About this workshop
Working with the impacts of systemic trauma on BIPOC and LGBTQI couples and relationships is critically important and nuanced work. Couples from marginalized BIPOC and LGBTQI communities often enter therapy while navigating not only interpersonal challenges but also the ongoing impacts of systemic trauma, discrimination, and social inequities. This systemic trauma shapes emotional safety, conflict, connection, and the ability to be fully seen within relationships. Traditional couple therapy approaches may not fully account for these broader sociocultural dynamics, leaving clinicians without a clear framework for addressing them in practice. This 6-hour training introduces clinicians to a trauma-informed and liberatory approach to working with the impacts of systemic trauma on marginalized BIPOC and LGBTQI couples. Drawing on the BIOME therapeutic stance and the PRIDE process, participants will explore how systemic stressors create trauma for BIPOC and LGBTQI couples influencing relational dynamics. The will learn to create environments that support safety, resilience, and connection. Attendees will learn to assess relational privilege, recognize adaptive survival strategies, and apply practical, culturally responsive interventions in their work with the impacts of systemic trauma on couples. Designed for therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals, this training offers both a conceptual foundation and actionable tools to support BIPOC and LGBTQI couples impacted by systemic trauma to build relationships in the context of ongoing stress. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how to integrate awareness of systemic trauma into couple therapy and greater confidence in facilitating meaningful, responsive, and liberatory clinical work.
course information
Individual Registration: Early Bird Rate: $145; Regular Rate: $165; Late Registration: $185
- Early Registration Deadline: October 9, 2026. Late Registration begins November 20, 2026
- Black Therapists Rock and all BIPOC clinicians are eligible for an equity discount of 25% by using the code EQUITY in the online registration form.
- NEAFAST Members are eligible for a 15% discount using the code NEAFAST.
- 6 CEs will be available at an additional cost of $25 paid upon registration for social workers, mental health counselors, marriage & family therapists and anyone else who determines their board will accept our CEs.
Location
The event will be held live on Zoom. We will not be recording this event for participant access.
Registration Instructions
Payment options: online registration using PayPal as a conduit to your credit card or a PayPal account. You may also register online and mail a check with a note indicating what program the payment is for. If you are mailing payment, please note that your space is not reserved until we receive it.
Email acknowledgments will be sent to confirm receipt of online registrations only.
An email will be sent a few days before the start date of the event with further details.
Email acknowledgments will be sent to confirm receipt of online registrations only.
An email will be sent a few days before the start date of the event with details about your program.
Additional Information
- 10-12:00am learning
- 12:00-12:15 pm Break
- 12:15pm-1:15pm learning
- 1:15-2:15pm Lunch
- 2:15pm-4:15pm learning
- 4:15-4:30pm Break
- 4:30-5:30pm learning
This training intentionally centers neglected, marginalized voices, recognizing lived experience as a vital source of knowledge in the therapeutic process. Participants will be invited to critically reflect on dominant clinical frameworks, engage with the epistemologies of marginalized communities, and consider how therapy can move beyond neutrality toward practices that are more equitable, responsive, and liberatory for BIPOC and LGBTQI couples impacted by systemic trauma.
Participants MUST attend 100% of the program to earn the 6 CEs approved for eligible professions.
CE certificates will be downloadable within three days of each event after participants complete the workshop or course and fill out the online evaluation.
Therapy Training Boston is approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6707 for Mental Health Counselors. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Therapy Training Boston is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CEs FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS
This activity application has been submitted to NEAFAST on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health & Human Services Professions for LMFT Professional Continuing Education. The States of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapy. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CEs FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
This program application has been submitted for 6 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approving Program,
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No refunds are available for cancellations by participants regardless of the reason or time frame. If participants cancel 30 days or more prior to the event beginning, they may apply the fee to a future program. Workshops may be cancelled by Therapy Training Boston if minimum enrollment requirements are not met or in the case of other unexpected circumstances. If this occurs, a full refund will be provided.