When: Anytime (Distance Learning/Home Study)
Presenters: Nalini Calamur, LMFT; Paul T. Guillory, PhD; James Hawkins II, PhD, LPC; and Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
Format: Video recording - 4 hours

CEs: 4 CEs approved for LMFTs, LICSWs, LMHCs, and Lic. Psychologists

Fee: $35; price include CEs.

Target Audience: Marriage & Family Therapists,Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Psychologists
 

Read CFINE and ICEEFT’s Diversity Statement
 

The impact of racial stress shows up in a multitude of ways in the lives of African American couples and families, often exacerbating difficulties in their primary relationships. As EFT therapists learn more about the racial and cultural factors that impact those in our care, it is important to examine the complexities surrounding the intersection of race and gender. This home study program is designed for couple and family therapists to hear from four experts who each speak to how Black men and women’s experiences of racism in the larger culture impact their most important relationships. The program concludes with a moderated panel discussion among the four presenters.
 

Schedule:
 

00:00:00-01:08:05 – Gender Differences in EFT Research with African American Couples with Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT
01:08:05-02:15:05 – Helping Black Men Have Success in Vulnerability with James. L. Hawkins II, PhD, LPC
02:15:05-02:55:45 – Deep Roots: Attachment & Culture Impacts EFT Road Map with Paul T. Guillory, PhD
02:55:45-03:34:40 – Accountability Moments: Harnessing the Blindspots with Nalini Calamur, LMFT
03:34:40-04:00:46 – Panel Discussion Moderated by Nancy Knudsen, LMFT

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be better able to:
 

1. Discuss 2 aspects of a racially attuned frame for the protective tendencies of black men.

2. Identify 2 strategies towards working in a racially sensitive way to access and honor black men’s vulnerability.

3. Identify 2 cultural adaptations to the EFT model utilized in the study for African American couples.

4. Describe 2 ways EFT treatment in recent studies had different impacts on the level of stress for African American men and women.

5. Discuss 4 aspects of the impact of whiteness, racism, and internalized racism on the socioemotional work of Black heterosexual couples.

6. Present 4 measures of the impact of socio-historical, socio-cultural, and socio-structural racial barriers on Black couples’ efforts to establish and sustain romantic unions.

7. Describe 2 clinical skills to see, name and work with whiteness, racism and internalized racism in your work with Black couples.

8. Discuss 2 accountability moments to support couples when oppressive patterns are recreated within the relationship.