Counseling Black Older Adults with Racial Trauma
Information
Date & Time
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Define racial trauma.
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Summarize the historical societal influences that contribute to racial trauma for older Black adults.
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Identify and describe at least five presentations of racial trauma across the lifespan.
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Articulate how racial trauma across the lifespan can impact Black individuals in or entering into older adulthood.
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Name at least two assessments or interventions that can be utilized with Black older adult clients.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this presentation is to educate individuals on culturally relevant assessments, approaches, and interventions to working with Black Older Adults who have experienced racial trauma.
Description
This workshop will illuminate how compounded racially traumatic experiences across the lifespan impact Black older adults as they age. Incorporating themes pertaining to racial trauma created through Dr. Jones’ dissertation research, Dr. Jones will provide storied examples of racially traumatic experiences and offer ways Black older adults have navigated their racial trauma. This session will unpack race-based traumatic stress for Black baby boomers, address diagnostic absence of racial trauma in the DSM-V and how counselors circumvent the diagnostic shortcoming. We will further examine assessments, narrative therapeutic approaches, and interventions in treatment to empower racially traumatized Black older adults in obtaining mental wellness in older adulthood.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Janelle Jones, PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor at Agnes Scott College in Decatur Georgia. Dr. Jones obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Indiana University, her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Georgia State University, and her Doctorate in Counselor Education from the University of Alabama. She also obtained graduate certificates in Gerontology and Qualitative Research. Dr. Jones is a National Board of Certified Counselors Fellow, an NBCC Mental Health Facilitator, and serves as President for the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA). Dr. Jones has facilitated more than thirty national and international conference presentations and trainings. Dr. Jones’ dissertation research examined racialized trauma experiences across the lifespan for Black baby boomers. Her research interests include gerontological counseling, racial trauma, and mentorship in counselor education.
Financially Sponsored By
- Association for Adult Development & Aging (AADA)