Description
The psychedelic resurgence has promised alleviation from a variety of mental health conditions, from depression and anxiety to PTSD. This becomes challenging within our society where external factors like poverty and oppression lead to continuous re-harming of people seeking to heal. This webinar will focus on how we can move beyond our trauma by refocusing our healing efforts on ancestral reclamation and liberation. Mainstreaming of psychedelics has been focused on the medicalized perspective, which assumes one has to approach the medicine with something to heal or "fix," instead of centering curiosity and reclaiming wholeness. This workshop will help participants understand how a this medicalized approach can lead to a replication of oppressive narratives that created the trauma to begin with and does little to alleviate the remnants of harm caused by colonial conditioning and mindset.
Instructor
Charlotte Duerr James is an Educator and initiated Medicine Woman of Afro-Caribbean and Germanic lineage. She works to create a world in which everyone is able to live in fearless pursuit of their radical transformation. She uses her skills as an educator, therapeutic coach, and ceremonial facilitator to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation.
Charlotte has been exploring her own mind and spirit with the support of Sacred Earth Medicines for over 15 years. She has completed a traditional apprenticeship with Kambo, is a Mbanji initiate in the Iboga lineage of present day Gabon, and has supported hundreds of community members in ceremony. She graduated summa cum laude from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Latin American Studies and Anthropology and most recently completed a 3-year training program in Transpersonal Psychology, Psychedelic Medicine, and Indigenous Wisdom with the Awe Foundation where she also serves as a program mentor. Charlotte has lived throughout South America and is a multi-lingual Spanish and Portuguese speaker. She is a lifelong student of the Earth committed to her ongoing unlearning and relearning process and has sat in ceremony with elders and medicine keepers of varying traditions. Charlotte feels that engaging in one’s personal decolonization work is imperative for being an authentic facilitator practicing in integrity, and in service to collective liberation.
Learning Objectives
Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
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Summarize findings from at least three recent clinical trials, including patient demographics and outcomes
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Identify at least three key challenges in therapist training and propose solutions.
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List four major obstacles to scaling psychedelic therapy and brainstorm at least two potential solutions for each.
Target Audience
Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists
We welcome anyone interested in the topic!
Late Fees and Refunds
The base price is $60, which includes CE credit.
Cancellations: **ALL cancellations will be subjected to a $35.00 administration fee.** Cancellations must be received 24 hours in advance prior to the workshop to receive a refund or an account credit.
ADA Accommodations
If you are requesting ADA accommodations, please contact our office via email at least two weeks prior to the workshop date. Requests after that date may not be fulfilled.
Our email address is cpe@ssw.umaryland.edu.
