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• Archive: Faculty:Kenneth V. HardyDuration:4 Hours 3 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Mar 22, 2019 Description Race remains a potent and polarizing issue in all domains of our society and unfortunately, the world of therapy is no exception.
• Despite the omnipresence of race in our lives, progressive and meaningful conversations about it remain somewhere between difficult and impossible, often characterized by avoidance, discomfort, and awkwardness.
• Clinicians and other human services workers are often relied upon to navigate these difficult conversations, but many lack the requisite tools to do so.
• Outline Five steps to repairing damaged relationshipsUnderstanding race in therapeutic situationsHow to respond to overt racismThe cost of not responding as a therapistWhen to actively confrontPrecursors to conversations about raceDefining our “race”Identifying our prisms Ethnicity versus raceThree options for engaging in the topic or racismProblems resulting from the term “racism”Strategies for talking about raceSix critical factors Faculty Kenneth V. Hardy Related seminars and products: 2 Kenneth V. Hardy is the director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships and professor of family therapy at Drexel University.
• He’s the coauthor of Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence and Re-Visioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture, and Gender in Clinical Practice.