LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This presentation is self-paced and designed to review clinical practices that involve racial discrimination. An overview of the content is as follows: Defining systemic racism, white privilege, and white fragility. The history of systemic racism The current social context of racism. Understanding cultural differences: Racial Literacy Describing educational practices to overcome racism. Implicit bias and how to enhance awareness. Therapeutic considerations involving racism. Creating a therapeutic environment that facilitates a discussion about racism. Therapeutic considerations and guidelines for cultural sensitivity. Culturally sensitive therapeutic approaches for adults. Culturally sensitive therapeutic approaches for children. By the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • List definitions associated with racism and privilege Define systemic racism, white privilege, and white fragility

  • Describe cultural differences

  • Describe the social context of racism

  • Identify educational practices and steps to overcome racism

  • Listing how the therapeutic environment should facilitate a discussion about racism

  • Explain therapeutic considerations and guidelines for cultural sensitivity such as the use of narrative therapy, ways to find empowerment in the client’s experience of racism, reflecting how culture (race, hair, religion, etc.) plays a part in client experience, reframing differences as something special to be celebrated

Meet Your Instructor

Educational Director & CEO at InMindOut

Dr. Heather Ingram

Dr. Heather Ingram, originally from Chicago, obtained her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Argosy University in Schaumburg, Illinois. At Argosy, Dr. Ingram obtained a specialization in child and family interventions. Throughout her training, Dr. Ingram worked in a variety of settings around Chicago including Elgin Mental Health Center on the Unfit to Stand Trial Unit, Bridge View-Challenger Therapeutic Day School, Women In Need Growing Stronger domestic violence shelter, and Gateway Foundation residential substance abuse treatment center. During her work in Boston, Dr. Ingram worked at Walden Behavioral Care eating disorder clinic, where she worked in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels of care. Dr. Ingram has training and experience working with a range of mental health concerns including eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, substance abuse, and domestic violence. In 2013, Dr. Ingram moved to Texas to continue working with clients affected by mental illness and their families by founding InMindOut Emotional Wellness Center. In 2017, Dr. Ingram founded Orion Mental Health Services, Inc., a nonprofit organization designed to offer reduced cost neurofeedback services to clients in need. Currently, Dr. Ingram is a psychologist and biofeedback practitioner at InMindOut and adjunct professor at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. She is also board certified in Biofeedback and teaches a Biofeedback certification course annually in Chicago and Texas. She is the Educational Director of the InMindOut biofeedback, neurofeedback, and qEEG board approved certificate courses.