A Clinician’s Guide to Assessing and Treating Racial Trauma and Minority Stress

Those who experience racial trauma have feelings of distress that lead them to seek therapy services. Mental health professionals are charged with creating safe spaces to help clients recover from dreadful life experiences through the use of therapy services. This live, interactive webinar, led by Dr. Lillian Gibson will provide clinicians a practical framework to assess and treat racial trauma. Whether alike or dissimilar, the importance of clients and clinicians’ worldviews within the context of treatment will be explained. Participants will learn how to apply culture specific approaches wh...Read moreen exploring trauma experiences and implement client-centered interventions. The on-line training will use a case vignette to guide the presentation and uncover mistakes that can be made when cultural considerations are not utilized. Participants will leave the webinar with a clear understanding of racial trauma, an awareness of racial trauma assessment options, the biopsychosocial impacts of trauma, symptom tracking measures, clinical pitfalls to avoid, steps to strengthen therapeutic alliance, and a list of treatments that may be useful to decrease the effects of racial trauma (when appropriately applied). Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Describe racial trauma diagnostic criteria.
  • Identify factors that influence generational trauma and exacerbate racial trauma symptomology.
  • Identify client centered strategies to develop a racial trauma treatment plan.
  • Use the Biopsychosocial Model framework to guide assessment steps and treatment of racial trauma.
  • Report cultural competencies in the assessment and treatment of racial trauma.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Levels

  • All Levels

Friday, July 28, 2023

Live Interactive Webinar

11:00 AM EDT - 02:15 PM EDT

Register for this Webinar
EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Lillian Gibson, PhD

Lillian Gibson, PhD

Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Lillian Gibson, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist often referred to as a “mood make-over” expert. She is a highly recommended speaker, consultant, and mental health clinician. Dr. Gibson takes pride in combining her vocational rehabilitation counseling, and clinical psychology expertise to cultivate culture affirming care for clients and protocols for agencies. Her professional footprints include places such as Johns Hopkins, and international research in South Africa. She is passionate about highlighting mental health wellness when diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Agenda

11:00am - 12:30pm ET
•    Assessment and Diagnosis of Racial Trauma
•    Q&A
12:30pm - 12:45pm ET
•    Break
12:45pm - 2:15pm ET
•    Client Centered Strategies for Treatment Planning
•    Avoiding pitfalls and strengthening the therapeutic relationship
•    Q&A

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

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A Clinician's Guide to Assessing and Treating Racial Trauma and Minority Stress, Course #4979, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by CE Learning Systems, LLC. as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 05/05/2023 - 05/05/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 cultural competence continuing education credits.
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