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Decolonizing Therapy With Dr. Jennifer Mullan
A Workshop on Healing the Colonial Soul Wound
5-Hour Online Workshop | 4 APA/BBS CEs Available
4 APA/BBS CEs are available for an additional fee of $30. After you register for the workshop, your confirmation email from Eventbrite will contain a link to the site where you can purchase the APA/BBS CEs from our co-sponsor, Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA). APA/BBS CEs may be purchased at any time before the workshop, but only those who have purchased in advance will receive the credits. See below for details.
The current clinical approach to mental health is steeped in colonialism. There is a global mental health crisis, but the dominant Eurocentric lens that guides therapeutic practice fails to tell a complete and accurate story of why people are sick and how to get well, making it unable to lead to true healing and liberation for all people.
Clinicians, mental health professionals, and healers can either continue to speak only of the impact of childhood trauma—important, but incomplete—or choose to get to the root of the problem: separation from land, our ancestry, community, and our innate joy. Healing and our ancestors' experiences are deeply tied together. The world needs therapeutic healers who commit to an ongoing process of emotional decolonization and who are prepared to help the world dig deep and access true liberation, healing, and joy.
Join Dr. Jennifer Mullan, the visionary psychologist and founder of Decolonizing Therapy, for an immersive workshop designed for clinicians, mental health professionals, therapists, psychologists, healers, helpers, space holders, and anyone interested in exploring her approach to politicizing therapeutic practice and investigating the colonial soul wound as an approach to therapy and healing.
In this experiential workshop, participants unpack how the psychological roots of colonization are embedded in our bodies and minds. Dr. Mullan invites a shift in perspective and a shift in how we “do therapy.” Instead, she shares how to look at how we “undo the colonial grip on our minds, bodies, spirits and relationships.”
Dr. Mullan particularly focuses on key chapters of her book, Decolonizing Therapy and explores themes such as the colonial roots of therapy, therapy being deeply Eurocentric and colonial; the colonial soul wound, and the privilege of safety; expressions of colonization in people and practices. She examines sacred rage and disenfranchised grief and the path from historical trauma to collective healing.
Through guided meditations, personal reflections, and narrative therapeutic techniques, participants will gain practical skills for addressing intergenerational trauma and reclaiming ancestral healing practices.
Attendees can expect to leave the workshop with a deeper understanding of how to integrate decolonial principles into their therapeutic practices or personal healing journeys, foster community-based healing, and support others with colonized histories- and work on reclamation of health and releasing of shame if you are living with ancestral colonizing histories.
This workshop will be an experience that invites participants IN, and invites personal reflection, empowering participants to create healthier, less violent and more accessible care practices and communities.
Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.
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Jennifer Mullan, PsyD is a dynamic international speaker, professor, healer-spiritualist, scholar-activist, and widely known as the Rage Doctor ™. Dr. Jennifer Mullan is the author of Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice, which has ignited a fervent wave of acclaim and community support as a National Best Seller.
Trained as a clinical psychologist; Dr. Jennifer Mullan birthed Decolonizing Therapy®, a psychological evolution that weaves together political, ancestral, therapeutic, and global well-being.
Dr. Mullan is a major disruptor in the mental health industrial complex. Her work is an urgent call to dive to the root of global and generational trauma to unlock the wisdom of our sacred rage.
Decolonizing Therapy® catalyzes a growing movement of practitioners who are unlearning colonial methods of psychology. They are co-creating a new liberatory model of mental health.
Dr. Jennifer Mullan received ESSENCE Magazine’s 2020 Essential Hero Award in Mental Health, and was featured on The Today Show, Vox, Cosmopolitan, Allure, GQ, Bloomberg, Heal Magazine, Catalyst, and the Calgary Journal, among many others. She currently lives in Northern New Jersey on land that was stewarded by the Leni Lenape people.
CE Information
Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the DT Method framework: In particular how to begin to expand your inner framework, type of practitioner you aim to be, your own historical material and how this impacts the work.
2. Discuss Colonial Roots of Therapy: Identify the historical roots of colonization and its ongoing impact on mental health, including how these systemic issues manifest in therapy sessions and personal experiences.
3. Explain Personal and Ancestral Trauma: Develop strategies for acknowledging and healing personal and intergenerational trauma, utilizing techniques such as somatic movement, understanding of the spiritual bodies, metabolizing energy, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping.
4. Discuss Community-Based Healing: Learn the importance of mutual aid and community support in the healing process, and how to integrate these concepts into therapeutic practices or personal approaches to create more sustainable and humane care systems.
5. Utilize Therapeutic Equity: Commit to dismantling systemic ableism and other forms of oppression within therapeutic practices, ensuring equitable and inclusive care for all clients.
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
- CEs for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CEs for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of Continuing Education by the American Psychological Association.
- LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of Continuing Education by the American Psychological Association.
- SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes.
- For questions about completing the CE evaluation materials for this course, as well as receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact CIIS Public Programs at publicprograms@ciis.edu. For other questions about CEs, visit www.spiritualcompetencyacademy.com or contact Spiritual Competency Academy at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.
- CEs are only available for participants who attend the live workshop in-person or on Zoom. CEs cannot be issued to participants who view a recording of a workshop.
Important Event Information
Spiritual Competency Academy CE Issuance Policy
SCA can issue the Continuing Education units that have been purchased within 3 months of the associated workshop. Please note that if you would like to purchase CEs anytime after 3 months past the event date, there is an additional $20 administrative fee.
Accessibility Information
If you need to request accessibility accommodations, please email publicprograms@ciis.edu at least one week prior to the event. For more information, explore our Accessibility web page.
Recording Policy
Portions of this workshop will be recorded, and limited access to a recording will be made available to those who attend the live event. CEs are only available for participants who attend the live workshop in-person or on Zoom. CEs cannot be issued to participants who view a recording of a workshop.
Refund Policy
Tickets are fully refundable up to 7 days prior to the event start. Within 7 days of the event, a 50% partial refund is available. No refunds are available within 24 hours of the event start. Read our full refund policy at our About Us web page.
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