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Digital Seminar

Impact of Generational and Racial Trauma on Attachment and Security


Faculty:
Eboni Webb, PsyD, HSP
Duration:
1 Hour 33 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 20, 2021
Product Code:
POS058110
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

We live in a time of social, racial, and civil unrest across the globe where various communities of colour have been and continue to be silenced, marginalized, and rendered invisible…

…and so many families struggle to put words to these circumstances for their loved ones and themselves.

This is a time when clinicians are sought out to organize, develop, and foster a language of safety and inclusion to manage the anxieties of the unknown. DBT was developed with many core approaches but founded on the principles of validation and mindfulness. These two critical ingredients engage clients in a space of felt safety and secure attachment that is necessary for learning, growth, and healing.

We are living in a critical watershed moment in global history where anxieties are high while simultaneously avenues of self-expression and identity are being explored and demanding a platform or “seat at the table.” Clinicians need to address these uncertainties in their clients as change often threatens our very sense of ourselves. Secure attachment is the connection that optimizes long-term connection and understanding.

Every generation has decided how to act on racism either through alliance or aggression. From clinician to client, it critical to clarify your stance, understand the impact of trauma across all communities, and how to break the generational chains of trauma. Developing cultural competency…..

CPD


CPD
- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 1.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

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The Village of Kairos


Eboni Webb, PsyD, HSP, opened the private practice Kairos in Middle Tennessee in July 2010. Kairos, now The Village of Kairos, offers diverse DBT specializations including DBT or trauma-based disorders and co-occurring disorders. The Village of Kairos has expanded therapy programs, better known as Restorative Services, to include individual and group therapy sessions for adolescents, parents, families, and adults, including in-the-moment coaching for patients.

Dr. Webb earned her Doctor of Clinical Psychology from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Webb began her clinical work as assistant clinical director and program director at Mental Health Systems in Minnesota, a large clinic specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She has extensively practiced DBT, developing two special treatment programs for clients with developmental disabilities and borderline-intellectual functioning.

Dr. Webb has completed Level II training and is currently in the process of completing her board certification in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy as an Advanced Certified Practitioner, which has become a prominent feature of therapy offerings in the Village.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Eboni Webb maintains a private practice, and she has public speaking relationships with Acacia Therapy and Health Training and Jack Hirose and Associates, Inc. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Eboni Webb is an Executive Board Member for Mental Health America-Middle Tennessee.


Objectives

  1. Develop a therapeutic environmental plan to facilitate safety for marginalized clients during therapy sessions.
  2. Learn how to determine the appropriate intervention for a defensive response based upon the client’s arousal level.
  3. Improve connection with clients of colour through using statements of alliance.
  4. Identify personal defences and beliefs that interfere with authentic connection in the therapeutic space.
  5. Learn how to use the foundational DBT principles of validation and mindfulness to communicate and embody felt safety in your clients.

Outline

  • Understanding racial trauma and generational trauma
  • How trauma impacts healthy attachment and the developing mind
  • Key trauma defence strategies within communities of colour
  • How to facilitate a felt sense of cultural, emotional and physical safety in your therapeutic space

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Community Leaders
  • Family members of loved ones in marginalized communities receiving mental health treatment

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