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This training will provide a broad overview of clinical supervision practices and will apply these concepts to supervisees who work with forensic populations. The training will provide an overview of the major models of clinical supervision. Various supervision models will be discussed in terms of how they apply to therapists with differing backgrounds, training, and levels of experience as they practice with forensic populations. Attendees of the training will learn about developing a strong supervisory working alliance and understanding both supervisor and supervisee factors that can impact the alliance. The training will address strategies to manage conflict and ruptures that arise in the supervisory relationship. A variety of multicultural issues can influence the supervisory relationship and interventions to address these factors will be discussed. The professional responsibilities of supervisors will be examined including the role of evaluation, ethical concerns, and issues related to gatekeeping. Case examples will be utilized to apply these concepts to real-world supervisory situations.

WHEN: August 25, 2023

TIME: 8:30AM - 4:30PM MST

CEUs Available

FORMAT: IN PERSON ONLY

LOCATION: Lakewood, CO

COST: FREE

AUDIENCE: SOMB and DVOMB Providers ONLY

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Summary/Overview

Racial trauma is a common experience among clients of color. However, mental health professionals do not feel trained to adequately support traumatized students. Hemmings & Evans (2018) found that 71% of mental health professionals have encountered clients with race-based trauma, but few feel equipped to assess or address it. Given the additional psychological effects of the COVID-19 health pandemic on BIPOC individuals, the number of BIPOC clients experiencing traumatic stress has risen. This proposed workshop will introduce participants to the concept of racial trauma and its impact on client mental health and counselor effectiveness. This workshop is designed for counselors, mental health advocates, and wellness professionals to deepen their understanding of racism as trauma and how to incorporate somatic and polyvagal practices as a part of the healing process. 

Facilitators will explore what role unconscious/implicit biases, social structures, and historical and generational events play in informing our perceptions and experiences in the world. Facilitators will highlight the importance of self-reflection and the ways in which our thoughts and feelings regarding race, class, age, ability, and other characteristics influence the ways we interpret situations, make decisions, and interact with others. 

Learning Outcomes: 

Through stories, presentations, experiential activities, and group discussion, participants will:

• Define and describe racial trauma and explore real-life presentations of racial trauma.
• Analyze the role of microaggressions in the counseling relationship and how to become more aware of unconscious biases. 
• Learn tools to reflect on counselor identity and bias so as not to inadvertently enact additional
• harm to clients.
• Develop a basic understanding of how to incorporate culturally-relevant strategies and somatic interventions to assist clients in navigating their own nervous system in regulating heightened emotional reactions.
• Identify 2 interventions to address the effects of generational trauma.
• Identify 3-4 somatic resources that incorporate polyvagal concepts that can help create
• safety, awareness, and social engagement for clients impacted by racialized trauma.

Presented By: Dr. Chinwe Williams and Erica Bonham

WHEN: September 18, 2023

TIME: 8:30PM - 4:30PM MST

ADDRESS: Adams County Human Services

11860 N Pecos St., Westminster, CO 80234

CEU: 8 Hours

FORMAT: IN PERSON ONLY

COST: $30

AUDIENCE: SOMB and DVOMB Providers ONLY

Register Here for September 18, 2023