Narendra Keval

Narendra Keval is a Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytic Society, Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and a visiting lecturer at the Tavistock Clinic. He worked as a specialist in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in a range of NHS outpatient settings with patients suffering from complex personality disorders.

His interests include the provision of support for professionals working on the 'front line' of organisations which provide mental health services to some of the most vulnerable patients in the community. He has consulted and provided teaching seminars and training to staff teams in both in the public and private sector who are often exposed to traumatic events such as suicide.

His work in Cape Town, South Africa from 2006-2008 combined his interest in clinical work in the consulting room with organisational and community work. This involved teaching and supervising at the Universities of Cape Town and Western Cape, The Trauma Centre and The Direct Action Centre for Peace and Memory. He wrote this book against the dramatic backdrop of Robben Island, the place where the late Nelson Mandela was incarcerated under racial apartheid. His story provided an inspiration to the 'story' being developed in the book about the tragic consequences of racism. The book is timely, as we witness a new tide of populist politics emerging across the world that focuses on attacking the humanity of others through toxic nationalist sentiments that are divisive in nature.

Narendra is a visiting speaker at various training institutes in the UK, Cape Town, South Africa, Washington, D.C and New York.