Racial Trauma: Strategies to Help Teens Navigate Their Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors

Although awareness and understanding of trauma-informed care has been increasing for clinicians and clients alike, most clinicians are not fully trained to recognize racial trauma and the impact of racial trauma in adolescents. As a result, teens who are experiencing segregation, racism, discrimination, and/or marginalization often feel they have no one to turn to for help and understanding.

In this 2-hour continuing education webinar for therapists, Támara T. Hill, M.S., NCC, CCTP, LPC will provide an overview of racial trauma, its impact on adolescents, and context for understanding how racism can lead to a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She will also cover Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques clinicians can use to address racial trauma in therapy and other strategies to help teens navigate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and rebuild a sense of safety and confidence.

Ms. Hill is a multi-ethnic person and clinician who understands the importantance of inquiring about and treating any racial trauma that an adolescent client may have experienced firsthand or secondarily. If clinicians do not address the cultural and ethnic needs of clients, they may be missing a large part of the their clients' life stories including who they are and who they can become.

This 2-hour introductory continuing education course is designed to help mental health professionals:

1. Explain racial trauma and how it can impact teens who experience it.
2. Describe clinical features, symptoms, and behaviors teens experiencing racial trauma may exhibit.
3. Discuss Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) clinical strategies clinicians can utlize with teens who are experiencing racial trauma.

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: This continuing education program combines an understanding of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and mindfulness techniques with research and tools from trauma-informed counseling. It covers a compilation of research methods from Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that has been proven to be the standard for healing psychological and emotional trauma. The webinar content is consistent with the ACA and APA ethics codes for clinicians.

Declaration identifying any potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support: The presenter has no conflicts of interest/commercial interests to declare.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety. 

GoodTherapy is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

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Registration Information

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