Angela’s work is influenced by community and liberation psychology approaches and narrative therapy. Collaborating with Mellow and the 4Sight network of African and Caribbean men in Hackney, she introduced the ‘Tree of Life’, narrative therapy approach to mental health services in Hackney. This approach, which was developed by Ncazelo Ncube – a psychologist working in Southern and East Africa (Ncube, 2006), values people’s heritage and spirituality and aims to help them re-story their lives, identify their strengths and abilities, hopes and dreams, reconnect with their roots and relationships and think about the ‘storms of life’ from a position of strength. The impact of this was described in the article: