Tips and Tactics for Talking about Race

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Kenneth V. Hardy Related seminars and products

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Kenneth Hardy, Ph.D., is director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships and professor of marriage and family therapy at Drexel University.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kenneth Hardy is the president of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice, and director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships. He is a professor at Drexel University. Dr. Hardy is an author and received royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Kenneth Hardy has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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Objectives

1. Apply the four critical developmental stages for effective conversations involving race: preparation, encounter, engagement, and execution. 
2. Explore relevant “Self of the Therapist” issues that may impede and/or facilitate meaningful conversations about race. 
3. Discuss the range of situations in which racism emerges as a therapeutic issue. 
4. Explain how to address race-related issues in the consulting room. 
5. Discover 6 critical factors for meaningful conversation about race and how those factors facilitate a healing process.

Outline

Five steps to repairing damaged relationships
Understanding race in therapeutic situations
How to respond to overt racism

• The cost of not responding as a therapist
• When to actively confront

Precursors to conversations about race

• Defining our “race”
• Identifying our prisms 

Ethnicity versus race

Three options for engaging in the topic or racism

• Problems resulting from the term “racism”

Strategies for talking about race

• Six critical factors

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Addiction Counselors
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Other Behavioral Health Professionals

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