Building an Anti-Oppressive Practice for Ethical Client Care
A Systems Perspective on Intersectionality and Social Location
Live Online Zoom Training
June 20, 2025
Registration - 7:45am | Training 8:00am-12:30pm
(Registration Deadline - June 19, 2025)
Presented By: Rebecca Lee, LICSW
Course Description:
This continuing education opportunity was created for therapists, social workers, psychologists and mental health workers who want to learn more about building an anti-oppressive practice. This training will address how systems of racism, oppression and colonialism manifest in social work and counseling practice and how we can reduce these impacts and lessen the ways in which we perpetuate these within our own practice.
We will explore the gaps and limitations of the institutionalized frameworks that we’re often given to support our clients. We’ll look at exploring our own location of self and how to incorporate critical self-reflection on our own biases, thought patterns, communication styles and language. We’ll explore ways in which we can begin to decolonize our practice, our professional self to more ethically serve our communities.
Training Objectives:
1. Identify our own biases and the broader systemic structure that create barriers to open dialogue around oppression, racism, our own potential perpetuation of these systems.
2. Describe the concept of “location of self” and identify the rationale for why this is important between clinician and client.
3. Identify limitations of our field and frameworks, language, communication patterns that impede authentic professional interactions
4. Name imbalances of power within the therapy space and how these can be reduced or exacerbated based on clinician awareness and intentionality.
5. Identify specific areas within your practice you can begin to decolonize today.
Course Agenda & Outline:
7:45a.m. -8:00a.m. Registration and Welcome
Requirements to obtain ce credits for this training
Land Acknowledgement
8:00a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Change Models and Introduction of Location of Self
Discover how to utilize evolutionary spiral change model in context of anti-oppressive work
Identify the importance of understanding location of self and that of our clients
Name imbalances of power in relation to location of self
9:00a.m. - 9:30a.m. Clinician Identity Exploration
Review the differences between systemic and natural identities
Discover the systemic, institutional and societal expectations/norms that impact identity
Explore the concept of intersectionality in practice
9:30a.m. - 10:00a.m. Macro System Implications
Explore what we are taught as clinicians
Explore biases and oppression that exists within our industry as a whole
Identify the necessity of ethical evaluation and ethical practice
10:00a.m. - 10:15a.m. Break
10:15a.m. - 11:00a.m. Ethics Pertaining to Treating or Referring
Clarify distinction between understanding gaps that arise because of difference in social location and discrimination in referring out
Review the ethics of treating clients and ethics of referring to another clinician
Structure conversations for collaboration and reducing burden on clients
11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m. Anti-Oppressive and Ethical Practice Considerations
Review evidence-based practice
Explore clinicians current forms of education and therapeutic approaches, where these can be increasingly inclusive of marginalized identities
12:30p.m. - 12:45p.m. Conclusion & Q&A
Instructor Bio:
Rebecca Lee, LICSW
Rebecca is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Washington and Oregon and Clinical Supervisor who has been providing individualized and group instruction for over 10 years. Rebecca is the founder of Just Living Therapy - an organization that supports clinicians working toward clinical licensure as well as offers a community program designed specifically to support clinicians experiencing burnout.
She has over 20 years’ experience working towards social justice in community, medical, and mental health settings as a clinician, teacher, consultant, and leader. Rebecca’s work is rooted in social justice, stating often, “we all do better, when we all do better together.” Therefore, her trainings are about connection and community, supporting clinicians to learn about deep healing and alleviation of suffering, not just for their clients, but for their own lives - creating a world where people can flourish living their most authentic lives.
Speaker Disclosures: No relevant financial or non-financial relationships
Amount of CE Credit Offered: No current continuing education credits are being offered. Four (4) continuing education credits are pending approval from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).
Learning Method: Live online fully interactive training, attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.
Course Completion Requirements for Receiving CE credit: Participants must attend the entire course, sign in at the beginning of the course, sign in returning from breaks, and sign in at the end of the course. Participants are also required to pass the posttest (see below) and complete a course evaluation.
Posttest: If the participants attended the entire course, the participant will be provided with a link to take a posttest. A score of 70% correct is required to obtain a certificate. If you do not pass the posttest, it can be re-taken after reviewing the materials again.
Training Evaluation: Following completion of the posttest, participants will be directed to complete the training evaluation. Completion of the training evaluation is required to obtain a certificate.
Certificate: Certificate will be provided automatically following the completion of all course requirements.
Content Level: Intermediate content
Target Audience: Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Art Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Physicians, Nurses, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Therapists, Other Mental Health or Healthcare Professionals. Especially for clinicians gaining independent licensure!
Requesting Accessibility Accommodations: Please email rootedandrisingeducation@gmail.com to request accessibility accommodations.
System Requirements:
Training will take place online, so you will need a device to access internet
Most recent version of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge
Zoom access
Refund Policy: In general, refunds will not be provided. However, if you have any grievances, please contact us at rootedandrisingeducation@gmail.com. Our Grievance Policy can be viewed here.
Cancellation Policy: If we cancel a course prior to receiving the training, a full refund will be provided to all participants.
Please email rootedandrisingeducation@gmail.com with any questions about the course.
Course Created: January 7, 2025
Cost:
EARLY BIRD PRICE if registering before June 15th - $275
Price after June 15th - $375
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