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Mothertongue Publications
Mothertongue has contributed to a variety of professional publications further disseminating the work with which Mothertongue has been involved since its inception.

  • Diversity Training by Beverley Costa, British Psychodrama Association Handbook, 2002 Psychodrama across Cultures by Beverley Costa, British Psychodrama and Sociodrama Journal, 2002
  • Featured in ICAR handbook on community development work with refugees and asylum seekers, 2004
  • Institute for Excellence (SCIE) website, 2008 http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/elearning/cs/cs10/index.asp 'Communication across cultural and social differences', contribution to an e-learning resource on Social Care by Beverley Costa
  • Beverley Costa, The Psychotherapist, Winter Issue 2008/9
    http://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/c2/uploads/the%20psychotherapist%2040.pdf Article on counselling in a non-native language, by Beverley Costa
  • Chapter by Beverley Costa: A working model of a community based, culturally sensitive counselling service, in Psychotherapy and Culture by Zack Eleftheriadou, Karnac Books 2010
  • Article by Beverley Costa titled: 'Mother tongue or non-native language? Learning from conversations with bilingual/multilingual therapists about working with clients who do not share their native language' Published by Pier Professional March 2010 edition of the peer reviewed journal 'Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care'. Pier Professional website/article abstract.
Publications Mothertongue has been integral in producing with help from volunteers, clients and staff.


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