Repairing Rupture with Minoritized groups: What to do when you lose your lens

Duration: 59m 47s

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This session is designed to help support therapists who lose sight of the systemic lens when working with clients. They will be helped to:

• Recognize their privilege and how it gives them the ability to do work devoid of a context;
• Remind themselves of how hypervigilance shapes the way LGBTQI communities and BIPOC folx experience the world, and that any modality that does not hold space for that hypervigilance is marginalizing;
• Interrogate the modalities they use and unearth their cis-het white assumptions;
• Ensure that their physical space engenders a sense of agency and safety for minoritized groups
• Re-ground themselves and learn from the many intrinsic resources the client possesses for healing

John was born in Guyana, South America, and currently maintains a full time private psychotherapy practice in Oakland, CA with specialities in treating Addictions, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Trauma and Couples/Relationships. He is an international Brainspotting Trainer and consultant, and was trained directly by David Grand, PhD, Founder and Developer of Brainspotting. John has over 30 years post-masters experience  working with individuals, couples and families who would like to transform their lives. He is the first Black/African American male psychotherapist in the world to become a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist.

Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP, is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, a Brainspotting Therapist and Relational Healing Facilitator. She has received training in various areas including Somatic Experiencing, Playback Theatre, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Neuroscience, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems Therapy.