Breakout Session – Addressing Widespread Cultural Trauma with Trauma Focused Techniques

1.5 Clinical Social Work Credits

Addressing Widespread Cultural Trauma with Trauma Focused Techniques
Presenter:
Jennifer Street, LCSW

In this presentation we will evaluate the impact of cultural traumas such as the global pandemic, police brutality, racial unrest, and school shootings on victims and health care professionals.  We will discuss the primary components of effective trauma therapy and how thought-directed therapy is effective in an average of 4 sessions to reduce PTSD symptoms. You'll learn about evidence-based techniques, such as Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), for treating trauma and secondary stress and gain an understanding of the use of bi-lateral stimulation to help clients, clinicians, medical workers, and first responders regulate their nervous systems after trauma.

Prisoners in Group: Healing processes at the Intersections of Race, Class, Age, and Ability
Presenter:
Miriam Ribeiro

This presentation offers an experiential opportunity to explore Morgan's Wheel of Oppression and how each of us experiences privilege and marginalizatioin. It further touches on systemic racism by highlighting the disproportionate incarceration of Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) within California’s penal system. It highlights the intersectionality of race, class, age/ability with incarcerated/hospitalized mentally ill inmates/patients. In addition, it illuminates ways in which the White Eurocentric paradigm permeates the manner in which we learn, diagnose and disseminate treatment. Finally it discusses how humanizing the offender can positively and interpersonally impact the patient/inmate, his family, and ultimately our community.