APSAC's 30th Colloquium
Thursday, May 25
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Plenary
9:45 a.m. -- 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Workshop Sessions
11:45 a.m. -- 12:45 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy Roundtable Discussions
12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Workshop Sessions
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Workshop Sessions
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Workshop Sessions
All times in Mountain.
Isha Metzger, PhD
Dr. Isha W. Metzger is a first generation American from Atlanta, Georgia by way of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dr. Metzger is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of The EMPOWER Lab, Owner of Cultural Concepts, LLC, a Certified Therapist in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), and she is the Mental Health expert for Salone Health, an organization dedicated to improving the health of Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad.
Presenting:
Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization Into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth
In this preesntation, we utilize the racial encounter coping appraisal and socialization theory to propose suggestions for adapting trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy—an evidence-based trauma treatment for children and adolescents—to include racial socialization or the process of transmitting culture, attitudes, and values to help youth overcome stressors associated with ethnic minority status
