Learning Objectives & Agenda
- Explain how racialized trauma and manifestations of racialized trauma manifests in society and the therapy room and
- identify methods to decolonize therapy when working with BIPOC populations.
- Analyze the importance of therapeutic interventions to mitigate and alleviate the harm of systemic racism and oppression
in micro therapeutic practice. - Apply skills to lower defenses when discussing racialized trauma with BIPOC populations.
- Demonstrate 2 ways to develop a safe and supportive environment when engaging in conversations about race.
- Demonstrate skills to modify distorted thought patterns related to systemic racism/oppression and racialized trauma.
- Cultivate emotion regulation skills to manage intense emotions that may arise during therapy sessions when addressing racial trauma.
- Apply AEDP interventions, including integration, right-brain-to-right-brain communication, somatic tracking, and dyadic regulation, to cultivate culturally attuned therapeutic relationships.
- Demonstrate and practice allyship between BIPOC and non-BIPOC therapists.
- Cultivate and increase cultural sensitivity when facilitating therapy with BIPOC patients.
- Foster empathic confrontation to validate feelings while gently challenging defensive behaviors associated with racial trauma.
- Provide psychoeducation regarding the effects of racialized trauma and the importance of cultural sensitivity regarding racial trauma.
- Promote self-compassion to foster a kind and understanding attitude towards oneself and others.
- Demonstrate 2 ways to apply ‘change-for-the-better’ with cultural responsiveness.
April 10, 2026: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Seminar Overview
Presenter Introductions (all members of the Spirituality Group)
- Overview of Agenda and Learning Objectives
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Presenters: Sonya Parker and Heloise Ridley
Culturally Responsive Care: Mending the Divide
11:30 AM – 12:05 PM
- Oppressive Othering
- Boundary Maintenance
- Emotion Management
12:05 PM – 12:40 PM
Cultural Attunement: Heloise Ridley
- Right-Brain Communication and Cross-Cultural Relationships
- Nervous System Functioning and Dyadic Regulation
- BIPOC Clients’ Recovery and Empowerment
- Large Group Community Agreements: Marsha Elliot (12:40 PM – 12:45 PM)
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Break
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Nicky Cameron, Tabitha Azor, Marsha Elliot, Sonya Parker, Heloise Ridley, Connie Rhodes, Sobeyda Valle-Ellis, Steve Carroll, and James Santos
- Individual Groups and Group Introductions
- Instructions for Afternoon Restorative Experiential Exercise
- Healing Circle Instructions
- Small Group Practice
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Large Group Discussion and Q & A
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June 5, 2026: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Seminar Overview, Reflections from Previous Module, Overview of Agenda
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
James Santos and Sonya Parker
Soul Repair: Interoception as a Pathway to Healing Racialized Trauma
11:30 AM – 12:05 PM
Invisible Wounds: James Santos
- What are Spiritual Wounds?
- Undoing Aloneness, Spiritual Bypassing, Transformation, & Flourishing
12:05 PM – 12:40 PM
Somatic Manifestations of Racialized Trauma: Sonya Parker
- Allostasis and Allostatic Load
- Identifying Somatic Markers of Allostatic Load
- Video Presentation
12:40 – 12:45
Large Group Community Agreement Reminder: Marsha Elliot
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Break
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Small Group Restorative Practice Experiential Exercise:
Nicky Cameron, Tabitha Azor, Marsha Elliot, Sonya Parker, Heloise Ridley, Connie Rhodes, Sobeyda Valle-Ellis, Steve Carroll, and James Santos
- Individual Groups and Group Introductions
- Instructions for Afternoon Restorative Experiential Exercise
- Healing Circle Instructions
- Small Group Practice
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Large Group Discussion and Q & A
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September 18, 2026: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
A. Seminar Overview, Reflections from Previous Module, Overview of Agenda
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Nicky Cameron and Marsha Elliot
Beyond the Wound: Racial Healing through a Spiritual Lens
11:30 AM – 12:05 PM
Shame, Moral Injury and Oppression: Nicky Cameron
- Moral Injury and Oppression as Roots of Pathogenic Shame and Disconnection
- Tracking Shame through AEDP’s Affective and Attachment Lens
- Transforming Shame into Adaptive Emotion and Self-Compassion
- Cultural and Systemic Awareness for Inclusive, Safe Healing
12:05 PM – 12:40 PM
Spiritual Transcendence and Embodied Wholeness: Marsha Elliot
Spiritual Transcendence as a Pathway to Meaning and Post-Traumatic Growth
- Embodied Presence as Access to Transcendent and Integrative Experience
- Spiritually-Informed Principles Integrated with AEDP for Relational Repair
- Guiding Movement from Wounding towards Sacred Wholeness and Connection
Video Presentation
12:40 PM – 12:45 PM
Large Group Community Agreement Reminder: Connie Rhodes
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Break
IV. Session II: Small Group Restorative Practice Experiential Exercise:
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Nicky Cameron, Tabitha Azor. Marsha Elliot, Sonya Parker, Heloise Ridley, Connie Rhodes, Sobeyda Valle-Ellis, Steve Carroll, and James Santos
- Individual Groups and Group Introductions
- Instructions for afternoon restorative experiential exercise
- Healing circle instructions
- Small Group Practice
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session III: Large Group Discussion and Q & A
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November 6, 2026: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Seminar Overview, Reflections from Previous Module, Overview of Agenda
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Tabitha Azor and Steve Carroll
Courageous Recovery and the Spirit’s Transforming Power
11:30 AM – 12:05 PM
Transformance Strivings within Racialized Trauma: Steve Carroll
- Transformance Strivings Accessed through Grief
- Accessing and Cultivating Loving Justice
- Harnessing Love as a Spiritual Force that Transforms
12:05 PM – 12:40 PM
Transformational Affects of the Spirit in AEDP: Tabitha Azor
- Intersection of Spirit & Transformance in AEDP
- Integrating Spiritual Experience in AEDP Practice
- Deepen Therapist Presence as a Healing Resource
Video Presentation
12:40 PM – 12:45 PM
Large Group Community Agreement Reminder: Connie Rhodes
Break: 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
Session II: Small Group Restorative Practice Experiential Exercise:
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Nicky Cameron, Tabitha Azor, Marsha Elliot, Sonya Parker, Heloise Ridley, Connie Rhodes, Sobeyda Valle-Ellis, Steve Carroll, and James Santos
- Individual Groups and Group Introductions
- Instructions for Afternoon Restorative Experiential Exercise
- Healing Circle Instructions
- Small Group Practice
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Large Group Discussion and Q & A, Closing