Essence Wellness Academy
Where BIPOC clinical providers gain the cultural responsive knowledge & therapeutic skills necessary to support BIPOC clients who are experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression & other common mental health diagnoses
What’s Included In Training
Module 1: Introduction to the History of Culturally Responsive Therapeutic Practices
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Why are Black women left out
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Social, Economic, Physical, Medical & Psychological
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Black women have the right to choose from availability of services
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What are culturally responsive therapeutic practices & why are they important?
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Peer Group Activities & Individual Assignment
Module 2: Group Therapy - My Sister’s Keeper: Sister Circles & Their Power
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What are sister circles & how are they effective?
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Data on why BIPOC individuals benefit from Sister Circles
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How to formulate a Sister Circle, identify your niche group, & integrate them into your private practice
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Peer Group Activities & Individual Assignment
Module 3: Somatic Healing - The 5 Senses: Energy & Sound Heals the Body
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The history of indigenous practices & the emotional/physical impact of it’s use.
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The history of sound healing & the emotional/physical impact of it’s use.
Types of instruments that can be used for sound baths
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Chakra Assessments
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into Psychotherapy Sessions
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Peer Group Activities & Individual Assignment
Module 4: Breathwork - Breathe In, Breathe Out. Breathwork for Anxiety, Depression & Trauma
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Description text goes here
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Identify target symptoms, niche group & formulate a breathwork sequences
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How to integrate breathwork into your private practice
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Peer Group Activities & Individual Assignment
Module 5: Nature Based Interventions - Wellness Retreats: Integrating Therapy Beyond the Office
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What are NBIs & why are they considered effective?
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How wellness retreats can be used as NBIs, retreat activities & intentions, & how to effectively develop a retreat based on desired symptoms/group
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Booking platforms, facilitator packing tips, groups, regional support
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How to formulate a NBI/Retreat, identify target symptoms/topic for NBI, & integrate them into your private practice
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Peer Group Activities & Individual Assignment
Module 6: Private Practice - Ethically Integrating Cultural Responsive Therapeutic Practices in Your Practice
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How to integrate culturally responsive practices into your current private practice
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Who is your target market, what symptoms would you like to focus on, & which modes of marketing tools will you use
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Effective tools for culturally responsive practice integration
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How to comply with HIPAA laws in group settings
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Importance of removing liability from the clinical provider, tools for libability forms
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Peer Group Activities & Individual Assignment
Who Can Attend This Training?
You identify as a BIPOC clinical provider
BSW, MSW, BSN, M.Div, DSW, PhD
LMSW/LCSW/LICSW
ALMFT/LMFT
LMHC/LPC/LAPC
MD, RN, NP, PNP, PsyD, Psych
Other providers who hold degrees, licenses & work in the mental health field
Professionals who own or intend to own a clinical mental health private practice
Students who are currently enrolled in a mental health degree program
Identify as a member of the BIPOC community
Who Should NOT Attend This Training
Professionals who are NOT degreed or licensed in the mental health field
Professionals who are seeking to complete this program as a hobby & is outside of their scope of practice/degree field
Professionals who do NOT own a clinical private practice or intend on owing a private practice
Students who are NOT currently enrolled in a mental health degree program or who have NOT recently graduated from a mental health degree program
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