“It’s Not Me, It’s The System”: Using ACT to Address Racial Trauma

True North Therapy and Training

Join us to learn how to use a culturally tailored model of ACT with clients who have experienced systemic or racial trauma

What can be done to address racial or systemic trauma? Jennifer Payne presents a culturally-tailored intervention called Pulling Out Of Fire (POOF) to discuss how to address racial and systemic trauma in African Americans using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Why ACT for addressing racial and systemic trauma? ACT aims to increase psychological flexibility, which is our ability to move toward our values, even during pain. ACT is an evidence-based intervention that shows great potential in treating trauma. ACT is a strength-based approach to dealing with violence and trauma exposure. At its core, ACT is proposed as a non-pathologizing approach to addressing trauma-related problems. ACT allows individuals to understand that suffering is not a dysfunctional, diagnosable condition but a part of the human condition. ACT also normalizes avoidance as a human response yet helps individuals move toward value-driven living. These core attributes of ACT – the non-pathologizing approach, the normalization of the experience of suffering, and the empowering focus on life value – are all aspects noted in prior research as appealing to African Americans.It is well known that most, if not all, evidence-based practices are developed based on Eurocentric assumptions and values. Evidence-based practices are the primary interventions used, yet few, if any, specifically address racial or systemic trauma. This presentation will discuss how ACT can be culturally tailored for Blacks in America, and the discussion will be expanded to talk about how ACT might address structural trauma with other minoritized populations.This workshop is a live, interactive webinar. We will combine didactic and experiential work to help participants practice new skills. The program will be highly interactive; we will use role play and group practice to build skills. It is appropriate for practitioners who have a basic understanding of ACT. Target Audience: This workshop is for beginner to advanced practitioners who are interested in culturally tailored ACT and how to apply ACT with clients who have experienced racial trauma. A basic understanding of ACT is recommended.Cost: 	Early Registration (by Jan.1st ) 	$ 85 Standard Registration		 	$125Students $ 50CE certificate (3 hours) 		`	$15Registration fee covers instruction.CE Credits- "It's Not Me, It's The System:: Using ACT to Address Racial and Systemic Trauma, Course #5322, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by True North Therapy and Training as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 09/27/2023 - 09/27/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 cultural competence continuing education credits.- This activity is pending approval for 3 CE credits for psychologists and counselors.You must attend the course in its entirety in order to receive continuing education credits.CE credits are not given for the breakLearning ObjectivesAfter attending this training you will be able to:1. Describe the axiology of evidence-based practices and how they were not designed explicitly for marginalized or oppressed populations. 2. Apply the social determinants of health to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 3. Explain and define cultural tailoring, with the example of tailoring ACT to address Black racial and systemic trauma.Instructor BioJennifer Shepard Payne, Ph.D., LCSW-C, is a Research Scientist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress (CCFTS) and the Center for the Neuroscience of Social Injustice. She is also an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine within the Department of Psychiatry. She received her doctorate in Social Welfare from UCLA and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with many years of experience in mental health clinical practice and administration. For several years, Dr. Payne has been working on culturally tailoring Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for African American communities experiencing racial trauma. She developed a culturally tailored version of ACT called POOF: www.POOF-PullingOutOfFire.com Additionally, her book, Out of the Fire: Healing Black Trauma Caused by Systemic Racism Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, can be obtained from New Harbinger, Barnes and Noble, Target, Amazon, and other booksellers.Cancellation and Refund Policy: You may cancel your registration, but please note that a $25 processing fee will be charged for registration refunds up to January 1, 2023. We regret that after January 1, refunds cannot be made, but you may request credit toward a future program. If you need a refund, please contact us via email at Admin@TrueNorthACT.comADA Accommodations: This workshop will be closed captioned in English. If there are additional ADA accommodations that you require, please contact us at Admin@TrueNorthACT.comFor More Information or for Questions or Grievances: Please email Admin@truenorthact.com or DrMirandaMorris@gmail.comNo commercial support was obtained for this CE program or for the instruction content that could be construed as a conflict of interest. No commercial support is being sought for an endorsement of any product (e.g., books, programs, etc.).

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