April News
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin
What’s been happening at BTR?
BTR & IFS Levels 1 and 2 Training
Great news! We have additional spots open for the 2024 BTR cohort for IFS Level 2 training. Apply here! Through our important partnership and collaboration with the Internal Family Systems Institute, BTR is able to offer these dedicated training programs online to our community. 2024 applications for Level 1 are currently closed and all scholarship awardees have been notified.
Community Learning Program
Look for BTR members presenting complimentary webinars and paid trainings throughout 2024. These webinars and workshops will be an opportunity for members to share their work on the BTR platform and the community will receive the benefit of new ideas and education to enhance their own practices and work. Join us in building a community where everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the collective growth of Black Therapists Rock. Everyone who registers for the complimentary webinars will receive a recording! Click here to watch January-March recordings in BTR’s Community Learning Program library and look below to see our April presenters!
Bringing Biofeedback and Neurofeedback to BTR
BTR has been working with expert Harry L. Campbell, BPS, who is BCIA Certified in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, President of Biofeedback Resources International Corporation, and past President of North East Regional Biofeedback Society. Harry and the team at Biofeedback Resources would like to encourage more providers of color to become trained with these tools in order to help their clients. Towards this end, he has created free resource videos delving into biofeedback and neurofeedback. If you would like to watch these videos you can find them under the resources tab on our home page, under the category of Free Resources.
Scholarships for BTR Members for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training
Harry and the team at Biofeedback Resources would like to encourage more providers of color to become trained with these tools in order to help their clients. Which is why we are thrilled to offer limited scholarships to two of Harry’s premier trainings. Both biofeedback and neurofeedback seminars will be a combination of 3-day classroom and web-based training. Learn more here.
BTR Board of Directors
BTR is seeking leaders to apply to be on the BTR Board of Directors. Are you a leader called to serve the Black Therapists Rock community? We would love to get to know you. Please apply here.
Looking Forward
Freeing our Financial Firefighters with Saundra Davis April 3, 2024, 12-1pm ET
Healing financial burdens is not just about managing money; it’s about understanding and transforming the internal protectors that influence our financial choices. Financial behaviors often stem from different internal “protectors” and “firefighters”. During this session we will explore the impact of protector parts on financial behaviors. A recording of this live webinar will be sent to everyone who registers. Register for this free Community Learning Webinar here!
ADHD and Sex: What you need to know about the intersection between neurodiversity, sexuality, and relationships with Dr. Lyne Piché April 10, 2024, 12-1pm ET
Join Dr. Lyne Piché in her latest webinar that explores the impact of ADHD on sexuality and relationships. Gain valuable insights into the unique presentation of neurodivergent clients and deepen your knowledge of the challenges they face. You’ll explore the intricacies of attention and its profound impact on sexual pleasure and functioning, and learn crucial aspects of treatment that are often overlooked in therapy. This is a “don’t-miss event” designed to improve your skills in supporting ADHD diagnosed clients in achieving fulfilling and healthy sexual experiences. A recording of this live webinar will be sent to everyone who registers. Register for this free Community Learning Webinar here!
Back-to-Natural Workshop with Gillian Scott-Ward, PhD April 26, 2024, 9am-1pm ET
This 4-Hour, 3-CE Credit introductory level workshop is for psychologists who seek to integrate approaches to treating racial trauma in their work. Hair for Black people is uniquely meaningful and is entangled with identity, survival, resistance, and community. Hair can foster strength and also be targeted to degrade and oppress. Understanding a Black person’s hair history is essential to understanding their lived experience. This workshop highlights an often hidden form of psychological and systemic assault – natural hair discrimination – and uses it as a springboard to identify and treat ‘hidden wounds of racial trauma’. A one-hour screening of the internationally award-winning documentary film, Back to Natural, precedes didactic and experiential learning. This film provides a psychological and historical overview of the Natural Hair Movement and uncovers the global policing of Black-bodies through hair. Join Dr. Scott-Ward as she delves into strategies for revealing, exploring and healing racial trauma through hair talk. Register for this amazing workshop here!
Compassionate Inquiry Professional On-Line Training September 2024– October 2025 at 3:30pm ET with Vimalasara
Compassionate Inquiry is a 240 hour, year-long training. It is a graduate level, trauma-informed psychotherapeutic approach to add onto an already existing clinical and mental health practice. This program focuses on the goal of bringing compassion, respect, acceptance, insight, healing, freedom and connection to humanity through an international community of skillful Compassionate Inquiry practitioners. . The CI Professional Online Training is meant for professionals already working with clients, such as addiction counselors, psychotherapists, psychologists, medical doctors, naturopaths, life coaches, and other related fields, whose scope of practice includes counseling. Interested? Learn more here.
SPI Level 1 Training BIPOC-Only Cohort with Trainers from the Global Majority September 15, 2024 @ 8:00 am – February 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT
In favor of creating the comfort that an all BIPOC space provides, Jacquie Compton and Susan Webb will be teaching this course, with Pat Ogden coming in as needed for Q&A. Scholarships which reduce the cost by 40% are available to BTR members! Learn more and apply here.
Become a Rockstar Today and Get Free Access to the Heirloom Summit!
A BTR Rockstar is a member that has an active paid annual membership. This membership allows us to continue to form dynamic partnerships with organizations such as Brene Brown, Fluence, MAPS and Therapy Wisdom (visit our partnership page for more info). Your membership also awards you exclusive access to scholarships and discount opportunities to courses and events. Among other benefits; a private community of over 30,000 therapists, exclusive BTR member meetups, and much more. Explore membership here.
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