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Racial Trauma
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, ,Regina Musicaro, PhD (she/her/hers)
Psychologist
The Albert einstein College of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Regina Musicaro, PhD (she/her/hers)
Psychologist
The Albert einstein College of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Alexis Brown, M.A. (she/her/hers)
The City College of New York
New York, New York, United States
Jasmin Brooks Stephens, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Predoctoral student
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Supriya Pandit, M.A.
CUNY
Bronx, New York, United States
People of color in the United States are exposed to race-based trauma in their everyday lives that often goes undocumented, invalidated, unspoken, or explicitly denied. In recent years, psychology organizations have become more politically minded and called on psychologists to use the scientific method to both treat the aftermath of violence and focus on contextual and behavioral factors that could reduce violence worldwide. Therefore, the cognitive behavioral therapy professional community is tasked with understanding and responding to race-based traumatic experiences in a culture that minimizes and denies them. We report on the impacts of police brutality and gun violence in Black adults, within group colorism in Latinx adults and racial gaslighting in a racially and ethnically diverse adults. It is critical that psychologists understand the impacts, mechanisms and coping strategies that people of color use in the face of racial trauma. Our studies use mixed methods approaches, including community participatory research strategies, to appropriately include people of color as leaders and developers of this research. Though the current findings are limited by cross-sectional data, they present cutting edge and novel foundations for the emerging field of racial trauma treatment development. In line with ABCT’s mission of building relationships with diverse stakeholders, the current work paves the way for dissemination of (culturally adapted) CBT, public education through partnerships and ethical delivery of science-based interventions. This symposium was developed through the work and collaborations of the Trauma, Healing and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) program, a clinic and research program that serves racial and ethnic minorities who have been impacted by trauma, racism, and discrimination. The THRIVE team and its collaborators are psychology trainees and psychologists dedicated to the clinical and scientific practice of responding to racial trauma.