Course Description

Recent social unrest highlights the incidence of racialized trauma among members of racial/ethnic minority communities. Yet, research suggests some counselors may be challenged in their ability to address topics such as race and racism during therapy. In this course, the instructors integrate advances in the multicultural counseling literature such as multicultural orientation, broaching, and racial identity development to present a hierarchical model of cross-racial therapy. The model consists of five levels: (1) clinician awareness, (2) therapeutic safety, (3) broaching, (4) insight work, and (5) healing work. By following the model, you will be able to:

  1. Describe a process for exploring issues of race and racism during therapy with racial/ethnic minority clients.

  2. Assess one's own level of competence in addressing race during therapy with racial/ethnic minority clients.

  3. Identify target attitudes and behaviors for continued growth as it relates to addressing race during therapy with racial/ethnic minority clients.

This course is 100% self-paced and available on-demand. You can start at any time and complete all modules all from the convenience of your home.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Clinician Awareness

    • Increasing Awareness of One’s Own Racial Identity and Biases

    • Understanding the Worldview of Racially Diverse Clients
  • 3

    Therapeutic Safety

    • Operating From Cultural Humility

    • Building Rapport and Facilitating a Strong Therapeutic Alliance
  • 4

    Broaching

    • Developing an Integrated, Congruent, and Infusing Broaching Style

    • Implementing Broaching Behavior
  • 5

    Insight

    • Case Conceptualization

    • Treatment Planning and Intervention
  • 6

    Healing Work

    • Healing Through Restorative Practice

    • Healing Through Social and Psychological Empowerment
  • 7

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion

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Instructors

Charmeka Newton

Dr. Charmeka Newton is a fully licensed psychologist and owner of Legacy Mental Health Services, PLLC. She has over 10 years of experience in clinical, academic, and community settings, including teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels of higher education. Her areas of expertise include multicultural counseling, research methods, tests and measurement, career counseling, and clinical supervision of master’s-level counseling practitioners and students. In addition to her clinical and teaching expertise, Dr. Newton is also a member of the Michigan Board of Psychology, appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. She is a sought after psychology expert featured in prominent magazines and newscasts, recently featured on the June 2020 broadcast of West Michigan Woman, where she discussed how to have difficult conversations with your family about race. She is also co-author of the soon to be released book, Black Lives Are Beautiful: 50 Tools to Heal from Trauma and Promote Positive Racial Identity, published through Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC., as well as co-author of the peer-reviewed article, “Culturally Adapted CBT as a Model to Address Internalized Racism Among African American Clients: The Case of Star,” soon to be published in the April 2022 issue of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling.

Janeé Steele

Dr. Janeé Steele is a licensed professional counselor, counselor educator, and diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Dr. Steele is also the owner and clinical director of Kalamazoo Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, PLLC, where she provides therapy, supervision, and training in CBT. She is the author of the upcoming book, Racism and African American Mental Health: Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Empower Healing, and the co-author of the upcoming book, Black Lives Are Beautiful: 50 Tools to Heal from Trauma and Promote Positive Racial Identity, both published through Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Her other scholarly activity includes peer-reviewed articles focused in the areas of CBT, social justice advocacy, and counselor training. Her most recent article, published in the May 2020 issue of the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling and Development, describes cognitive conceptualization and treatment planning using CBT and a proposed cognitive model of internalized racism.