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Becoming a Racially Sensitive Clinician

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Becoming a racially and culturally sensitive therapist isn’t simply a matter of “learning the material.” It’s an ongoing process that requires actively and deliberately engaging in a dialogue with yourself and being continuously open to an expanding version of that self. In this didactic, interactive, and experiential workshop, we’ll go beyond the usual content-focused approaches to developing cultural sensitivity. Instead, using a Self of the Therapist framework, you’ll learn by doing as we explore processes of relational engagement, racial risk-taking, and critical self-reflection. You’ll walk away with concrete tools for promoting racial and cultural sensitivity that you can use with clients and trainees. And you’ll discover: 

  • How to address microaggressions in therapy
  • De-escalation techniques to address highly charged race-related interactions in therapy
  • How to use storytelling as a potent therapeutic tool 
  • How to assess your own development through an evolving racial lens  
     

Here's What You'll Learn

Developing a Racial Lens

  • The self as a racial being
  • The hidden dimensions of race and racial identity
  • Race in a relational (cross-racial) context

Addressing Race in Therapy and Beyond

  • The PAST (Privilege and Subjugated Tasks) Model as an instrument of relational engagement.
  • The Principles of Constructive Engagement as a pathway to effective cross-racial relational engagement
  • The Validate-Challenge-Request (VCR) Model as an effective strategy for navigating difficult and toxic interactions

Self of the Therapist Exploration

  • The Racial Awareness And Sensitivity Experiential Exercise tool as a mechanism for uncovering Therapist implicit bias and enhancing racial awareness and sensitivity.
  • A framework for promoting Racial and Cultural Storytelling as a Self of the Therapist tool, as well as a clinical strategy.
  • How to use Petite Lectures as an effective clinical technique, as well as a Self of the Therapist tool.

Risks and Limitations of the Research
 

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 4 hours of video content
  • Up to 4.25 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD

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Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, is president of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice and clinical and organizational consultant for the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in NYC, as well as a former professor of family therapy at both Syracuse University, NY, and Drexel University, PA. He’s also the author of Racial Trauma: Clinical Strategies and Techniques for Healing Invisible Wounds, and The Enduring, Invisible, and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness, and editor of On Becoming a Racially Sensitive Therapist: Race and Clinical Practice.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kenneth Hardy receives compensation as a Clinical and Organizational Consultant . He receives royalties as a published author. Kenneth Hardy receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kenneth Hardy has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
NOS096653
Duration:
4 hours, 17 minutes
Copyright:
Mar 19, 2026

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