Racial Battle Fatigue

is the cumulative result of a natural race-related stress response to distressing mental and emotional conditions. These conditions emerged from constantly facing racially dismissive, demeaning, insensitive and/or hostile racial environments and individuals.

However, many therapists do not feel comfortable addressing race in therapy. This 2-hr training helps mental health providers:

  1. Understand the chronic resistance experienced by minorities.

  2. Understand the various forms of microaggressions.

  3. Explore salient identities with clients.

  4. Take a culturally humble and empathetic approach to care.

  • It was such a rich discussion! I know it's more of a convo geared towards clinicians, but it speaks a lot to my past work and it can also translate to many other situations. I love how involved everyone was and how people were able to share their unique perspectives. Thank you for helping create a culture where people feel safe to share!

    —Erin. T, The Summit. Counseling Center

  • It goes without saying (hopefully) that the need to address race and ethnicity in clinical work is imperative. Yet, in a profession that addresses sex, death, and everything in between, race remains an awkward, sometimes painful, conversation for many clinicians. Dr. Innocent-Cupid’s presentation provides invaluable insight into the viewpoint and struggles unique to people in minority groups. She creates a safe and engaging space to learn how to recognize and overcome obstacles to providing exceptional, compassionate, informed care for all people. As a social worker, I went into the training feeling well-educated on the topic, but was pleased to find that there was so much more to learn!

    —Alexa M., The Summit Counseling Center

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