What You will Learn

Be prepared to develop insights about how you and/or your clients respond to behaviors that reflect bias. Be prepared to engage in an experiential process that will help towards becoming a more effective clinician.

  • Participants will define racism.

  • Participants will become more aware of their implicit and explicit biases and specifically how this impacts their relationships with their clients.

  • Participants will become more aware of how our clients’ reactions towards us impact how we move in the therapeutic space.

  • Participants will learn to apply their understanding to specific clinical cases and reflect on how this has impacted our client relationships.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Real Talk about Racism and Bias: How it Affects our Clients, Ourselves, and Our Work Part 1 (recorded)

    • Welcome to your CEU Webinar

    • Course Objectives

    • Real Talk about Racism and Bias: How it Affects Our Clients, Our Work, and Ourselves Part 1 (recorded)

    • Presentation Slides

    • Quiz

    • Course Review Survey

Instructor(s)

Clinical Psychologist, PsyD

N. Karen Thames

Dr. Karen is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with almost 20 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She has an eclectic approach to therapy, with a psychodynamic conceptualization of her clients, using different methods in therapy including insight-oriented therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, family systems, and feminist relational therapy. She sees each client as an individual with unique needs that require a customized, unique, and client-centered approach. Dr. Karen is the Founder and Executive Director of The EPIC Foundation, a 501C3 non-profit organization that supports patients and families affected by invisible chronic illnesses. As a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, she also continues to conduct professional webinars, provide Clinical consultation to other clinicians, and conduct therapy. Dr. Karen is the Chair of the DEI committee at The Juniper Center, a private practice with 7 practice locations, and has expertise in cultural competency. Additionally, Dr. Karen is the President of the Executive Board of Directors of The Juniper Center’s non-profit arm, Bridging the Gap Collective. Dr. Karen believes that Together, we are EPIC!