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Consequences of Race on Undiagnosed Trauma
1:00 PMTuesday, May 21 2024
12:00 PMTuesday, May 21 2024
11:00 AMTuesday, May 21 2024
10:00 AMTuesday, May 21 2024
9:00 AMTuesday, May 21 2024
7:00 AM
Dr. Smedley is an award-winning Clinical Psychologist who also wears additional hats as a business owner, adjunct professor, and published author. She has been very successful in her independent practice specifically focusing on the mental health needs of the Black community. Her areas of research and publications are consistently focused on incorporating strength-based outlook on healing and mental health recovery which she has found important in her research background and clinical knowledge of various traumas faced in communities of color. Dr. Smedley has been sought out and quoted by a number of media outlets – both television and print - establishing herself as an expert in mental wellness and trauma. Further, she is respected amongst her peers as she has served in a number of leadership roles to include the Past President of the DC Psychological Association and the Past Chair of the APA Advocacy Coordinating Committee, and Past Chair of the APA Diversity Subcommittee of the Committee of State Leaders. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc and a proud mother of a baby boy.
This workshop will help clinicians and other mental health advocates have further insight into how race and other social determinants of health historically impact youth and adults in getting an accurate diagnosis. People of color have often been more likely to receive harsher diagnoses with long-lasting impacts which interferes with their ability to thrive in the community. This workshop will provide a culturally sensitive lens to better understand and identify symptomology without overpathologizing.
This course is eligible for 2 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Intermediate
- 10-10:30am: Overview/Trauma Review
- 10:30-11am: History of Race and Oppression in Training and Research. Instances of Diagnostic Errors.
- 11-11:10am: Break
- 11:10-11:40am: Application/Exercises. Reframing the diagnostic intake process in a culturally sensitive way and broadening our understanding of symptom presentation.
- 11:40-12pm: Allyship & Conclusion
At the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
- Identify 2-3 instances of diagnostic errors.
- Learn 2-3 ways to integrate culturally sensitive ways to reframe diagnostic intake process.
- Broaden understanding of symptom presentation.