Speaker(s):
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:
- Identify race-based traumatic stress injuries and trauma
- Identify the symptomology related to racism and racial trauma
- Develop three effective skills for addressing symptoms related to racial trauma
- Implement two strategies for revealing and addressing trauma