Welcome to a sneak peek into my extraordinary journey dedicated to championing charity, social justice, equity in life, and in the field of Counseling/Psychotherapy and Mental Health.
This year's @mentalhealth Mental Health Awareness Week theme is anxiety.Anxiety is a normal emotion, part of our minds natural response to threat,stress or danger,however, if this is not recognised or understood anxiety can cause stress & impact on daily life.Therapy can help👇🏽🧵 pic.twitter.com/KjO1UPESfC
Honoured to attend the district Proclamation of Accession reading at Bradford CityPark today for the proclamation of Charles III as king.A moment in history for our nation. Followed by service @Bfdcathedral Great to see the city meet in unity for this @Sabiya4khan@network_racepic.twitter.com/YcQ8E9FXjP
With gratitude to @APA@APAconvention @NayoAziz for giving me the opportunity to present my work from the UK on developing anti-oppressive psychological methods. The #APA2022 exceeded expectations! Expectional convention great opportunity to learn and connect with colleagues. pic.twitter.com/AUUUGOkHLz
Second conference presentation of the week! This time sharing research findings at @LeedsBeckettCLT DEAP learning conference, great team presentation 👏 🙏 @LBU_PTMH#deap22 thank you everyone for your encouraging feedback. Look forward to future collaboration. pic.twitter.com/FZQburPGj0
Truly humbled&honoured to be recognised as a Platinum Champion as part of the Queens Platinum Jubilee. Volunteering builds stronger communities and fosters equality& inclusion. Well done to all winners, nominee's and many unsung hero's that continue to make a difference 👏 💚 pic.twitter.com/c7yhHDQUYZ
Bradford is UK City of Culture 2025!!woohoo 🎉🎊👏 #CityofCulture2025#thisisourtime. So proud to be the first BAME psychotherapist to open Counselling/Psychotherapy and Supervision practice in Bradford City Centre Little Germany…because I believe in the City & it's people❤
Thank you for your kindness! to our wonderful PG and HE Diploma students…it was a pleasure working with you all and being part of your learning journey. Wishing you a successful future in the counselling-profession. @LBU_PTMH@viviensabel@johnhillsmusic@Valerie95233459
Short listed for WhatUni Awards 2022 for my work on improving widening access to participation for Counselling and Mental Health courses.
Today we welcomed Maryam Riaz lecturer on the undergraduate degree in Counselling and Mental Health #LBU_ptmh at Leeds Beckett university. She generated a lot of interest from Year 12 & Year 13. pic.twitter.com/Ls5KOHEGUK
Breaking cultural barriers and taboo’s surrounding counselling and mental health by educating students on the benefits of working in counselling and mental health field.
Leeds Beckett University form partnership with mental health charity for diverse scholarships https://t.co/mYp4C235IB
Feature in the Yorkshire Evening Post – Leading on our scholarship programme to improve access to counselling training degree for diverse communities
Joined colleagues & @Sabiya4khan on the Gul Nawaz Hussain programme @BBCLeeds@BBCSheffield discussed food support & future inter-faith initiatives including wellbeing and mental health support for vulnerable families. 15 min interview began at 7.10 pm https://t.co/lyXTa7rmfD
Spent the morning joining some lovley people to pack food parcels for vulnerable families in Bradford. Thank you @Sabiya4khan & Mary Mother of God Church BD6 for the opportunity to end 2021 & start 2022 with acts of charity and kindness ❤😊 #Charity#Interfaith#communitypic.twitter.com/AJrDXZ1IMm
Privileged to have welcomed Prof Nahid Nasrat @NayoAziz from the University of Chicago and Maryam Riaz @maryamriaz_ to BTHFT today . To see the amazing work we have undertaken @BTHFT and our new SPaRC model. pic.twitter.com/K1LJRyo9vG
Developing links with local healthcare providers to support equity in service delivery design and delivery to meet the needs of the local population.
Thank you @NIHRCRN_yorks for sharing my path into research. Having a representative voice in Counselling and Psychotherapy is an area I very passionate about and I hope to continue to share my journey. Thank you for your support @LBU_PTMH@DrDuncanSharp@LBUHealth
Our fabulous friend and colleague @maryamriaz_ from the @LBU_PTMH team has recently had a case study about her research journey published by @NIHRevidence.
A fantastic read, and a credit to Maryam who is a pleasure to work, research, and learn alongsidehttps://t.co/DmCpliiV9w
— Leeds Beckett Psych Therapies & Mental Health (@LBU_PTMH) November 11, 2021
Maryam Riaz wants to increase representation of minority communities in counselling and psychotherapy with research.
The theme of this year's World Mental Health Day, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is 'Mental health in an unequal world'. pic.twitter.com/0PvmYIIeoX
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