Digital Seminar
Regulating Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness
- Average Rating:
- 392
- Faculty:
- Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Mar 21, 2025
- Product Code:
- NOS096468
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Many cross-racial interactions, inside and outside the therapy room, lead to reactivity and defensiveness that manifest in a number of ways, such as explosiveness, distancing, disengagement, and self-righteousness. But no matter what form reactivity takes, it gets in the way of meaningful and constructive conversations. These kinds of toxic interactions can ruin a friendship, work relationship, and even therapeutic relationship, leaving both parties feeling disillusioned, frustrated, and hopeless about not just current but future cross-racial encounters. In this workshop, we’ll explore:
- The anatomy of racial reactivity in order to help enhance race-related conversations and avoid inflicting racial harm
- How racial defensiveness can affect cross-racial engagement in the short and long-term
- Strategies for addressing, overcoming, and regulating racial reactivity inside and outside of therapy
- Effective ways to work with defensiveness to achieve honest and productive interactions
Credit
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Regulating Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness (682.6 KB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Regulating Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness - French (682.6 KB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Regulating Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness - Italian (682.6 KB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Regulating Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness - German (682.6 KB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Regulating Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness - Spanish (682.6 KB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD Related seminars and products
Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, is president of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice and clinical and organizational consultant for the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in NYC, as well as a former professor of family therapy at both Syracuse University, NY, and Drexel University, PA. He’s also the author of Racial Trauma: Clinical Strategies and Techniques for Healing Invisible Wounds, and The Enduring, Invisible, and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness, and editor of On Becoming a Racially Sensitive Therapist: Race and Clinical Practice.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kenneth Hardy receives compensation as a Clinical and Organizational Consultant . He receives royalties as a published author. Kenneth Hardy receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kenneth Hardy has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Objectives
- Identify common signs of racial reactivity and defensiveness in therapy.
- Utilize strategies for effectively addressing and dismantling racial defensiveness as it appears in session.
- Implement techniques for fostering meaningful and substantive race-related conversations with clients and colleagues.
Outline
The Anatomy of Racial Reactivity
- Causes and Contributing Factors
- Signs and Symptoms
- Relational Consequences
The Anatomy of Racial Defensiveness
- Causes and Contributing Factors
- Signs and Symptoms
- Relational Consequences
Strategies and Techniques for Overcoming Racial Reactivity and Defensiveness
- Tactics and Techniques to Foster Emotional-Regulation
- The Validate-Challenge-Request Method
- Practice Empathic Accountability
Summary and Closure
- Current risks and limitations of the literature
- Closing thoughts, feeling, and reflections
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Social Workers
- Physicians
- Psychologists
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