A Functional and Contextual Approach to Working with Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC)

Live Online Workshop

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
11:00am-3:00pm ET

Co-sponsored by The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science - Greater New York Metropolitan Region Chapter

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 4 CE contact hours

Individuals who hold more than one marginalized identity, including Queer & Trans People of Color (QTPOC), face unique stressors and exist at the intersection of multiple systems of oppression. This workshop will be facilitated by three queer and/or trans clinicians of color who have clinical, research, and lived experience at these intersections. This workshop applies CBS frameworks (particularly ACT and FAP) to clinical work with QTPOC and explores the use of CBS approaches to examine our own views and experiences of mental health in the context of white supremacy, xenophobia, transphobia, and homophobia. The workshop aims to center marginalized perspectives, invite clinicians to interrogate their mindsets, orient ourselves toward collective liberation, and offer foundational clinical approaches to working collaboratively with clients from these communities. The workshop will include didactic and research/theory components, however we will primarily focus on experiential exercises (e.g., mindfulness exercises, reflective exercises, real-play).

As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Critique the field of mental health’s failure to include diverse voices and perspectives
2. Describe the application of at least two core ACT processes to clinical work with QTPOC
   
3. Describe possible individual and/or systemic level committed actions to dismantle transphobic, homophobic, and/or racist practices
4. Implement values-based action towards affirming-care in work and personal domains of their life, instead of relying on shame/avoidance-based changes

Yash Bhambhani, PhD

Yash Bhambhani, PhD (he/him) is a clinical psychologist, originally from India, and received his PhD from the University of Mississippi. He specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), treatment of substance use disorders, and minority health. Yash has previously given workshops and lectures on sexual racism, working with queer and trans people of color, addressing racial trauma, and using ACT to work with racial/ethnic and sexual/gender minoritized people in clinical settings. Yash uses a contextual behavioral framework to look at difficulties, which locates the problem in a person’s environment as opposed to within them, and thus also looks at solutions within the environment.

Daniel Ryu, PsyD

Daniel Ryu, PsyD (they/them) serves as a staff psychologist at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System in Addiction Treatment Services and founder of Liminal Practice and Consulting, a private consultation and psychotherapy practice. Daniel has experience across clinical settings serving marginalized populations who experience chronic disease, trauma, addiction and serious mental illness in the context of intersecting systems of oppression. They have co-authored book chapters, facilitated workshops, and provided trainings on race and gender in the therapeutic space and are currently serving as chair of APA's Committee on Sexual Orientation andGender Diversity. Daniel’s interests lie at the intersection of marginalization, psychological suffering, social justice, and cultural resilience through a systems- and community-based lens.

Rajinder Sonia Singh, PhD

Rajinder Sonia Singh, PhD (she/her) is currently a Psychologist Clinician Investigator at the South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center through the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. She completed her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Bowling Green State University. Sonia has expertise in implementation science and the integration between implementation science and health equity, specifically for gender and sexual minority populations, as well as how to engage and empower consumers in implementation.

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General Admission: $75.00

If after registering, you determine that you can no longer attend this event, The Office of Global and Lifelong Learning will issue refunds on the following basis:

• Refund requests made on or before September 12, 2022 (by midnight): full refund
• Refund requests made on or before September 15, 2022 (by midnight): 50% refund
• Refund requests made on or after September 19, 2022: no refund

If this event is cancelled, all registrants will be fully reimbursed. To withdraw from and be reimbursed for this event, please complete the event withdrawal form.

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 4 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

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