Counseling While Black and Female: The Invisible Struggles of Mental Health in the Black Community

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Racism impacts various aspects of health and well-being for people of African descent in America. Keisha Bryan, LCSW, LCAS addresses the struggles many black professionals experience in their workplaces, and communities. We unpack the ways White supremacy has created a structure where microaggressions are frequent and can negatively impact the therapeutic relationship, and talk through Keisha's experience as a Black woman, mother, and clinician in a Eurocentric community. 

Learning Objectives

• Professional development trajectories and potential impact on feelings of competence and ability to be non-judgmental
• How racial trauma might present in clients with counselors of color versus white counselors
• The role of Black lived experience in working with racial trauma
• How Black women adapt to racialized work settings
• How counselors can effectively address racial trauma using Internal Family Systems strategies

Meet Our Guest

Keisha Bryan, LCSW, LCAS has worked in various healthcare settings with individuals that suffer from substance use disorders, and mental health issues.  She has led groups, seminars, and retreats on a variety of topics including the impact of addictions on family members, divorce recovery, and depression. Keisha’s passion is working with Black men, women, that are battling the psychological impact of racism.  Keisha offers individual and group therapy that provides safe spaces for her clients to process their racial trauma as well as heal from these traumas and various legacy burdens that have been negatively impacting the client’s mental health.  Keisha practices through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS).

 

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