a Psychoanalyst and provide clinical supervision and teaching in the UK and several other countries.

For the past 20 years, I was involved in consulting to staff teams working with suicidal patients in the NHS and the private sector. I have also consulted to the rail industry in the UK on the provision of psychotherapeutic assessment for train drivers and recommendations for further care following their traumatic experiences of track suicides/fatalities.

Projects that promote racial and social justice has been ongoing since I came into this profession, some 35 years ago. A synopsis of my thinking in this area culminated in my book ‘Racist States of Mind: Understanding the Perversion of Curiosity and Concern’ in 2016 by Karnac Books. Subsequent work on these themes has appeared in conference presentations, teaching seminars and chapters in various books (see bibliography section).