A Clinician’s Guide to Healing the Wounds of Racial Trauma: A 12-Session CBT-Based Protocol (BOOK)

When racism is the cause of PTSD, how do you treat it? Although racial trauma is a common form of PTSD among Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC), few therapists know how to treat it – leaving traumatized clients without the support they need to heal from the devastating effects of oppression and discrimination. A Clinician’s Guide to Healing the Wounds of Racial Trauma fills this gap by providing a 12-session, step-by-step approach for treating race-based trauma from a cognitive behavioral (CBT) perspective. Written by Dr. Monnica Williams – an internationally recognized expert on trauma and racial health disparities – it is filled with sample scripts, worksheets, tips, and guiding questions to help clients: -Defuse from the shame and self-blame tied to their trauma -Process trauma memories through exposure and habitation -Develop a stronger, more positive ethnoracial identity -Consolidate their trauma into a cohesive and meaningful narrative -Build coping skills and s