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
Instructors: Deran Young, LCSW and Jory Agate, MDiv, LMHC
Location: Cambridge, MA
Credits: 12 CEs
Description
We are living in a cultural moment that highlights the need to minimize effects of all forms of oppression to increase physical and mental health for individuals, in relationships and our communities at large. Research shows that health care disparities related to oppression are significant. The good news is that mental health professionals can have an impact on both individual healing and societal evolution through the ripple effects of our work. Still, the challenges of doing this effectively are significant due to the way we are all socialized. Join us for two days that will help you change the world as you do your work.
Participants will explore how racism and other forms of oppression have impacted their own inner psychic systems, their clients, as well as our communities’ overall mental health. They will learn about ways to enhance their own intercultural communication skills to be more effective clinicians in treating our increasingly traumatized world.
Participants will learn the Intercultural Development Continuum, a model developed by Mitchell Hammer to help assess individual’s skills for navigating difference. Applying this model will provide participants tools to grow and develop better skills for engaging difference in their offices and their lives. By understanding the stages of intercultural development, participants can:
- reflect on their own growing edges in intercultural communication and
- identify the best approach to meet their clients in ways that enhance their ability to be open and receptive rather than rigid and defensive as they encounter difference
One of the clinical models that will be used to help mental health professionals work more effectively in this realm is the Internal Family Systems model. This model with be discussed and demonstrated as a tool to release legacy burdens related to race and oppression that prevent non-hierarchical, non-judgmental connectedness. These burdens interfere with our abilities to solve problems and heal wounds related to social injustices as they effect individuals, relationships and communities. 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 have constrained their ability to engage difference.
Concepts that will be covered include diversity, equity and inclusion, race, culture, bias, power and oppression. We will explore how our cultural perspectives impact communication and conflict styles and how to effectively work across differences in the clinical setting.
The highly interactive 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 cover the 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 Awareness: 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 Awareness: 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 and use a shared vocabulary for 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.
- Participants will apply the Intercultural Development Continuum to identify a minimum of two ways they can better engage difference in their offices.
- Participants will describe their culturally influenced conflict style and how it impacts their experience with difference.
- 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 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 recalibrate their therapeutic position around difference when necessary.
- Participants will identify parts of themselves that respond when encountering difference and describe how to use two IFS techniques to help them be less reactive.
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 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 members and Black Therapists Rock members may access a discounted rate of $190 per person.
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 members and Black Therapists Rock members may access a discounted rate of $190 per person.
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 approved. CE 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 CEs 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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