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“Did you really just say that?” When racist comments are spoken in a psychotherapy session it can throw us off guard, leave us unsure of what to say, and potentially compromise the therapeutic alliance. There is a critical choice to be made in how we respond – one few of us ever learned in grad school. View this session to discover how to handle this often-avoided discussion with specific strategies for responding to clients who make racist statements in therapy. Plus you’ll learn how therapists can repair the therapeutic relationship if they’ve inadvertently committed a microaggression.
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Navigating Racist Comments in Therapy (627.7 KB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Daphne Fatter, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist, and approved IFS clinical consultant. She is certified in EMDR and an EMDRIA approved consultant. She has completed advanced training in cognitive processing therapy. She was awarded her doctorate in counseling psychology from Pennsylvania State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at The Trauma Center, an affiliate of the Boston University School of Medicine, under the direct supervision of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. She is the former military sexual trauma coordinator at the Fort Worth Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic. She has authored works on trauma, IFS, countertransference and mindfulness. She speaks to mental health clinicians internationally providing engaging continuing education on nuances on trauma treatment from her seasoned clinical experience treating PTSD and complex trauma. She is in private practice in Dallas, Texas.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Daphne Fatter maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Daphne Fatter is a member of the American Psychological Association, the EMDR International Association, and the Texas Psychological Association.
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