Speaker(s):

Gladys Smith, PsyD, MEd, MHs

Presentation: This workshop explores the effects of racism and race-based traumatic stressors on the mental, emotional, and relational well-being of minority populations. The workshop will include clinical and community techniques to assess, address and treat symptoms of race-based trauma. The practices of selfcare, community circles, and emotional emancipation circles will be discussed and taught as a tool to address race-based trauma.

Objectives:

  1. Identify race-based traumatic stress injuries and trauma
  2. Identify the symptomology related to racism and racial trauma
  3. Develop three effective skills for addressing symptoms related to racial trauma
  4. Implement two strategies for revealing and addressing trauma