FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022
9:00am-11:00am
Via ZOOM
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What every Therapist needs to know
about Black Folks
and other People of Color (BIPOC)
1.5 CEU'S
Non-Members $25.00
Members $10.00
(or use coupon code)
In this presentation, therapists will increase their understanding of some of the issues Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) are faced with on a daily basis and how those experiences can impact the way these individuals are viewed in society as well as how these experiences influence how BIPOC individuals may view themselves as well.
Post-traumatic slave syndrome, transgenerational trauma, and implicit bias will be examined and discussed, and the role these constructs play in the everyday lives of BIPOC.
Shawn LaRe' Brinkley, MS, LMFT
In 2022, people not of color may be shocked, to hear that the dehumanizing remnants of slavery still paralyzes little black girls and boys sitting in classrooms where the truth is not told as it happened regarding their ancestors. It becomes especially dehumanizing when that black child is living in an area largely inhabited by Caucasian children who may not actually consider him or her equal.
It can feel, to that child, as though he or she is on display as the shining example of what "a Black" can achieve if, "They simply pulled themselves up by the bootstraps and took hold of their lives." Some have said, "See, that one is smart, or speaks the King's English, or wears his pants neatly around his waist." Others, "This little girl, has nice tame curls, not like that girl who has those kinky puffy round things on each side of her head."
Are we aware of this history when these children grow up and show up in the therapy room? Do you know they may face the very same challenges in college or later still, in the workplace?
Let’s take an inside look, therapeutically.
Hold on to your hats!!
MEETING OBJECTIVES:
- Recognize 4 reasons that history and past experiences around race still impact Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in 2022.
- Identify racial trauma and 3 ways it may present in a client.
- Recall 2 key principles to support and assist BIPOC clients in a safe therapeutic environment.
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MEETING GOALS:
- To assist Non-People of Color Helping Professionals with understanding the history and issues that impact people of color that may present in the therapy room.
- To help therapists recognize racial trauma in clients and provide tools for working with individuals who have experienced or are currently experiencing racial trauma.
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1.5 CEU's
About Shawn LaRe' Brinkley....
Shawn LaRe’ Brinkley, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Transformational Performance Coach, and Speaker/Trainer/Author is best described as a “people” person. Shawn LaRé possesses a magnetic zest for life as her energy is, boundless, her passion, relentless, and her joyous spirit, infectious! Her private practice in Encino, CA is a group practice in which Shawn LaRe’ considers a “teaching practice as she employs and supervises Associate MFTs and ACSWs as well as she is contracted with University of Massachusetts Global, formerly Brandman University as a field training partner. In this role, Shawn LaRe’ works with first and second-year students of clinical social work as their practicum site supervisor.
Additionally, Shawn LaRe’ is pursuing her Doctorate in General Psychology, with an emphasis in Performance Psychology and recently traveled to Trinidad & Tobago to deliver her first TEDx TALK, entitled “When the Fairy-tale Fades”.
Brinkley considers herself a lifelong learner as well as a teacher of her acquired life lessons. She lives life on “full tilt boogie” and believes love, laughter, and ADHD are her superpowers.
Shawn LaRe’ has Presented at SFV-CAMFT as the member-speaker on Human Sex Trafficking in 2018 and Black Indigenous People of Color in 2021. Shawn LaRé enjoys speaking regularly at various conferences and events.
Brinkley has co-authored on two book anthologies and is currently working on her first solo book project. Shawn LaRé’s motto:
“When life gives you lemons, don’t just make lemonade,
you gotta’ suck on them til’ it tastes like chocolate.”