Adolescence in Crisis-Racial Trauma and Identity (A Trauma-Focused DBT Perspective) – Eboni Webb

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Our youth are living through a critical and pivotal watershed moment in global history.

As if adolescence and identity formation weren’t hard enough, the global pandemic and racial unrest have introduced another layer of stress and trauma in developing youth across multicultural and ethnic experiences. 

If you’re not sure how to support these young people, you’re not alone!

Join Dr. Eboni Webb for this compelling 90-minute recording that focuses on racial trauma through the lens of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). You’ll learn:

• How racial trauma impacts adolescent development
• How it informs body politics and self-image
• DBT strategies for adolescents to cope, thrive and build a life worth living amidst racial trauma

1. Apply a racial trauma-informed treatment framework to existing and future clients.
2. Appraise how a DBT-informed approach can support clients who have experienced racial trauma. 
3. Utilize DBT strategies to overcome resistance to discussion, racial identity exploration and formation among adolescent clients. 

The Racial Trauma Survival Lens

• The impact of racial trauma on the developing mind
• Key features of healthy racial identity and its impact neurologically
• Common defensive survival strategies in racial trauma
• Historical traumatic wounds, hidden wounds, and microaggressions

Racial Trauma-Informed DBT Interventions

• Looking through the racial identity “life worth living” lens
• An ethnopolitical approach to racial trauma
• Utilize DBT to overcome resistance to discussion, racial identity exploration and formation among youth
• Learn how to balance validation, secure attachment, and DBT change strategies