TRAININGS

Course Title: Where’d You Go? Exploring Dissociation and Countertransference in Psychology

Start Date: TBD

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Presenter: Dagem Lemma, LCSW (he/him)

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the dissociative spectrum, using case examples to examine mutual dissociation in couples and transferential relationships, while equipping participants with therapeutic strategies, awareness of sustaining patterns, and tools for managing countertransference — all grounded in a liberation-based, holistic framework.

Course Title: Rethinking the DSM: A Strengths-Based Perspective

Start Date: June 19, 2025

Presenter: Sara Eldridge, LCSW (she/her)

This course invites clinicians to critically reimagine the DSM as a tool for liberation by integrating differential diagnosis with a strengths-based, person in-context framework — transforming traditional diagnostic practices into collaborative, empowering, and culturally responsive approaches that center resilience, dignity, and systemic awareness.

Course Title: Cultural Humility in Clinical Practice

Start Date: July 17, 2025

Hosts: Tanisha Christie, LCSW (she/her) & Aishia Grevenberg, LCSW (she/her)

In a time when DEI efforts are under threat, this course equips therapists to act as agents of change by embedding cultural humility and anti-oppressive principles into their diagnostic and clinical practices — transforming the DSM from a static tool into a dynamic, strengths-based framework that honors identity, challenges systemic inequities, and fosters inclusive, liberatory care.

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