Continuing Education on Inclusive Practice

Are you worried that racial dynamics and overlooked literacy barriers may be affecting the safety, trust, and effectiveness of your work with clients?

  • Are you navigating institutional expectations that disregard cultural knowledge or place extra burdens on you as the “diversity” representative?

  • Are you unsure how to address race in the therapy room without causing discomfort or unintentionally contributing to racial trauma?

  • Do you notice clients struggling to complete intake forms, worksheets, or written homework but aren’t sure how to support them?

  • Do you feel uncertain about how to repair ruptures when racial harm occurs in the therapeutic relationship?

  • Are you exhausted from managing microaggressions within your workplace, supervision, or client interactions?

  • Do you find yourself wondering whether your clients of color feel fully seen, heard, and emotionally safe with you?

As mental health providers our work involves creating a safe space for clients to engage with their deepest vulnerabilities. However, sometimes that includes working in environments that can be emotionally exhausting, and in creating those spaces we pour from an empty cup. As a therapist of color, you may be looking for a space where your realities are acknowledged, your expertise is valued, and your resilience isn’t taken for granted. As a white therapist, you may be seeking guidance because you want to ensure that your practice is not perpetuating racial harm—and instead becomes a space of genuine safety, accountability, and antiracist care.

Creating that safe space includes acknowledging and being cognizant of the systemic barriers that make the act of seeking therapy inherently unsafe for certain demographics. These barriers include literacy difficulties, you may be seeking strategies to make therapy more accessible, shame-free, and effective for clients whose literacy needs have long been overlooked.

Everyone has blind spots…

Even as therapists, we are human first. Like all people, we carry biases shaped by our traditions, cultures, and lived experiences. Choosing to engage in this work reflects a commitment not only to supporting our clients, but also to continuing our own growth. Just as we approach our clients with care, curiosity, and accountability within a safe and compassionate space, we deserve to offer ourselves the same grace. If you are seeking to deepen your awareness and become a more effective clinician, you are in the right place.

Many therapists of color experience microaggressions from clients and, at times, colleagues. Feeling safe, respected, and supported in our workplaces is essential—especially in a profession that asks us to remain emotionally present and attuned. Employers and colleagues alike have a responsibility to understand how privilege and power dynamics show up in clinical and professional spaces. Wanting this level of awareness and safety is neither unreasonable nor unprofessional. For White therapists, this includes an ongoing practice of recognizing privilege across settings—from the therapy room to supervision and collegial relationships—and holding ourselves and those with shared identities accountable in the effort to create truly inclusive environments.

While therapists hold many different identities that shape how we practice and connect with clients, we also share a common experience: advanced education and professional literacy. This shared background can create an unintentional blind spot, particularly around how accessible our services truly are. Intake paperwork and clinical processes often assume a level of literacy that not all clients possess, which can unintentionally create barriers to care. These barriers disproportionately impact the communities that often need support the most. By re-examining and streamlining our intake processes, we can take meaningful steps toward making therapy more welcoming, accessible, and equitable—and this training is designed to help you do just that.

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Our Continuing Education Unit training on Inclusive Practice

At FTC Learning, our trainings are designed to build foundational knowledge, strengthen practical skills, and support real-life application. Our Inclusive Practice Training is led by seasoned licensed clinical professional counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists who bring experience from schools, private practice, and group practice settings. Each training is grounded in evidence-based research and tailored for a wide range of professionals, including clinicians, business professionals, and school officials.

Some of the key topics addressed in our Inclusive Practice Training include:

  • Understanding race as a social construct and its impact on clinical work

  • Examining implicit bias, privilege, and cultural conditioning in therapeutic relationships

  • Managing defensiveness, guilt, and discomfort when discussing race in therapy

  • Developing skills for ongoing racial self-reflection and accountability

  • Addressing racial trauma while maintaining therapeutic presence and boundaries

  • Navigating dual roles of healer and impacted individual

  • Understanding literacy as a social determinant of mental health

  • Adapting therapeutic communication, paperwork, and interventions for accessibility

Our trainings combine clinical experience with evidence-based methods to deliver high-quality, practical learning. Trainings include slideshow presentations, role plays, take-home resources, and opportunities for discussion, reflection, and case consultation. Trainings are offered in a hybrid format—virtually or in person—based on individual or organizational preference, and all sessions are conducted in small, interactive groups that encourage collaboration and community building.

Learning outcomes include: Assess the impact of  microaggressions on therapeutic outcomes, recognize microaggressions on the client and organizational levels, recognize how White racial identity influences clinical presence, power dynamics, and decision-making, develop intentional strategies for addressing and repairing racial harm at both client and organizational levels.

  • This training acknowledges the unique challenges therapists of color face, including racialized stress, countertransference, and the emotional labor of holding space for others while being impacted themselves. It offers validation, practical strategies, and frameworks for sustaining ethical, grounded, and affirming clinical practice.

  • Literacy significantly affects access to care, client engagement, and treatment outcomes, yet it is often overlooked in therapy settings. This training highlights how literacy intersects with race, class, and trauma, and provides guidance on adapting clinical communication to promote equity, dignity, and client empowerment.

  • This training is designed for mental health professionals at all stages of practice who are committed to inclusive, culturally responsive care. Content is relevant for White clinicians seeking to deepen racial awareness, therapists of color navigating racism in clinical spaces, and providers interested in addressing overlooked barriers such as literacy in therapy.

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