Clinical Round Tables
Racial Trauma
Mudita A. Bahadur, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Private Practice
santa Monica, California
Lizbeth Gaona, Ph.D., LCSW, MSW
Assistant Professor
California Baptist University
Placentia, California
Janee Steele, Ph.D., LPC
Core Faculty
Walden University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Lisa S. Bolden, Psy.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
UCLA School of Medicine
Carson, California
Carmella Tress, Psy.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Coatesville VA Medical Center
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania
Jamie Schumpf, Psy.D.
Director of Clinical Training
Yeshiva University - Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
Bronx, New York
Hollie Granato, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
The global crises of the past few years has resulted in a double pandemic of both COVID-19 and racial violence around the world. Due to this crisis, clinical mental health care providers, in particular, have disproportionately reported high rates of mental exhaustion (Chen et al., 2020; Lin et al., 2020). As CBT therapists, we were required to quickly pivot to telehealth for our patients and staff, while concurrently experiencing the trauma and stress alongside our patients. This Clinical Round Table will discuss and address the experiences of burnout, which is defined by ICD-11 as exhaustion, mental distance from one’s job, and reduced professional efficacy. Preliminary data from a survey study regarding clinician’s experiences of burnout and secondary traumatization during the double pandemic will be presented and discussed. Treatment during the pandemic has revealed many gaps in our treatment approaches and diagnoses that need to be addressed going forward. Panelists will discuss signs and symptoms of race-based trauma, and how to identify and address these clinical issues for both clients and providers. Furthermore, panelists will present intervention and coping strategies that are useful during times of disaster and emergencies, such as third-wave techniques of mindfulness, cognitive re-attribution, distress tolerance, and radical acceptance. Lastly, the panel will broach the topic of the double pandemic from the systemic levels of state regulations and agency policies which impacted clinicians’ abilities to manage the double pandemic - from safety in the workplace with COVID-19, to ethically and flexibly delivering service, to supporting and supervising trainees during the crisis. Panelists will encourage creative problem solving and solution-focused approaches to managing the issues of burnout and trauma in our post-pandemic landscape. This discussion is intended for Clinicians, Supervisors, and Program Administrators. The Panelists are clinicians who practice and train in various settings, including public mental health, community mental health agencies, private practice, and other underserved settings. This Clinical Round Table is sponsored by the Diversity Action Committee of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Learning Objectives: