Exploring Racial Stress, Trauma, and Antiracism

Exploring Racial Stress, Trauma, and Antiracism is organized by Vermont Psychological Association (VPA).

Description:
This workshop will explore different types of racial trauma and how it lives in the body and shows up in relationships. We will explore the legacy of white body supremacy and developing an anti-racism lens in clinical and personal life. We will work to deconstruct therapy models that center whiteness and how to hold space for collective rage and grief with clients and colleagues that supports healing. This anti-racism model will take a mindfulness-based approach to invite in curiosity and an embodied experience. It is an interactive workshop that uses multimedia format to encourage processing in different ways. 

Learning Objectives:
• Describe three types of model minority stressors and its relationship to racial stress and trauma.
• List three ways white body supremacy culture shows up in daily life and can present in the therapy room.
• Identify different types of rage, grief, and stress related to racial trauma.
• Identify five strategies for taking an anti-racist stance to create more inclusive spaces.