Course Description

Psychotherapists of diverse theoretical orientations use tact, empathy, and timing to help their clients talk through difficult subjects and move towards change. However, clinicians often struggle with how to organically raise issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality with clients, and in a manner that is integrated with their approach to therapy and the client's needs--whether psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, systemic or multicultural. In this practice-oriented workshop, participants will be introduced to an interdisciplinary, science-based framework to facilitate thinking about race, class, and identity in mental health, alongside three novel approaches to "pave the road" for such discussions in psychotherapy with both privileged and underprivileged clients. Case examples and experiential learning exercises will be provided to practice skills related to evoking, broaching, and exploring race and class in psychotherapy, with implications for issues of gender, gender identity, and sexuality. 


A portion of ticket sales for this course will go toward a fund for BIPOC students at the New School’s MA program in general psychology. This fund will support new generations of researchers and practitioners committed to social and racial justice.

If you take this course, you will be able to:

  • Integrate theory and research on attachment with theory and research on status and identity, articulating how relational and socio-cultural factors intersect in client's presenting problems

  • Identify verbal and non-verbal markers and opportunities for evoking, broaching, and exploring issues of status and identity across race and class

  • Attend to, reflect back, and inquire about clients' language related to status and identity as a way of broaching such discussions in psychotherapy

  • Describe how issues of status and identity play a role in clients' presenting problem and difficulties

Meet Your Instructor

Daniel José Gaztambide, PsyD

Daniel José Gaztambide, PsyD, is assistant director of the clinical psychology program at the New School for Social Research, and director of the Frantz Fanon Center for Intersectional Psychology. Originally from Puerto Rico, his scholarship explores how psychoanalysis and Liberation Psychology helps us understand anti-Blackness within the Latinx community, society, and the consulting room. He was featured in the documentary Psychoanalysis in El Barrio, and is an analytic candidate at NYU Post-Doc. He is the author of the book A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology, and a member of the Nuyorican poetry troupe The Títere Poets.

Past Participant Testimonials

"The delivery and the materials really exceeded my expectations. Very phenomenal training with great examples and case vignettes as well as theoretical lenses across different subjects. It serves as a great reminder to pay attention to cultural opportunities across my practice while teaching me to broach in a way that was intentional."

Shirley L.

"This training was incredible. I have been to a lot of talks and trainings that leave me confused as to how to actually move forward with the tools in my clinical work - this left me feeling energized, curious, and prepared to try new things and build on existing skills."

Anonymous

"The training was incredibly engaging and thought provoking! The material was rich and I enjoyed learning so very much. Dr. G put together theories and ideas that I have learned about in school, but blending them together in a way that felt truly relevant and applicable was fantastic. His approach is so comprehensive and feels like something that would actually work for my clients. I also appreciate the perspectives and approaches shared, as they differ from what I have been exposed to elsewhere in my education."

Courtney F.

"This training was thought-provoking and extremely relevant to my work. I feel that I have a deeper understanding of how to use evoking, broaching, and exploring to address issues of race and class organically. Thank you!"

Amy M.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Course Description

    • Meet Your Instructor

    • Getting to Know You & Your Course Goals

  • 2

    Lesson Video

    • Lesson Video Part 1

    • Lesson Video Part 2
  • 3

    CE Quiz

    • CE Quiz
  • 4

    Course Wrap Up

    • Course Survey

Continuing Education: 2 Contact Hours Earned

Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course curriculum, the certificate of completion you receive afterward and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Embodied Mind Mental Health Counseling, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0186.

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