Registration is closed now since we have already ordered catering, HOWEVER walk in registration will be available the day of the event. Please note...walk ins are not guaranteed food.

This session will offer 3 hours of CE. Certificates will be given at the end.

Holding Space for Racial and Vicarious Trauma

The proposed Diversity Continuing Education training will enhance clinical practice for psychologists by defining and demonstrating the presence of racial trauma in clinical settings and its impact on clients and clinicians. Through live demonstrations, in-vivo practice, and skill building activities, participants will enhance their ability to discuss racial trauma with their clients in order to achieve client outcome goals while supporting the psychologist's well-being in managing associated vicarious trauma. At a macro-level, this will increase availability of services for BIPOC and other racial/ethnic minority clients who might otherwise be hesitant to seek care due to their experiences of racial trauma.

About the Speakers:

Jenny Hughes, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with 15+ years of experience in the field of trauma. She founded The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective to support trauma therapists as they manage vicarious trauma, prevent burnout, and enhance vicarious resilience. She served as a clinical mentor for children and adolescents while attending the University of Colorado at Boulder, earned her Ph.D at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and began to specialize in infant mental health during her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Louisiana State University Health Science Center (New Orleans). Later, as the trauma psychologist at a Level 1 Trauma Center, she began supporting other helping professionals and co-developed a comprehensive wellness program for hospital staff. Clinically, she currently works with adult survivors of trauma and PTSD and supervises pre-doctoral psychology interns treating children and families affected by trauma.

Dr. Hughes holds multiple academic appointments as an Assistant Professor and is the author of  The PTSD Recovery Workbook and Triggers to Glimmers: A Vicarious Resilience Journal and Workbook for the Badass Trauma Therapist.

Tawanna Woolfolk, LCSW - With over 20 years of clinical experience specializing in complex trauma treatment and integrated wellness services, Tawanna Woolfolk is a licensed clinical social worker with an MSW from Smith College School of Social Work. Woolfolk is certified as a EMDR therapist, Trauma Professional, and Grief Specialist. She is in private practice at Sacred Ground Institute, LLC where she is also the director and CEO. Tawanna grew up in the foster care system after suffering malnutrition, educational neglect, sexual and physical trauma.  

Tawanna always intuitively knew who were the right people to steward her through towards resiliency and has committed her life to planting mustard seeds of hope and faith through her clinical work, public speaking, training, education, supervision and consultation. 

The afternoon diversity presentation will include lunch from 12pm - 1pm. This is included in the price!