Clinicians of Colour® is proud to announce its upcoming on-line convention, No Extra Hiding Behind Masks: Embracing Authenticity in Black Male Psychological Wellness, on June 4th at midday to 2 pm EST. This convention will concentrate on the importance of Black males’s psychological well being and embracing authenticity in psychological wellness.
The convention contains a panel dialogue led by three famend psychological well being professionals – David Archer, MSW, MFT, Dr. Steven Kniffley, and Dr. Broderick Sawyer. The panelists will focus on varied facets of psychological well being, together with the stigma surrounding psychological well being within the Black group, the significance of in search of assist, and the importance of embracing one’s genuine self. David Archer, MSW, MFT, is an anti-racist psychotherapist from Montreal, Canada, who acknowledges that the unique identify of this unceded territory is “Tio’tià:ke.” Earlier than being a psychological well being supplier, he had ten years of expertise as a software program engineer. Having invested greater than a decade in psychological well being companies, he’s keenly conscious of the wants of underserved populations, together with members of the African Diaspora, survivors of colonization, and people who have survived intergenerational trauma.
As a medical supervisor and Permitted EMDR marketing consultant, he maintains a full-time non-public follow working nearly with organizations throughout the globe. As well as, he’s often recruited to seek the advice of different therapists and organizations all through North America. He holds a bachelor’s diploma in psychology from Concordia College. From McGill College, he graduated with a Grasp of Social Work and Grasp of Utilized Science Diploma, granting a Marriage and Household Therapist credential.
Steven D. Kniffley Jr., PsyD MPA ABPP, is the Senior Affiliate Dean for Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion within the School of Drugs on the College of Cincinnati and an Affiliate Professor within the Division of Psychiatry. Dr. Kniffley’s space of experience is analysis and medical work with Black males and treating race-based stress and trauma. Dr. Kniffley additionally serves as an organizational range marketing consultant and has labored with organizations starting from small non-profits to Fortune 500 firms. Dr. Kniffley has written quite a few books, ebook chapters, and articles on Black male psychological well being, Black males and the prison justice system, racial trauma therapy and coaching, program analysis, organizational range, and tutorial achievement. He’s additionally a Previous-President of the Kentucky Psychological Affiliation.
Moreover, Dr. Kniffley has been chosen as certainly one of Louisville’s prime 40 below 40 for 2020, a recipient of the 2020 MediStar Healthcare Advocacy Award, a 2021 Louisville Healthcare Hero, and the inaugural recipient of the College of Louisville Variety Management Award.
Dr. Broderick Sawyer is a licensed psychologist specializing in group psychological well being and trauma therapy. He’s an assistant professor of psychology at Loyola Marymount College and has offered on matters associated to psychological well being and masculinity.
The convention is open to professionals and other people enthusiastic about studying extra about Black male psychological well being. Attendees can ask questions throughout the Q&A session on the finish of the panel dialogue.
Registration is now open, and attendees can join the convention by visiting https://academy.cliniciansofcolor.org/coaching/black-male-wellness/
This information first appeared on blacknews.com
