BIPOC LGBTQIA+ Clients and the Intersection of Spirituality, Religion and Emotional Wellness: Integrating Internal Family Systems Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and Brainspotting in Clinical Practice

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Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Speaker

Margaret Conley, LCSW, MDiv Related seminars and products

MLC Consulting, LLC

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Margaret L. Conley, LCSW, MDiv, (She/Her/Hers), is the Executive Director of MLC Consulting, LLC, and the President of Mending Life Concepts Empowerment Group, Inc. She is a Licensed Clinical Social worker in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee where she provides crisis services and trauma-focused clinical therapy. Margaret is trained as a trauma therapist in Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, EMDR, and Adlerian Play Therapy. Margaret is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator and LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator. Margaret is a Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor endorsed by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.

Margaret produced an evidence-based model which is a clinically aligned theological method designed for use by clergy, academics, and clinicians to help lead the conversation around Faith-Based Trauma in individual and community settings. She is the founder of Healthy and Holy® Conversations and the producer of the Healthy & Holy® Summit.

Margaret received her Bachelor of Art focused on Sociology and Anthropology with a concentration in child welfare services from Valdosta State University. She received her Master of Social Work degree from Clark Atlanta University in 2009. Margaret completed her Master of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center in 2013.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Margaret Conley maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Margaret Conley is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.

Objectives

1. Apply the understanding of the intersection between religion, spirituality and emotional wellness among the BIPOC LGBTQIA community when working with clients.
2. Assess the importance of context of the spiritual thought or religious thought while in session with BIPOC LGBQTIA client.
3. Utilize techniques from IFS, SE, and Brainspotting to avoid or limit pathologizing your client.
4. Design IFS, SE, and Brainspotting treatment plans that limit countertransference or transference regarding personal views regarding sexuality and LGBTQIA community as it relates to spirituality belief, religious thought, and emotional wellness.

Outline

• Intersectionality and What it Has to do with Spirituality, Religion and Emotional Wellness in BIPOC Clients
  • Utilize intersectionality in clinical settings
  • Distinguish spirituality from religion
  • Investigate how both play into emotional wellness for the BIPOC LGBTQIA community
     
• How Spirituality and Religion Pathologize BIPOC LGBTQIA Clients When Used Out of Context
  • BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities and how each affects emotional wellness
  • Analyze pathologizing BIPOC; LGBTQIA; and BIPOC LGBTQIA
  • Pitfalls of using spiritual and religious teachings out of context
     
• How to Access Context for Use of Spirituality and Religious Thought in Therapy Sessions
  • Theorize the application of the Afrocentric Paradigm to practice with BIPOC LGBTQIA individuals as it relates to resources that are clinical in nature that incorporate Spirituality, Sexual orientation and BIPOC understanding
  • Spiritual assessment modifications that focused on BIPOC LGBTQIA clients
  • Clinically aligned spiritual references that have no agenda toward BIPOC LGBTQIA individuals/community
     
• Therapeutic Models Used In Practice for Spirituality Work With BIPOC LGBTQIA Community
  • Introduction of Internal Family Systems, Brainspotting, EMDR and SE as modalities of choice
  • How attunement is used with each model to support spirituality in BIPOC LGBTQIA community
  • Limitations of Research and Potential Risks

Target Audience

• Addiction Counselors
• Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Psychologists
• Therapists
• Social Workers
• Other Mental Health Professionals