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Dear Jon,

I am excited to invite you to a live webinar, Waking Up to Racial Trauma, hosted by me and my colleagues Debra Chatman-Finley and Gliceria Pérez. We will be live on Tuesday, September 8th at 12pm ET/9am PT. Reserve your spot now:

[Live Webinar] Waking Up To Racial Trauma

We believe that it is time to wake up as a profession to the mental impact of racial trauma so that we can be a positive influence with our families, our clients, and the global community.

With this inspiration, I invite you to our free live webinar, Waking Up To Racial Trauma, where we will discuss:

• Why racial trauma has gone unrecognized for centuries
• Understanding the physical and psychological effects of chronic multi-generational threat
• Recognizing the signs of racial traumatization in psychotherapy
• Acknowledging implicit bias: making the unconscious conscious
• Creating a safe place for clients of color to share their experiences of racial trauma

This webinar will help us all wake up to the reality that while some of us human beings may be safe in this world, some of us are not...because of the daily threat of racial trauma.

If this makes you uncomfortable...please understand, this isn’t about shame and guilt! Working with our implicit biases has nothing to do with being a good person or bad person. In fact, wanting to be viewed as a good, well-meaning person can get in the way of this work.  

Even if you can’t join us live, make sure you sign up so we can send you the replay.

>>>Register Now: Waking Up to Racial Trauma

Waking Up to Racial Trauma is about participating in a global healing effort that has been put off for too long.

I hope to see you on the call on Tuesday!

Warm Regards,
Janina Fisher

P.S. We will also be discussing our new course, A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma. You can find out more about it and sign up here.

Dear Jon,

I had a fascinating discussion with two of my colleagues, Debra and Gliceria, during our webinar, Waking Up to Racial Trauma. It was too good not to share with you, so I invite you to watch the replay now.

[Limited Replay] Waking Up to Racial Trauma

One of the most interesting parts of our conversation was when we showed a short film called Silent Beats by Jon M. Chu, who also directed the hit film Crazy Rich Asians. 

Debra, Gliceria, and I commented on the clips, invited participants to answer self-reflective questions, and had a lively discussion on:

• Understanding how racism is actually a traumatic experience [14:56]
• Janina's personal experience of "waking up"  to racial trauma [16:54]
• Examples of cultural stereotypes that we notice in ourselves [24:39]
• What we can learn about ourselves through assumptions and biases [35:46]
• How our social and cultural environment affects our nervous systems [40:02]
• Where implicit biases come from [44:32]
• What happens when we fail to understand the experience of racial trauma [49:30]

The replay will only be available for a few days so make sure you watch it now. 

>>> Watch Now: Waking Up to Racial Trauma

I hope you enjoy watching our conversation just as much as I enjoyed participating in it. 

Warm Regards,
Janina Fisher 

P.S. If you aren't familiar with my colleagues... 

Debra Chatman-Finley, LPC, NCC, has 20 years clinical experience and has facilitated numerous workshops on the topics of micro aggressions, racial trauma, interracial/intercultural families, blended families and the impact of domestic violence.

Gliceria Pérez, LCSW, is a bilingual therapist with over 16 years of experience in the fields of mental health, trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse/neglect.

Dear Jon,

Our new course, A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma, with my brilliant colleagues Debra Chatman-Finley and Gliceria Pérez, is closing enrollment in a few days. Sign up now: 

[Closing Soon] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

Now is the perfect time to have a conversation about race. Given everything that’s happened this year, we need a place where we can make sense of events and our place in responding to them, and to get a broader perspective on things. 

This course provides a forum for people of all races to vocalize their thoughts, express their feelings, and learn from one another. 

Here’s everything that’s included in A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma...

• Three 2-hour LIVE video calls co-taught by our three presenters
• Access to the private Academy of Therapy Wisdom membership site that contains your course materials
• Downloadable replays of each call in video, audio, and transcript format
• Access to special participant bonuses including an exclusive Live Webinar With Dr. Nathalie Edmond on Uncovering the Trauma of Racism: Holding Space for Collective Grief and Rage

The increased awareness of racial trauma has caused many of us to question our own level of understanding of racial trauma and ability to resonate to what our clients of color experience.

We want to make a difference in a world where a black man can be killed because of the color of his skin.  A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma is a safe, non-shaming place to be in healthy dialogue with both expert teachers and like-minded therapy community, so we hope you can join us:

[Closing Soon] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

Warm Regards,

Janina Fisher

P.S. This program comes with a 100% money-back guarantee so you can try it risk-free. Register now.

Dear Jon,

We just opened enrollment for my new course that I am co-teaching with my colleagues Debra Chatman-Finley and Gliceria Pérez. To see all the details, click below:

[NEW COURSE] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

Most people who benefit from white privilege don’t often talk about race, let alone recognize its tremendous impact on people of color. Some don’t think it’s important, while others are afraid of being called a racist.

The problem is that when we don’t talk about race, we ignore the impact that systems of oppression have on marginalized groups, and we tacitly reinforce and normalize that oppression.

It is with poignant hope that we observe how, after the killing of George Floyd, many more people than ever before are waking up to racism and its effects, and are also more open and ready to take in new information—even as shootings of unarmed black men continue to haunt us in the news.

A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma will provide a safe space for discussions about race, microaggressions, racial trauma, and our own implicit biases. In fact, the presenters will share instances of when they themselves, as therapists of color, have committed microaggressions.

[Learn More] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

We can’t grow if we don’t challenge ourselves to think in new ways. I hope you will join us in this important discussion.

Warm Regards,
Janina Fisher

P.S. As therapists, we take pride and ownership in our skill of proper diagnosis of our clients. However, as a profession, we often inadvertently pathologize and misdiagnose clients of color, not recognizing the traumas that can affect people of color their whole lives. We must educate ourselves so we are fully equipped to help.

[Learn More] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

Dear Jon,

I am honored to be part of a new course sponsored by the Academy of Therapy Wisdom and co-led by myself, Debra Chatman-Finley and Gliceria Perez, two warm and dynamic speakers.  We are collaborating to bring you a webinar series called A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma.

To learn more, click below:

[NEW COURSE] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

As you know, our current world situation has highlighted once again the devastating effects of racism, homophobia, and classism on our society. Because we touch so many people’s lives, therapists especially need to be aware of these issues.

Meet Your Presenters:

Debra Chatman-Finley, LPC, NCC, has 20 years clinical experience and has facilitated numerous workshops on the topics of micro aggressions, racial trauma, interracial/intercultural families, blended families and the impact of domestic violence.

Gliceria Pérez, LCSW, is a bilingual therapist with over 16 years of experience in the fields of mental health, trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse/neglect.

This course is hosted inside the private Academy of Therapy Wisdom membership site and includes call recordings, downloadable access to all the materials, and participant bonuses. This is the first time the three of us have come together to teach, and it has been so insightful to collaborate.

[Learn More] A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

I hope to see you inside!

Warm Regards,
Janina Fisher

P.S. I appreciate Academy of Therapy Wisdom for their commitment to being an agent of change, and recognizing the economic impact that racism has had and continues to have on people of color by offering a generous discount specifically for therapists of color who are interested in this course. You can find the details on this page below the purchase button.

Dear Jon,

Registration is closing tomorrow for my new course, A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma which I am co-teaching with my wonderful colleagues Debra Chatman-Finley and Gliceria Pérez. You can get all the details on how to join us below:

[24 Hours Left] A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

The killing of George Floyd raised mainstream awareness that people of color face threat on a daily basis.

As therapists, we want our offices to be safe spaces for all people, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or trauma history. That can only happen when we explore our own attitudes about race and take it upon ourselves to become educated about racial trauma, microaggressions and implicit bias.

In A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma, we will meet to discuss three important topics:

1. Understanding Implicit and Explicit Bias: We’ll explore implicit and explicit bias, look at how implicit racial bias can exist, and define ‘racial trauma.’
2. Microaggression in the Clinical Setting: We’ll define ‘racial microaggression,’ explore how clinical settings can be ‘microaggressive,’ and increase our awareness of our own implicit biases.
3. How the Self of the Therapist Can Create a Healing Space for the Client of Color: We’ll discuss barriers to initiating conversations about race, introduce practical tools for self-assessing beliefs and biases, and explore how we can create a sense of safety for clients of color.

There is a common misconception that talking about race (or even acknowledging that you ‘see color’) automatically means you’re a “bad” person or a racist. But that’s just not true!

Our goal in this course is to increase understanding of the role of implicit bias in all of us so that we can all be less color-blind. As part of the solution, all therapists want to be effective and helpful to their clients. When we are better able to validate diversity, we can be more successful with all of our clients, not just the ones who are more like us.

[24 Hours Left] A Therapist’s Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma

I hope you will join us today.

Warm Regards,
Janina Fisher

P.S. You can get 6 CEs for this course if you need them. Check out the full information here.

Dear Jon,

We want to thank the more than 500 folks who have already joined us for Inside and Outside Threat from all across the globe. We had our first call last Thursday, and it was an amazing experience.

Since then, we’ve had a number of people who recently found out about this latest course asking to join, so we are reopening Inside and Outside Threat for just one day and you can register here. 

When you sign up, you'll immediately get to listen to the first session, which you can download and listen to on your own time, plus access to the 4 upcoming LIVE calls. Our next call is tomorrow, Thursday the 9th, at 9am PT/12pm ET, so do register now. 

[Limited Reopen] Inside and Outside Threat: Mind-Body Approaches to Fear and Danger 

Here are just a few of the comments we’ve received about the course so far:

Janina was lovely, as always. She is so clear, warm and supportive. She is a great teacher.

So thrilled to be a part of the course. I have enjoyed Janina's teaching for many years and look forward to being in this community.

Thank you so much for offering her wisdom so the whole world can know and benefit from her teachings.

Firstly thanks for a wonderful and informative presentation. Janina's warmth and wisdom are extra special "bonuses".

We’ve never been through a time with so much global fear and threat. It’s important that we are prepared to not only manage our own responses, but also help our clients manage theirs. 

Inside and Outside Threat is a unique online training course designed to meet the changing needs of therapists and clients during a traumatic time in history. We will offer a mind-body approach that anyone can use to support healing and combat the sense of threat. I believe the skills we discuss in the course are of utmost importance in this time when our worldwide environment feels dangerous to everyone, so we’re offering one final chance to join us.

[Limited Reopen] Inside and Outside Threat: Mind-Body Approaches to Fear and Danger

Scholarship Opportunity. With many of us facing economic distress (hopefully only temporarily), we know that some of you may not be able to afford the course at this moment. 

Because making this course accessible to the greatest number of you is important to us, we have created a scholarship program. To learn more, click the link below. 

Inside and Outside Threat - Apply for Partial Scholarship

Our next live call is Thursday, July 9th at 9am PT/12pm ET. And remember, even if you can’t join us live, all the calls are recorded for you to watch again and again at your convenience. 

I hope all of you remain healthy and well during these challenging times.

Warm Regards,
Janina Fisher

P.S. Join now and receive two special bonuses: Supporting Your Immune System, a trauma-informed training webinar with Janina Fisher, and First Trauma and the Body: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma by Janina Fisher.

P.S.S.  This training comes with an unconditional guarantee so you can try it completely risk-free. Join us in the Inside and Outside Threat: Mind-Body Approaches to Fear and Danger training here.