Therapy Cafe (Audio Version) - Racial Stress and Trauma: Helping Youth Heal

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Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson discusses the pervasive impact of racial stress and trauma on Black youth who experience up to six instances of racism daily, often through social media. The course covers strategies for helping youth and their caregivers manage and heal from these experiences, Dr. Anderson's groundbreaking work with the EMBRace intervention, and the role of racial socialization in therapy. She emphasizes the importance of addressing racial trauma in therapy and integrating technology to support mental health and healing.

1 hour CE. Recorded audio format 

This course is the audio version of this Therapy Cafe podcast episode. If you would like to watch the video version, you can search for the video version of this title in the course catalog. 

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Course Overview

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 1 hour 

CE CREDITS:1 hour continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Introductory 

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning. To request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must watch the full course, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 9/19/2024


Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Summarize racial stress and coping theories

  2. Practice stress-reducing coping practices

  3. Explain the practice of racial socialization

  4. Appraise strategies to treat clients experiencing racial stress and trauma


Course Outline

  • Introduction to Racial Discrimination and Its Impact

    • Defining racial discrimination
    • Examples of racial discrimination, particularly in the context of Black youth
    • Discussion of the psychological and physiological effects of racial trauma
    • Explain the neural and white matter impact of racial discrimination and its connection to health disparities
  • Racial Stress and Trauma in Day-to-Day Life

    • Exploration of how racial stress and trauma manifest in everyday experiences for Black youth.
    • Intersectionality and its influence on racial trauma.
    • How identity exploration  affects coping with racial discrimination
  • Effective Coping Practices for Racial Stress and Trauma

    • Racial stress and coping theories.
    • Coping practices such as talking about racial trauma, processing it with loved ones, and making structural changes
    • Strategies for addressing racial discrimination, including racial socialization (RS).
  • Integrating Racial Socialization into Therapy

    • Racial socialization (RS) and its importance in therapy
    • Therapeutic approaches and interventions effective in supporting Black youth (e.g., EMBRace).
    • How therapists can integrate racial socialization theories into their practice
  • Strategies for Therapists Treating Racial Trauma

    • How therapists can assess whether racial trauma is impacting their clients
    • How to bring up racial trauma in therapy and guide clients through processing their experiences
    • Challenges therapists may encounter when treating racial trauma
    • Recommendations for therapists to enhance their knowledge and skill set in working with racial trauma
  • Engaging the Family in Treatment

    • The importance of the family unit in addressing racial trauma
    • Approaches for involving families in treatment
    • Common challenges therapists may face when working with families and strategies to overcome them
  • Conclusion and Key Takeaways

    • Summary of racial stress, coping strategies, and therapeutic tools for treating racial trauma
    • Takeaways for therapists working with youth experiencing racial stress and trauma
    • Resources for therapists to learn more about racial socialization and therapeutic approaches like EMBRace

CE Information


American Psychological Association (APA)
Psych Hub is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Psych Hub, #1750, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 clinical continuing education credits.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Psych Hub is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT Approval #1000074. Course meets the qualifications for 1.00 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Psych Hub has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7051. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Psych Hub is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education hours.

New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0257. New York State licensed mental health counselors completing this course receive 1.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0109. New York State marriage and family therapists completing this course receive 1.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0208. New York State licensed psychologists completing this course receive 1.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0699. New York State social workers completing this course receive 1.00 contact hours.

Experts


Riana Elyse Anderson, PhD, LCP
Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson is an Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. She earned her PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Virginia and completed a Clinical and Community Psychology Residency at Yale University's School of Medicine and a Fellowship in Applied Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. On the whole, Dr. Anderson aims to facilitate healing in Black families with practical applications of her research and clinical services, as well as through public engagement, teaching, mentorship, and policy recommendations. Dr. Anderson uses mixed methods to study discrimination and racial socialization in Black families and apply her findings to help families reduce their racial stress. She is particularly interested in how family-based interventions help to improve Black youth’s psychosocial well-being and health-related behaviors. Dr. Anderson is the developer and director of the EMBRace (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race) intervention and CEO and Founder of RACE Space Inc., and loves to translate her work for a variety of audiences, particularly those whom she serves in the community, via blogs, video, and literary articles. Additionally, for her early career accomplishments, Dr. Anderson has been the recipient of over twenty awards, including national awards from SRA, SRCD, APS, and FABBS.

Marjorie Morrison, LMFT, LPCC
Marjorie Morrison, LMFT, LPCC, is the co-founder of Psych Hub, the world's largest mental health education platform. A visionary and passionate pioneer in the mental health space, Morrison co-founded Psych Hub with Patrick J. Kennedy to connect people with best-in-class online education for mental health practitioners, allies, and consumers to learn more about some of our Nation’s most vexing mental health challenges. In her current role, Morrison is reimagining behavioral health through intentional and thoughtful design. By leveraging the digital space and combining clinical research with the art of storytelling, her mission is to provide engaging, evidence-based content on mental health that is easily accessible to everyone. Prior to launching Psych Hub, Morrison was the founder and CEO of PsychArmor Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, committed to bridging the military-civilian divide by developing, promoting, and distributing free online courses covering a wide range of topics important to those who serve military service members and their families. Under Morrison’s leadership, PsychArmor flourished and is now widely recognized as the trusted and leading expert for “Best-in-Class” resources regarding the understanding of and solutions to complex and unique military veteran issues. Marjorie’s focus on supporting members of the military and their communities was first developed in the field after she spent years writing and implementing a revolutionary proactive counseling program for the U.S. Marines. This implementation research was utilized to create a groundbreaking solution to approach military mental health care. Morrison is a CA Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, a CA Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, a PPS-credentialed School Psychologist, and the author of The Inside Battle: Our Military Mental Health Crisis. As a renowned subject matter expert, she has been featured numerous times by national media giants such as BBC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, and NPR, along with being a contributing writer for multiple outlets including TIME, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, and Huffington Post. Morrison has received numerous awards for her advocacy and leadership.