Counseling While Black and Female: The Invisible Struggles of Mental Health in the Black Community
1 NBCC Clock Hour
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Summary
Racism impacts various aspects of health and well-being for people of African descent in America. Keisha Bryan, LCSW, LCAS addresses the struggles many black professionals experience in their workplaces, and communities. We unpack the ways White supremacy has created a structure where microaggressions are frequent and can negatively impact the therapeutic relationship, and talk through Keisha's experience as a Black woman, mother, and clinician in a Eurocentric community. Well address the following learning objectives
Learning Objectives
- Professional development trajectories and potential impact on feelings of competence and ability to be non-judgmental
- How racial trauma might present in clients with counselors of color versus white counselors
- The role of Black lived experience in working with racial trauma
- How Black women adapt to racialized work settings
- How counselors can effectively address racial trauma using Internal Family Systems strategies
Course curriculum
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Interview with Keisha Bryan
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Counseling While Black and Female: The Invisible Struggles of Mental Health in the Black Community | Post-test
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Counseling While Black and Female: The Invisible Struggles of Mental Health in the Black Community | Evaluation
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How to access your certificate
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How to listen
Beyond Therapy Podcast is available on most major listening platforms.
Instructor(s)
Guest Instructor
Keisha Bryan
LCSW, LCAS has worked in various healthcare settings with individuals that suffer from substance use disorders, and mental health issues. She has led groups, seminars, and retreats on a variety of topics including the impact of addictions on family members, divorce recovery, and depression. Keisha’s passion is working with Black men, women, that are battling the psychological impact of racism. Keisha offers individual and group therapy that provides safe spaces for her clients to process their racial trauma as well as heal from these traumas and various legacy burdens that have been negatively impacting the client’s mental health. Keisha practices through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Host
Candice Creasman Mowrey
PhD, LCMHCS - Dr. Candice Creasman Mowrey received a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008, and a Doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from North Carolina State University in 2015. She has worked in in-patient, psychosocial rehabilitation, community agency, disability services, and intensive outpatient settings. She founded Creasman Counseling, PLLC, a single-person private practice, in 2011, which has grown to a team of over a dozen culturally and professionally diverse clinicians. Dr. Creasman Mowrey has taught Masters level counseling students in online and in-person settings, and currently directs a Clinical Mental Health Counseling internship program.
Course Content Development
Counseling While Black and Female: The Invisible Struggles of Mental Health in the Black Community was created, developed, advertised, planned, and implemented by the staff of Creasman Counseling, PLLC.
To learn more about presenter, Keisha Bryan, LCSW, LCAS, click here.
To learn more about your host, Candice Creasman Mowrey, click here.
The Beyond Therapy Podcast and all associated learning content are developed by the professional mental health services team at Creasman Counseling, PLLC. Our staff of licensed, board-certified counselors, social workers, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners are committed to creating engaging, evidence-based, and practice-ready content for your growth as a clinician.
Creasman Counseling, PLLC is a Professional Limited Liability Company registered in North Carolina. Creasman Counseling Continuing Education is a department of Creasman Counseling, PLLC offering in-person, live webinar, and recorded asynchronous learning content including the Beyond Therapy Podcast.
