Dates and Times: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 9:00 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 9:00 am to 4:45 pm
Instructors: Deran Young, LCSW and Jory Agate, MDiv, LMHC
Location: Cambridge, MA
Credits: 12 CEs
This event is co-hosted with Black Therapists Rock
Instructors: Deran Young, LCSW and Jory Agate, MDiv, LMHC
Location: Cambridge, MA
Credits: 12 CEs
This event is co-hosted with Black Therapists Rock
Description
Research documents how systemic oppression creates significant physical and mental health care disparities in marginalized populations. The good news is that mental health professionals can minimize these negative effects by providing effective treatment for people who are neglected and exploited in our culture. The challenges of being an effective helper in this context are significant due to the ways we are socialized. In addition, the expectation to enact expertise in our roles gets in the way of needed cross cultural humility. This results in iatrogenic effects in which therapeutic relationships can inadvertently cause harm. Join us for two days that will help you work successfully with people whose shoes you have not walked in. We will:
• define and explore how racism and other forms of structural oppression impact inner psychic systems
• enhance skills to approach clients in ways that improve overall mental health by healing traumatic effects of oppression and avoiding re-victimization through microaggressions
• learn ways to improve intercultural communication skills to increase clinical success
Participants will learn the Intercultural Development Continuum, a model developed by Mitchell Hammer to help assess their abilities to navigate difference. Applying this model will provide tools to grow and develop better clinical skills to use in complex interpersonal terrain. By understanding the stages of intercultural development, participants will:
• reflect on their growing edges in intercultural communication so they can improve their therapeutic capacity and
• identify the best approach to meet clients in ways that enhance abilities to be open and receptive rather than rigid and defensive as they encounter difference
Concepts that will be taught in nuanced ways include diversity, equity and inclusion, race, culture, bias, power and oppression. We will explore how cultural perspectives impact the communication and conflict styles we bring to our work as well as how to effectively connect when encountering differences in the clinical setting.
Another approach that will be used to help mental health professionals work more effectively in this realm is the Internal Family Systems model. IFS is a non-pathologizing therapeutic model that allows individuals to greet the parts of themselves that are reactive to issues involving racism and oppression with compassion and curiosity, so they can be helped, healed and released from stuck patterns of behavior that constrain their best intentions and limit their world view and options for living well. This model with be discussed and demonstrated as a tool to release legacy burdens related to race and oppression. These burdens are created by our socio-political-cultural context and get in the way of a collaborative, connected therapeutic position that is non-pathologizing, non-hierarchical and non-judgmental. When participants better understand legacy burdens and move beyond them, they will increase abilities to solve problems and heal wounds related to social injustices with their clients.
This workshop will be a mixture of didactic teaching, interactive activities, small and large group discussion, and internal reflection. During the two days we will create a learning community in which we will have time to sufficiently learn theoretical material as well as to interactively engage the material, to apply what was learned, to wrestle with the concepts in action and to reflect on our growing edges.
• define and explore how racism and other forms of structural oppression impact inner psychic systems
• enhance skills to approach clients in ways that improve overall mental health by healing traumatic effects of oppression and avoiding re-victimization through microaggressions
• learn ways to improve intercultural communication skills to increase clinical success
Participants will learn the Intercultural Development Continuum, a model developed by Mitchell Hammer to help assess their abilities to navigate difference. Applying this model will provide tools to grow and develop better clinical skills to use in complex interpersonal terrain. By understanding the stages of intercultural development, participants will:
• reflect on their growing edges in intercultural communication so they can improve their therapeutic capacity and
• identify the best approach to meet clients in ways that enhance abilities to be open and receptive rather than rigid and defensive as they encounter difference
Concepts that will be taught in nuanced ways include diversity, equity and inclusion, race, culture, bias, power and oppression. We will explore how cultural perspectives impact the communication and conflict styles we bring to our work as well as how to effectively connect when encountering differences in the clinical setting.
Another approach that will be used to help mental health professionals work more effectively in this realm is the Internal Family Systems model. IFS is a non-pathologizing therapeutic model that allows individuals to greet the parts of themselves that are reactive to issues involving racism and oppression with compassion and curiosity, so they can be helped, healed and released from stuck patterns of behavior that constrain their best intentions and limit their world view and options for living well. This model with be discussed and demonstrated as a tool to release legacy burdens related to race and oppression. These burdens are created by our socio-political-cultural context and get in the way of a collaborative, connected therapeutic position that is non-pathologizing, non-hierarchical and non-judgmental. When participants better understand legacy burdens and move beyond them, they will increase abilities to solve problems and heal wounds related to social injustices with their clients.
This workshop will be a mixture of didactic teaching, interactive activities, small and large group discussion, and internal reflection. During the two days we will create a learning community in which we will have time to sufficiently learn theoretical material as well as to interactively engage the material, to apply what was learned, to wrestle with the concepts in action and to reflect on our growing edges.
Outline for the Workshop - Day 1
9:00 - 10:30 – The Importance of Cultural Competency & Developing Common Understanding of Critical Concepts and Terms Including: culture, diversity, race, ethnicity, inclusion, stereotypes, bias, prejudice, oppression, power
10:30 - 10:45 – Break
10:45 - 12:30 – Defining the Basic Principles of IFS and Applying Those Ideas to Cross Cultural Capacity
12:30 - 1:30 – lunch
1:30 - 2:45 – Learning A Model for Understanding Diversity: The Intercultural Awareness Curriculum
2:45 - 3:00 – break
3:00 - 4:30 – Experiential Exercise 1: Using a Visual Sculpt to Demonstrate the Use of IFS with The Intercultural Awareness Model with Q&A
10:30 - 10:45 – Break
10:45 - 12:30 – Defining the Basic Principles of IFS and Applying Those Ideas to Cross Cultural Capacity
12:30 - 1:30 – lunch
1:30 - 2:45 – Learning A Model for Understanding Diversity: The Intercultural Awareness Curriculum
2:45 - 3:00 – break
3:00 - 4:30 – Experiential Exercise 1: Using a Visual Sculpt to Demonstrate the Use of IFS with The Intercultural Awareness Model with Q&A
Outline for the Workshop - Day 2
9:00 - 10:30 – How to Implement IFS with Implicit Bias
10:30 - 10:45 – Break
10:45 - 12:30 – Experiential Exercise 2: Live Demonstration of an IFS Session Addressing Issues of Implicit Bias
12:30 - 1:30 – lunch
1:30 - 2:45 – Application of the Intercultural Awareness Curriculum in Clinical Work
2:45 - 3:00 – break
3:00 - 4:30 – Reflections on What Has Been Learned From the Training & Statement of Personal Commitment
4:30 to 4:45 - Complete Course Evaluations
10:30 - 10:45 – Break
10:45 - 12:30 – Experiential Exercise 2: Live Demonstration of an IFS Session Addressing Issues of Implicit Bias
12:30 - 1:30 – lunch
1:30 - 2:45 – Application of the Intercultural Awareness Curriculum in Clinical Work
2:45 - 3:00 – break
3:00 - 4:30 – Reflections on What Has Been Learned From the Training & Statement of Personal Commitment
4:30 to 4:45 - Complete Course Evaluations
Learning Objectives
- Participants will discuss a shared vocabulary and be able to define critical concepts including culture, diversity, race, ethnicity, inclusion, stereotypes, bias, prejudice, oppression and power.
- Participants will identify a minimum of three ways they are challenged when they encounter difference in clinical settings.
- Participants will apply the Intercultural Development Continuum to identify a minimum of two ways they can better engage difference in their work to meet the needs of a variety of populations.
- Participants will describe their culturally influenced conflict style and how it impacts their experience working with people who are different from themselves.
- Participants will describe how their own cultural legacy around issues of race and oppression impacts their effectiveness as mental health clinicians.
- Participants will list the six “F’s” of the Internal Family System model and be able to apply them to clinical situations when responding to their own and their clients reactivity and overwhelm.
- Participants will list the five “P’s” of the therapeutic stance in the Internal Family Systems Model and be able to use that information to help them re-calibrate their therapeutic position around difference when necessary.
- Participants will identify non-therapeutic parts of themselves that become activated when encountering difference and describe how to use two IFS techniques to help them maintain a therapeutic alliance.
Instructors
Jory Agate, MA, LMHC, MDiv, IFS Certified – Jory comes to the field of psychotherapy after a 20-year career in Unitarian Universalist ministry that focused on youth, families, sexuality, leadership development, and diversity, equity and inclusion trainings. In her current practice of psychotherapy and spiritual counseling she specializes in working with individuals, families, clergy, couples, and staff teams. Fluent in American Sign Language, Jory provides therapy for those who communicate in ASL. She maintains a private practice in Cambridge, MA and is a frequent workshop leader for both The Center for Self Leadership and Unitarian Universalist leadership.
Deran Young, LCSW, is the Founder of Black Therapists Rock, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that includes over 20,000 professionals who are committed to spreading mental health awareness and reducing stigma. Deran is very committed to furthering discussions on topics related to diversity. She has practiced as a trauma expert in over 5 countries, beginning in 2008, when she established a high school counseling center in Ghana, West Africa. Deran is passionate about engaging in macro level community outreach to educate marginalized communities. In this regard, Deran has contributed to 5 self-improvement books. Her most popular books are Unchain Me Mama in which she shares her personal journey of overcoming significant childhood trauma and Black Therapists Rock which highlights 16 professionals who have used their own experiences to empower others.
Target Audience
This learning event is designed for helping professionals including, but not limited to, social workers, psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage & family therapists, and nurses. We design the learning methodology to further develop beginning, intermediate, and advanced helping professionals by supporting improvement of skills for direct practice, supervision, and management positions. People who attend from professions other than those we are able to provide CEs or contact hours for may request a Certificate of Attendance.
Location
CHA Cambridge Hospital, Macht Auditorium
1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Cost
Individual Registration: $280, $260 early registration, received by 5/14/2019.
Group Registration: $250 per person for groups of two or more, $220 per person early registration for groups of two or more, received by 5/14/2019. Groups must register and pay together to receive the discount.
Clinicians United, Black Therapists Rock and NEAFAST members as well as people working in Caring Together programs may access a discounted rate of $190 per person. There are seats for available for students in this workshop for a $25 registration fee. Clinicians who are not yet licensed may attend for $100.
Please contact us for discount codes. No application is required.
Please note: no food or drink is allowed in the Macht Auditorium
Group Registration: $250 per person for groups of two or more, $220 per person early registration for groups of two or more, received by 5/14/2019. Groups must register and pay together to receive the discount.
Clinicians United, Black Therapists Rock and NEAFAST members as well as people working in Caring Together programs may access a discounted rate of $190 per person. There are seats for available for students in this workshop for a $25 registration fee. Clinicians who are not yet licensed may attend for $100.
Please contact us for discount codes. No application is required.
Please note: no food or drink is allowed in the Macht Auditorium
Registration Information
You may register and pay online using a credit card, your Paypal account or a check. To pay by check, you may register online, indicate that you will pay by check and follow instructions to mail payment, OR you may register by snail mail by downloading the registration form and sending it with your check.
Group registrants must register together online and/or mail multiple checks in the same envelope to get the discount.
Your space is not secured for an event until we receive payment.
Group registrants must register together online and/or mail multiple checks in the same envelope to get the discount.
Your space is not secured for an event until we receive payment.
Workshop CEs
Participants MUST attend 100% of the program to earn the 12 CEs approvedfor 12 contact hours . Certificates will be given at the end of the event after you are fully paid and have completed the evaluation form. Details for approved professions: 12 CEs have been approved for licensed Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology and Nursing professionals by Commonwealth Educational Seminars. Licensed Mental Health Counselors can earn 12 contact hours as Therapy Training Boston has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6707. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Therapy Training Boston is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For more detailed information about CEs, read this.
Cancellations and Refunds
Workshops and courses may be cancelled by Therapy Training Boston if minimum enrollment requirements are not met. In this case, full fees will be refunded or applied to future programs. Otherwise, no refunds are provided for registrants.
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