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An online course about addressing racial trauma in the therapy room using somatic therapy.


Healing Racial Trauma with Somatic Therapy is an online course that will provide a foundation for why addressing race in the therapy room is important, how racism can be traumatic, and therapeutic practices to use when addressing racial trauma.

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Through this course you’ll learn…

  • Why it’s important to talk about race in the therapy room
  • How race shows up systemically and on an individual level
  • What language clients use to indicate you should explore racial traumas
  • How to address and speak about racial trauma
  • How to use Somatic practices and other culturally-relevant interventions for healing
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The Healing Racial Trauma with Somatic Therapy Course Includes 

10 easy-to-digest modules that will help you feel more confident working with racial trauma, training on body-based interventions that will leave you better prepared to work with clients impacted by race-based trauma, and accompanying handouts for each module.

Module 1

Foundations & Introductions

Meet the instructors, learn their “why” for creating this course, and explore the foundations of talking about race and race-based trauma.

Module 2

Intro to Race-Based Trauma

Participants will gain a strong understanding of race-based trauma and the importance of Somatic practices in healing.

Module 3

Incorporating Polyvagal and Window of Tolerance

Participants will learn about Polyvagal theory and strategies for increasing clients' window of tolerance.

Module 4

Identity, Bias, and Privilege

Participants will learn tools to reflect on their own identity, bias, and privilege so as not to do harm to their clients

Module 5

Identifying Blind Spots

Participants will learn how to identify their own blind spots and become more conscious of their implicit biases and instinctive worth.

Module 6

Moving From Culturally Competent to Anti-Racist

Learn what it means to move from cultural competence to anti-racist, and the difference between “not being racist” and “being anti-racist."

Module 7

Somatic Resourcing

Participants will learn specific somatic resources for race-based trauma that can help clients widen the window of tolerance for reprocessing and address generational trauma.  

Module 8

Assessing for Racial Trauma

Learn how to assess for racial trauma and learn specific strategies for supporting clients when they feel stuck.

Module 9

Clinical Considerations

Participants will learn strategies for working with different client populations around issues of race and racial trauma.

Module 10

Course Wrap-up & Parting Thoughts

Chinwe and Erica review main takeaways, next steps, and share parting thoughts and resources.

And as a bonus for purchasing the course, you’ll get access to an exclusive live Q&A with Instructors Chinwe Williams & Erica Bonham.

What Others Say

“I really appreciated the polyvagal resource and the mindfulness techniques we discussed. I find great value in learning and being able to teach actual skills that address trauma."

“This was excellent. Great positive and transparent energy from presenters! It was a great primer for the material and I appreciated all the thought and sensitivity the presenters put into it. We covered a lot in a short amount of time, and the focus on somatic approaches was excellent.”

“I really valued the incorporation of somatic theory and applications. Erica and  Dr. Chinwe—their warmth, knowledge, communicating “going there” directly but in a way people could hear it.”

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If you are a therapist or wellness professional who wants to deepen their understanding of racism as trauma and how to incorporate Somatic practices and other culturally-relevant interventions that bring the body and the heart into healing, this course is for you.

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