Workshop Description:
As therapists, we are uniquely poised to facilitate internal and external conversations around racism, misogyny, immigration, sexual assault, religious persecution, and the reality of war. We are also blessed with the skills to shift these uncomfortable conversations from those that breed separation to those that build trust and re-connection.
This course begins with the premise that peacebuilding is a multi-faceted approach to changing relationships between individuals and groups. It begins with a shift in our internal dialogue and perceptions. Peacebuilding serves as the perfect opportunity for each of us to achieve the innate goal of connection, and as a pathway to achieving the higher spiritual goals of love, empathy, healing and forgiveness.
Through exploring fundamental questions of meaning, purpose, and desire, participants are encouraged to find space for spirituality and peacebuilding in both their clinical work and their personal development.
*The material in this course meets the requirement for anti-oppressive, social work practice content.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand peacebuilding as an essential therapeutic tool.
2. Incorporate our professional code of ethics into personal framework for resolving conflicts.
3. Explore the value of mirroring, curiosity, empathy, and validation as tools for relational healing and growth.
4. Assess our own clinical leadership style.
5. Learn to quiet the inner voice that may diminish our capacity to show up as allies for the underserved.