CE Event: Examining the Impact of Colonization on Mental Health Practices

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration is 2-step process. You will either purchase a ticket/pass for either the workshop alone OR the workshop with CE credit and then use that ticket to reserve your spot.

Please contact us if you have questions or need registration assistance.

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DESCRIPTION:

The decolonization of mental health practices is complex, yet essential to the healing process within ourselves, clients, and our systems. These are processes affecting everyone whether it’s conscious or unconscious. Bringing awareness to our location in colonization can support us in our decolonization journeys. Components of decolonization include recognizing how colonization has impacted everything around us, unpacking our own ways of existing and thinking as mental health professionals.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Part 1 (9:30-11:30 AM) focuses on fostering a deeper examination of colonization in our ecological systems, specifically the

mental health system. There is a focus on our internalization of colonization practices and how we can uproot or challenge

processes that do not feel aligned to client-centered work. We also begin to explore our relationship to colonization both

personally and professionally.

Lunch Break (11:30 - 12:30 PM) bring a lunch and eat with other participants or walk to one of many restaurants in the

Lincoln Square area.

Part 2 (12:30-3:30 PM) will continue with this exploration, and the impact on healing/connection to ourselves and others.

Participants will be encouraged to examine their own place in the colonialist mentality through exploration of thoughts,

values, and biases using reflective exercises, and small group discussion. Participants will also be given the space to

explore connection to self, or coming back home to self through a series of experiential practices.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Participants will be able to define implicit bias, colonization, and decolonization in the mental health field.
Participants will be able to identify at least two examples of the impact of colonization in mental health practices.
Participants will learn how to apply a decolonial mentality through the use of case studies.
Participants will explore their intersection of identities and their own relationship to implicit bias and colonization.
Participants will explore ways to deepen connection to self/others and interrupt colonial mentality.

ACCESSIBILITY:

InPowered Therapy + Yoga is committed to making our programming inclusive to everyone. believe there is no endpoint to inclusion, and we take our responsibility for accessible programming seriously and want to ensure that anyone who wishes to participate is able to.

To arrange any of the services below, or if you require another access service to fully participate or have any questions about accessibility, please contact our Office Manager Nada Stulac at nstulac@inpoweredtherapy.com. To ensure the best experience, please try to contact us at your soonest convenience.

VENUE INFORMATION:

As you’re planning your trip, please consider the following:

This is an in person event that will take place at InPowered Yoga, located at 2220 W Lawrence Ave, in Lincoln Square. InPowered Yoga, located at 2220 W Lawrence Ave. The entrance is next door to InPowered Therapy and you will enter the 3rd door east of Bell Ave.

There is street parking around InPowered. There is no designated parking lot.
For those who take public transit, InPowered is near the 81 Lawrence bus at the Lawrence & Oakley stop.The Brown line stops at Western and Damen are approximately .5 miles away.
There are 4-stairs down to enter the space.
There is a single-user gender non-specific restroom that is 1-step up.
There are multiple seating options available including folding chairs, floor cushions, and yoga mats.

If you require another access service to fully participate or have any questions about accessibility, please contact Office Manager Nada Stulac. To ensure the best experience, please try to contact us at your soonest convenience.

Additional Details

Continuing Education Credits Available!

5CEs available for mental health practitioners
Includes 1-hour of mandatory implicit bias training.
CEs sponsored through Centered Therapy Chicago Training Center
CTC is an approved continuing education provider for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (Lic #268000085).
CEs are provided for licensed Psychologists, Counselors, and Social Workers. Please check with your governing board to verify your continuing education license requirements.
Cost for the CEs is $25 to cover the cost of processing.

ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER:

Victoria Doobay, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, supervisor, and clinical training manager at DePaul Family and Community Services (FCS). She is also a registered yoga teacher, graduated from Bloom Yoga Studio; she teaches in various community spaces. She obtained her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at the School/Applied Child Psychology program at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. At FCS, Victoria provides individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and families both in the clinic and community settings, as well as supervises graduate students. She also conducts and supervises psychological assessments.

Victoria holds a growth mindset in regards to the mental health field, and is an active advocate for decolonization practices and training both within and outside FCS. Victoria provides support from a decolonial perspective incorporating various healing modalities for mind, body, and spirit, such as mindfulness, yoga and body awareness/movement, and art/music expression. Victoria is also a lifelong learner dedicated to unpacking the internalization of colonization within herself.

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