From Awareness to Action: Healing Bias and Strengthening Belonging

Full course information

Date: Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Time: 12:00PM - 1:30PM EST (Check your local timezone)

This interactive 3-part series introduces participants to the Crawford Bias Reduction Theory & Training (CBRT), a research-based framework designed to help individuals and organizations recognize, investigate, and reduce bias. Each 90-minute session combines lecture, guided self-reflection, and experiential learning to create both personal insight and practical tools for action.

This event is part of the CBRT Workshop Series: From Awareness to Action—Healing Bias and Strengthening Belonging. Each workshop in this series is designed as a standalone learning experience. You can attend one, several, or all sessions depending on your interests and continuing education needs.

Continuing Education (CE) Information

Participants will earn continuing education credit for each individual workshop they attend. Credit amounts for this session are:

• NYSED: AFFIRM Mental Health, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work and the State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0695 and licensed psychologists (PSY-0196). 1 contact hour for NYSED Licensed Social Workers and Psychologists
• NBCC: AFFIRM Mental Health LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7580. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. AFFIRM Mental Health LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 1.50 Continuing Education Credits
• AFFIRM Mental Health LLC #1929, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) provider. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period is 7/18/2025-7/18/2028. Courses that do not qualify for CE credit with ASWB are clearly indicated. 1.50 Continuing Education Credits

By the end of the series, participants will leave with a deeper awareness of their own biases, a set of reflective practices to continue growth, and actionable skills to engage bias with authenticity, integrity, and effectiveness.

Through this series, participants will:

• Explore the roots of bias in identity, culture, family, and systemic structures.
• Examine how belonging, privilege, and intersectionality shape our experiences and perceptions.
• Investigate cultural triggers and countertransference reactions that drive automatic responses.
• Learn to shift from coping to engaging with bias in constructive ways.
• Practice using the LET-UP framework to align values with actions in daily interactions.
• Build strategies for addressing bias in professional and institutional contexts.

Key Benefits

• Gain a clear understanding of the Crawford Bias Reduction Theory & Training (CBRT) framework.
• Build self-awareness by identifying personal, cultural, and systemic biases.
• Develop practical tools to engage with bias in real time rather than avoiding or reacting.
• Strengthen skills for navigating identity, belonging, privilege, and intersectionality.
• Learn strategies to turn cultural ruptures into growth opportunities.
• Create an actionable personal and professional plan to reduce bias and align values with behavior.

Who Should Attend

• Mental health professionals, educators, and healthcare providers seeking to improve cultural responsiveness.
• Leaders, managers, and organizational change agents responsible for building inclusive environments.
• DEI practitioners and consultants who want advanced, research-based methods beyond foundational training.
• Individuals committed to personal growth and repairing bias in relationships, communities, and institutions.

Part I: Awareness

Workshop 1: Awareness – Deconstructing Monoliths, Privilege, and Intersectionality

Discover how bias shows up in everyday choices and explore the forces that shape your identity. You’ll reflect on privilege, intersectionality, and internalized messages while learning the core principles of CBRT.

By participating, you will:

• Identify personal triggers and cultural countertransference.
• Apply the ABCP framework (Affect, Behavior, Cognition, Physiology) to real cases.
• Investigate fears and resources to move beyond coping.
• Evaluate ineffective “DEI-by-compliance” practices.
• Strategize better approaches grounded in evidence and impact.
• Practice engaging bias using LET-UP (Listen, Empathize, Talk, Unconditional Neutral Regard, Plan).

About Your Instructor: Dr. Dana E. Crawford is a licensed clinical psychologist and leading expert in trauma-informed care, bias reduction, and cultural healing. She runs a private practice in Manhattan and is the author of Healing Bias: Your Guide to Individual, Interpersonal, and Institutional Change. Dr. Crawford is also the creator of the R.A.C.E. Cards discussion deck and the Crawford Bias Reduction Theory & Training framework.

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