The purpose of this workshop is to help clinicians expand their capacity to work across racial, cultural and ethnic divides in order to enhance their effectiveness in the delivery of mental health services. In this workshop we will discuss how we approach working with individuals from different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds in cross racial dyads. We will also explore the challenges of working in diverse groups in various organizational formats. Through the use of exercises, didactic material, role play and case presentation the facilitators along with the workshop participants will develop a “mental space” for further intrapsychic, interpersonal and institutional exploration in the following locations.

The workshop will focus on: 1) Understanding Racial Trauma 2) Transference and Countertransference issues in working with diversity 3) Understanding the nature of transgenerational trauma in treatment 4) Understanding Racial Enactments 5) Understanding the impediments of people of color in attaining treatment.

For students and practitioners of all levels