“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
— James Baldwin
What’s been happening at BTR
IFS 2025 Level 1 and Level 2 Training
Watch this space! Applications for BTR scholarship for IFS Level 1 and Level 2 training are coming soon! The information will be posted on our website under newsletter, event calendar, and our IFS partner page. Subscribe to our mailing list to be the first to know about the BTR cohort IFS training scholarship and other amazing opportunities coming up!
BTR Cohort at MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference June 16-20, 2025 in Denver, Colorado
BTR is gathering members who are interested in attending the next MAPS Psychedelic Science conference June 16-20, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. The conference is the largest psychedelic community and industry gathering in the world. This is the second year BTR members will attend. It’s glorious meeting up in person! Scholarship opportunities have been announced by MAPS! If you’d like a MAPS 2025 conference scholarship, please fill out their application immediately. The spots are limited and will fill up! If you’d like to add your name to the BTR cohort attending MAPS, and you are a BTR rockstar (paid member), please fill out this interest form and we’ll keep you informed about all activities!
Shout out to 2024 BTR Community Learning Program Speakers
A huge thank you to Gillian Scott-Ward, William Washington, Terance Dawkins, Vimalasara, Saundra Davis, Lyne Piché, Daisy Martinez-DiCarlo, and Deborah Egerton who presented free webinars to the community in 2024. Access BTR’s Community Learning Library to check out their webinars and watch this space for special announcements regarding 2025 speakers!
Bringing Biofeedback and Neurofeedback to BTR
BTR has been working with expert Harry L. Campbell, BPS, who is BCIA Certified in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, President of Biofeedback Resources International Corporation, and past President of North East Regional Biofeedback Society. Harry and the team at Biofeedback Resources would like to encourage more providers of color to become trained with these tools in order to help their clients. Towards this end, he has created free resource videos delving into biofeedback and neurofeedback. Access BTR’s Biofeedback Resources International video library here.
Scholarships for BTR Members for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training
Harry and the team at Biofeedback Resources would like to encourage more providers of color to become trained with these tools in order to help their clients. Which is why we are thrilled to offer limited scholarships to two of Harry’s premier trainings. Both biofeedback and neurofeedback seminars will be a combination of 3-day classroom and web-based training. Learn more here.
Fluence Special – Save 40% on On-Demand Courses
We’re excited to share that BTR’s partner, Fluence, is offering the BTR community 40% scholarships on several of their on-demand courses. Let’s take advantage of these trainings to expand our awareness and understanding of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in our community. View the complete list here. BTR’s partnership with Fluence gives you significantly discounted access to three of Fluence’s foundational on-demand courses, Psychedelic Integration: Premise & Promise, Introduction to Ketamine and Introduction to Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy. These can be accessed and completed at your own pace. 100 scholarships are available! Fluence also offers Diversity Fund Scholarships for their post-graduate training programs. Learn more and check out more resources here!
Looking forward
The Healer’s Oasis: Rest, Restore, and Reconnect December 26, 2025 – January 3, 2026
Healer’s Oasis is an empowering retreat crafted for people of African descent, focusing on the transformative power of somatic healing strategies to regulate the nervous system. The unique environment of Kenya provides a multitude of lessons that can deepen our awareness of mental well-being and enhance our approach to mental health care. These lessons from the wild can be invaluable tools in the journey towards better mental health and a more balanced life. Go here for more information on how to join Deran Young in Kenya!
2025 Wisdom & Wellbeing Weeks in Costa Rica! December 2024 -March 2025
Deran Young will be a part of the incredible faculty at the 2025 Wisdom & Wellbeing Weeks at Blue Spirit in Costa Rica. This 7-day retreat offers a unique opportunity for deep personal growth, relaxation, and transformative learning, all set in one of the world’s most breathtaking locations. You’ll also have the chance to experience a diverse range of workshops led by other world-class teachers, plus enjoy the natural beauty of Costa Rica, daily yoga classes, delicious organic meals, and plenty of time to relax by the ocean. Deran will be leading a workshop from Feb 8 – 15, 2025, focusing on Cultivating Shame Resilience. Whether you’re looking to dive deeper into your spiritual practice, nurture your wellbeing, or simply recharge in nature, this retreat has something for everyone. **For more details and to register, visit:** Blue Spirit Wisdom & Wellbeing Weeks
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 Training BIPOC Cohort August 12, 2025 – March 10, 2026
Learn skills to notice and process the residues of traumatic experience that are held in your clients’ bodies. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy helps you to work with your clients beyond words, with the often implicit somatic patterns related to traumatic experience to help inspire lasting change from the inside, out. Discover a new dimension of effective therapy with SP by going beyond the verbal story and tapping into the wisdom of the body. SPI is committed to an active, ongoing process of decolonizing their curriculum and integrating an anti-racist, anti-oppression perspective into their institute and clinical work. Registration is currently open to Black Therapists Rock members only. Registration to the general public will open March 31st. Learn more and sign up here!
2025/2026 Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Online Training September 16, 2025 – September 29, 2026 Tuesdays, 1pm-2:30pm ET BLAIPOC Cohort
We are very excited to offer a 2025/2026 Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Online Training to Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, People of Color BTR Members. Compassionate Inquiry® is a 240 hour, year-long training. It is a graduate level, trauma-informed psychotherapeutic approach to add onto an already existing clinical and mental health practice. Facilitated by Vimalasara (Dr. Valerie Mason-John), this program focuses on bringing compassion, respect, acceptance, insight, healing, freedom and connection to humanity through an international community of skillful Compassionate Inquiry Practitioners. Learn more and join this BLAIPOC cohort here!
BTR Cohort to Masters Event Oxford 2025 Interest Form
BTR is gathering members who are interested in attending the next Masters Event Oxford September 28-30, 2025 in Oxford, England. Whether you’re a psychologist, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, medical doctor, bodyworker, educator, counsellor, researcher, mental health advocate, or someone keen to expand their understanding, Masters Events at Oxford is Europe’s largest trauma, mental health, and wellbeing conference – an annual highlight not to be missed. Fill out this interest form if you’d like to be eligible for scholarships to attend!
A BTR Rockstar is a member that has an active paid annual membership. This membership allows us to continue to form dynamic partnerships with organizations such as Brene Brown, Fluence, MAPS and Therapy Wisdom (visit our partnership page for more info). Your membership also awards you exclusive access to scholarships and discount opportunities to courses and events. Among other benefits; a private community of over 30,000 therapists, exclusive BTR member meetups, and much more. Explore membership here.
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