Overview
What is Black Students Talk (BST)?
Black Students Talk (BST)* is a peer support group that provides safe, supportive and therapeutic spaces for Black students to meet, share, learn, and manage our mental health & wellbeing at King’s College London.
Who is Black Students Talk (BST) for?
University students at King’s College London who identify as Black (African, Caribbean, Mixed with Black heritage).
Why does Black Students Talk exist (BST)?
As university students we experience complex academic, psychological, social, emotional and financial pressures. Black students face specific pressures that often affect our mental health and therefore, our university experience and outcome. We want to help make the lives of all Black students at King’s College London as happy, healthy and successful as possible.
What do Black Students Talk (BST) sessions offer?
- one-to-one/group discussions using culturally relevant/specific psychoeducation
- help accessing appropriate mental health services within the university and wider community
- a ‘home away from home’ to connect with other Black students
- visiting speakers from Black mental health organisations
- resources designed and delivered by trained facilitators
How do I attend the Black Students Talk (BST) sessions?
BST sessions are being held virtually on Microsoft Teams every other Thursday. No need to sign up in advance. Here are the Term 1 BST Sessions:
Session information
- My experience as a Black woman with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- How ADHD Babes came around
- What is neurodiversity?
- ADHD stats
ADHD BIO
ADHD Babes is a community group for Black Women and Black Non-Binary people with ADHD. We create safe spaces for us to flourish and live our lives to their greatest potential. We aim to empower people with community, tools, learning and healing spaces to redefine ADHD, tackle its difficulties and utilise its strengths. We aim to create a society that embraces neurodiversity. We aim to raise awareness and educate people on the truth and reality of how ADHD affects neurodiverse people, and how best to support them.
VIVIENNE BIO
Vivienne Isebor is a Trainee Clinical Associate in Psychology, currently studying part-time at UCL and working for the NHS with individuals with Complex Emotion Needs in East London. She is also Founder of ADHD Babes - the first support group for Black Women and Black Non-binary people with ADHD, where she is the Director of Community Outreach and Wellbeing. Since being diagnosed in her early 20's with ADHD and living with mental health difficulties Vivienne has run awareness sessions and advocated on platforms such as BBC, Mental Health Today and Mind. Besides working in mental health Vivienne is a performing artist and organises events and creative workshops with special focus on Black British history.
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