What’s been happening at BTR?

Community Learning Program

  Look for BTR members presenting complimentary webinars and paid trainings throughout 2024. These webinars and workshops will be an opportunity for members to share their work on the BTR platform and the community will receive the benefit of new ideas and education to enhance their own practices and work.  Join us in building a community where everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the collective growth of Black Therapists Rock.  Everyone who registers for the complimentary webinars will receive a recording!  Click here to watch January-April recordings in BTR’s Community Learning Program library and look below to learn more about our May workshop coming up with Terance Dawkins!

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.  If you would like to watch these videos you can find them under the resources tab on our home page, under the category of Free Resources.

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.

BTR Board of Directors

BTR is seeking leaders to apply to be on the BTR Board of Directors. Are you a leader called to serve the Black Therapists Rock community?  Do you know a candidate that is passionate about liberating racial trauma through collective healing?  We’d love to hear from you!   Please apply here.

Fluence Spring 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.

Looking Forward

Intro to Critics: A Workshop on Shame and the IFS Process  May 2 @ 1-5pm ET

Do you often criticize certain “parts” of yourself? Is the word “should” a common part of your daily self talk? In this workshop, Deran and Chris will be discussing the impact of shame and how harsh Critics impact our internal system. We will be exploring how IFS can support the transformation of a shame-based system where “shoulds” and fear are primary motivators and learning ways the IFS model supports growth and Self-leadership.  Learn more and register here to join Deran and Chris.

“Full-Respect Living” through the lens of Relational Life Therapy June 6 @ 12–2 pm ET

Using concepts and skills from Relational Life Therapy, this free webinar will discuss what it means to live a life committed to Full-Respect Living. It will examine the nuance and challenge that people of color face in living a life of Full-Respect under systems of patriarchy and white supremacy. This webinar will also emphasize the powerful potential for change that can occur when we hold ourselves and others in warm regard.  Join Deran Young and Desirae Ysasi here to learn more about Relational Life Therapy.

Compassionate Inquiry® Professional BLAIPOC Online Training September 2024– October 2025 Tuesdays 1-2:30pm ET with Vimalasara

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.  This program focuses on the goal of bringing compassion, respect, acceptance, insight, healing, freedom and connection to humanity through an international community of skillful Compassionate Inquiry practitioners. . The CI Professional Online Training is meant for professionals already working with clients, such as addiction counselors, psychotherapists, psychologists, medical doctors, naturopaths, life coaches, and other related fields, whose scope of practice includes counseling. Interested?  Learn more here.

SPI Level 1 Training BIPOC-Only Cohort with Trainers from the Global Majority September 15, 2024 @ 8:00 am – February 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT

In favor of creating the comfort that an all BIPOC space provides, Jacquie Compton and Susan Webb will be teaching this course, with Pat Ogden coming in as needed for Q&A. Scholarships which reduce the cost by 40% are available to BTR members!  Learn more and apply here.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy – Level 1 Basic Training in Santa Fe, New Mexico from October 6-12, 2024 for BTR Members Only.

This is a 5-day training experience that gives practitioners a clear sense of how to prepare, administer and integrate the ketamine experience. We will engage interactive teaching modules in the most effective strategies, orientations and frameworks in Psychedelic Therapy and Ketamine Assisted Therapy.  Participants will have the opportunity to experience all aspects of a therapeutic ketamine experience—including preparation and integration. We value a humanistic approach and will offer support for your personal process with the medicine and material as an integral piece of professional preparedness.  Learn more about this experiential training here.