Integrating Antiracism and Clinical Care

Integrating Antiracism and Clinical Care is organized by American Academy of Psychotherapists (AAP) and will be held on Mar 08, 2026.

Description:
What does it mean to integrate antiracist and anti-oppressive praxis into your clinical work? This presentation will explore ways we can move beyond cultural competency to cultural humility through the active interrogation of our positionality in relation to the clients we serve. We will identify some of the many ways that white supremacy culture shows up in the therapy room and challenge our assumptions of traditional western psychotherapy case conceptualizations by exploring case vignettes through a liberation psychology lens.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define and apply a cultural humility framework to your clinical practice.
2. Name elements of your own intersectional social positionality in relation to your clients’ positionality.
3. Identify 3 reasons why positionality matters in the therapeutic relationship and clinical approach.
4. Identify and explore how white supremacy cultural values come through in clinical care and case conceptualizations.