When: Thursday & Friday, September 24 & 25, 2020, 12-3:15pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Instructors: Dr. Bukky Kolawole, PsyD and Tony Hudson, MEd
CEs: 6 CEs approved for LMFTs, LICSWs, LMHCs, and Lic. Psychologists
Race is a social construct that serves as an organizing force in our society and has radical implications for us all. Whether or not we acknowledge it, clinicians are racial beings living in a society where race matters. It matters in our personal lives, it matters in our professional lives, and it matters when we are in our therapy room with clients. Whether consciously or unconsciously, our racial identity influences how we show up in our therapy room, what choices we make in our interventions and how we are seen by our clients. Unfortunately, because it has been socially sanctioned to avoid talking about race, many clinicians have not built up their capacity to consider how race matters personally or professionally, and speak less of talking about race or utilizing a racially conscious lens in their work.
Because the self-of-the-therapist is a critically important instrument in mental health treatment, this workshop offers clinicians an opportunity to begin to look inward and tune themselves as the instrument. This virtual, highly engaging, interactive experience focused on introducing therapists to a foundational tool for building their capacity to engage in conversations about race, and ultimately center racial consciousness and intersectional equity in their personal and professional relationships. While honoring the vulnerability of talking about race, participants were guided through a journey of considering how race and intersectionality matter, in context of their own racial identity, using exercises as well as small and large group discussions.
Participants:
- Listed the three stages of the Racially Conscious Collaboration™ (RCC) tool
- Utilized the RCC tool to examine how race matters in their personal and professional lives
- Utilized the RCC tool to examine how race and power matters in their professional role/capacity
- Identified their personal stage of racial identity development
- Applied the RCC tool to assess the extent to which their practice of psychotherapy provides a space to match the racial needs of their clients
- Discussed ways in which the racial status quo is maintained in the professional practice of psychotherapy/mental health and what interruption of the status quo could look like
Schedule:
Thursday – Day 1
12-2:15pm: Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Exploration & Identification of first stage of RCC: How Does Race Matter?
a. Introduction to tenet of attending to emotion
4. Begin personal application of attending to emotion in context of race
2:15-3:15pm: Exploration & Identification
1. Exploration & Identification of second stage of RCC: How Does Race, Power and Intersectionality Matter?
a. Individual reflection
b. Didactic
c. Discussion
d. Small group
e. Large group sharing
2. Exploration of your own racial identity and intersecting identities
Friday – Day 2
12-1pm: Continue Exploration & Identification
1. Exploration & Identification of second stage of RCC: How Does Race, Power and Intersectionality Matter?
a. Individual reflection
b. Didactic
c. Discussion
d. Small group
e. Large group sharing
2. Exploration of your own racial identity and intersecting identities
1-3:15pm: Putting it All Together
1. Exploration of stage 1 and stage 2 in context of professional role
a. What impact is your racial identity having on your role as a therapist
2. Introduction to Stage 3: Crafting interest convergence
a. Personal exploration of developing a racially conscious practice
1. What is it going to take for you to develop a racially conscious practice?
Dr. Bukky Kolawole is a Black, queer, gender non-conforming person and the founder and executive director of Relationship HQ. Her* purpose is to boldly disrupt systems of oppression with love so that we can all show up in the fullness of our humanity, i.e. with authenticity and vulnerability. She* is committed to helping therapists develop their racial consciousness so they can better serve all clients and not just a subset of clients (i.e. clients with privileged identities).
As a trainer, Dr. Bukky is dedicated to the design and delivery of dynamic, evocative learning experiences in which participants increase their knowledge and skills while feeling emotionally engaged through the learning process. Her* unique training style is culturally informed, emotionally engaging and captivating of participants’ hearts and minds. The combination of her* passion for teaching, unique training style and the emotionally-attuned environment she intentionally creates sets her* apart from other trainers. Dr. Bukky is a certified EFT therapist and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Read more about Dr. Bukky on her* website.
Tony Hudson, MEd helps leaders and organizations explore how race matters to them, and assists them in becoming racially conscious inclusive organizations. His purpose is to align people and resources to center racial consciousness and intersectional equity in relationships and collaboration. He developed the Racially Conscious Collaboration™ (RCC) Framework, a suite of research-based tools structured to assist people and organizations in transformation. His process includes three phases: 1.) Capacity building; 2.) Organizational assessment and plan development, and 3.) Deep implementation coaching.
Tony spent the last six years traveling across the country, successfully ushering organizations through racial consciousness development and organizational change with the Pacific Educational Group. He has worked with a wide range of clients, including fortune 500 companies, school districts, health care organizations, non-government, and municipal entities. As a result of his work as the lead consultant guiding New York University Langone Center for Early Childhood Health and Development through their transformation, the organization was recognized with a national award for their success. Tony’s success as an expert journey partner to organizations stems from his ability to meet organizations where they are at and move them from having uncertainty about race to progressively maintaining race equity and inclusion.
*Agency Clinician/Student Rate: We offer this discounted rate to enable students and clinicians working in community mental health settings on a full-time basis to be able to participate. Group practices are not eligible.
**Equity Rate: This registration option is for participants with historical/institutional barriers to access. Please choose equity pricing only if you are a member of one or more historically marginalized communities.
This activity is approved by the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy (NEAFAST) on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health & Human Services Professions, for LMFT professional continuing education.
Continuing Education Credit is approved through Commonwealth Educational Seminars for the following professions:
- Psychologists:
Commonwealth Educational Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Commonwealth Educational Seminars maintains responsibility for this program and its content. - Licensed Professional Counselors/Licensed Mental Health Counselors:
Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) is entitled to award continuing education credit for Licensed Professional Counselors/Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Please visit CES CE CREDIT to see all states that are covered for LPCs/LMHCs. CES maintains responsibility for this program and its content. - Social Workers:
Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) is entitled to award continuing education credit for Social Workers. Please visit CES CE CREDIT to see all states that are covered for Social Workers. CES maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Please note: It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.
