Beyond Therapy Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In this episode, our panel will include professionals and avid comic fans Felix Morton, IV, Wesley Wade, and Anna Hayes. We'll discuss issues related to identity, portrayals of mental illness, and the personal impact comics have had on our guests.
Learning Objectives
- Explore the role of comics and art in representation of cultural and racial identity
- Identify personal connection points between comics and identity
- Explore how comic hero arcs map onto specific underrepresented groups
- Question the complex relationship between art and oppression
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Almost all of us have had to navigate uncomfortable situations in which clients crossed boundaries or engaged in behaviors that made us feel uncomfortable or outright victimized. Today’s episode will explore dealing with inappropriate client behaviors. We’ll discuss personal examples and talk with Licensed Psychological Associate Amber Margareten about setting boundaries and seeking support in her work with clients in prison, inpatient, and memory care settings. We’ll also hear from a physician’s assistant working in an outpatient clinic about her experience dealing with sexual behavior and stalking by clients.
Learning Objectives
- Identify examples of inappropriate sexual behavior that counselors may experience in their work with clients
- Understand the potential impact of inappropriate sexual behavior on the counselor and counseling relationship
- Identify specific strategies for addressing inappropriate sexual behavior
- Explore potential supervisory and policy-based approaches to providing more scaffolding and support for counselors in advance of and in response to inappropriate client behaviors.
Meet our guest
Amber Margaretten is a licensed psychological associate and is licensed to practice psychology in North Carolina. She went to Appalachian State University and North Carolina State University for her undergraduate degree in psychology and obtained her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from North Carolina Central University. Amber has been in the mental health field for about nine years. Much of her work as a
psychologist was in various prisons performing individual therapy, group therapy, and psychological assessments where she worked with all custody levels from minimum custody to death row. She supervised all mental health services and mental health staff at her last facility and developed their treatment program.
Other areas of experience include geriatrics, chronic pain, psychoeducational evaluations, working in group home settings, providing critical incident care to first responders, and providing affirming care to diverse populations. Currently, she is the owner and sole provider at Worry Free Psychology, PLLC, a company primarily focused on conducting psychological evaluations.
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In this episode, Dr. Aisha Al-Qimlass and I will debate the risks and benefits of therapy speak and social media phenomena that relate to mental health. We’ll explore a specific example of therapy speak being used to break up with a friend and discuss the role of social media in stigma, service access, and mental health awareness.
Learning objectives:
- Define therapy speak in social media contexts
- Identify research findings related to the impact of social media in a variety of populations stratified by ethnicity, SES, and age.
- Explore specific ethical principles including non-malfeasance, justice, and beneficence that are implicated in the relationship between social media and counseling
- Identify strategies for counselors to integrate the realities of social media into work with clients.
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In this episode, I'll be talking with therapist and author Dreya Blume about her experience integrating Tarot into her work with clients. We'll explore a brief history of tarot, significant social aspects of the practice, and adaptations that make tarot useful for client introspection and self awareness.
Learning Objectives
- Understand historical development of tarot in social contexts
- Explore Jungian archetypal images represented in traditional tarot
- Understand the transition of tarot's use as a supernatural tool to a projective psychological tool.
- Identify strategies for incorporating tarot into counseling work including ethical issues around informed consent.
Meet our guest
Dreya Blume, LCSW been a licensed clinical social worker for almost twenty years, the same amount of time she's been working with tarot cards. She's always been interested in how therapists can integrate tarot cards into their sessions, and has written several books on the topic.
It's the season finale! What a fun journey this has been with you all. We will be back in July with Season 2, which will include
- Using tarot in counseling
- Supervising neurodivergent counselors
- Helping clients develop intuition post trauma, and MORE!
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Summary
The "Let's Get Critical" series explores current social and cultural movements, moments, and events from a counseling perspective. In this episode, Dr. Aisha Al-Qimlass discusses how public fascination with Prince Harry and Meghan Markel impact perceptions of family estrangement and mental health stigma.
Learning Objectives
- Identify types of family estrangement - precipitating factors, relational types, and common beliefs
- Understand the role of gender on social perceptions of family estrangement
- Identify difference between speculation and confessional phases of celebrity mental health disclosure
- Explore ways to mitigate socially conditioned expectations around mental illness and treatment in counseling and counselor education.
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Self promotion can feel outside of our scope as counselors. In today's episode, we'll talk with social media specialist, Devon Brown, about her work helping BIPOC therapists overcome internal and external barriers to marketing their practices and products.
Learning Objectives
- Identify potential uses for developing a social media presence as a counselor
- Identify ACA ethical codes that address social media use in the field and their application to self-promotion
- Explore values-based ways to approach marketing as a counselor
- Identify specific strategies for promoting your practice or other income streams with attention to time, financial, and emotional resourcing.
Meet Our Guest
Devon Brown is the owner of Let’s Write Your Future and is dedicated to helping successful mental health professionals become industry thought leaders using social media. Much of her expertise was cultivated when she worked as a travel influencer and a writer, having written for Time Out New York and National Geographic Traveler.
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Today's episode looks at decolonizing counseling practice and narratives of grief that are central to this work. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Shaniqua Ford shares her unique approach to incorporating indigenous wisdom practices into work related to transitions, grief, and identity.
Learning Objectives
- Define the difference between decolonizing and deconstructing as it relates to counseling
- Identify strategies for incorporating social determinants of health into support frameworks
- Illustrate the role of community and connection in indigenous and ancestral grief processes
- Identify community and family challenges associated with attaining higher education through predominantly white institutions and systems
- Explore the connection between capitalism, ambiguous grief and self worth.
Meet our guest
Shaniqua Ford, LCSW is a group practice owner in the state of Illinois. She earned her MSW from the University of Chicago. Shaniqua has over 10 years of experience holding space for folx within ministry and professional training through transition, loss and grief. As a spiritualist and therapist she helps folx utilize their faith traditions to cultivate healthy healing rituals to navigate both physical and ambiguous grief.
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As awareness of perinatal mood disorders and loss increases, clinicians are addressing these issues more frequently in the course of treatment. In today's episode, we'll talk with Perinatal Mental Health Specialist, Kayce Hodos about her work with perinatal clients. Today's episode centers the experiences of white, cis-gendered, heterosexual mothers. Stay tuned for our upcoming episode on supporting Racially and gender-diverse birthgivers.
Learning Objectives
- Identify common beliefs about motherhood that could be impacted by PMADS
- Identify aspects of social conditioning around motherhood that may predispose birthgivers to PMADS
- Name types of pregnancy loss, and specific impacts of loss at various stages of pregnancy
- Explore counseling styles that can strengthen rapport with perinatal clients
Meet our guest
Kayce Hodos, LCMHC, PMH-C
Kayce is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and National Certified Counselor with a Master of Education in Counseling from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She has received special training in perinatal mental health through PSI (Postpartum Support International), and is a proud supporter of the Secular Therapy Project.
Although she’s been working in the mental health field as a licensed therapist for over 16 years, it was her own experience with postpartum depression and anxiety that led her to focusing on the perinatal population. Once she had recovered, she jumped into educating herself through books, trainings, and earning the perinatal mental health certification.
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Traditional corporate structures can put a strain on counselors, particularly those from historically marginalized groups. In today's episode, Dr. Mona Nour discusses her journey as an Egyptian American to creating a mentorship model for private practice after years of emotional labor in higher education.
Learning Objectives
- Identify types of emotional labor minoritized counselors may be asked to do in education and work environments
- Explore resources new counselors can leverage to find employment
- Identify questions counselors can ask potential employers to determine values-alignment
Meet our guest
Mona Nour, PhD (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and adjunct professor, who has held numerous roles over the last 20 years in consulting, counseling, advising, administration, and teaching at the university and community college levels. Her research and special interests include belonging, bicultural identity development and integration, student and employee engagement, and consulting in various settings. She has served as a higher education administrator and consultant to revamp college programs, specifically regarding culturally-centered curriculum development, policy, and procedures aimed at fostering student development both academically and psychosocially. Dr. Nour currently owns a group private teaching practice focused on providing mental health access to historically marginalized and minoritized communities.
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Supervision is one of the most protective factors when it comes to burnout, but many counselors stop supervision after getting their licenses. In today's episode we talk with experienced clinical supervisor, Shannon Heers to learn about reasons for supervision, characteristics of good supervision, and how to make the most of supervision at different points in your career.
Learning Objectives
- Define burnout in a counseling setting
- Identify how demands and resources contribute to or protect against counselor burnout
- Explore the role of supervision in beginner, intermediate, and advanced practice counselors
- Explore identity-based issues in supervision such as lack of representation.
Meet our guest
Shannon Heers LPC, LMHC, CAS, ACS is an experienced therapist, clinical supervisor, and the founder of Firelight Supervision. Firelight Supervision provides clinical supervision and clinical consultation to counselors and social workers pursuing licensure, as well as post-licensure professional development. Shannon is also the owner of Catalyss Counseling, a group private practice located in Colorado. Shannon specializes in providing clinical supervision to beginner to advanced therapists, and is passionate about burnout prevention in the counseling field.
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Today's Episode
Today's episode features Dr. Brittany Bate, a psychologist and activist for LGBTQ2IA+ rights. We address treatment approaches that center the unique needs and challenges of LGBTQ2IA+ folx, advocacy strategies, and practical approaches to effective intervention.
Learning Objectives
- Identify differences between gender identity and expression
- Identify common gender blind spots counselors may have
- Understand the complicated relationship between psychotherapy's history and the LGBTQ2IA+ community
- Learn specific strategies for advocating along with issues to target.
Meet Our Guest
Dr. Bate is the owner of Be BOLD Psychology and Consulting, a queer-centered group practice offering mental health services throughout North Carolina. As a queer-identified psychologist, Dr. Bate’s clinical practice, advocacy work, training, and consultation is centered upon improving access to culturally competent, affirming, inclusive care for queer+ folx, including transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse folx. Her practice is centered on providing psychotherapy and letters for gender affirming care for transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals. She holds membership in several professional organizations and peer consult groups centered on regular consultation on best practices in providing gender affirming care. She was also an active contributor in authoring three statements based on psychological science to oppose the North Carolina General Assembly anti-transgender legislation.
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Rachel Lewis Marlow offers us a primer on her paradigm, Embodied Recovery for trauma, eating disorders, and dissociation. We'll discuss the basic principles of Embodied Recovery, which offers an intersectional, non-pathologizing paradigm blending polyvagal theory, attachment theory, and ecological approaches to identity.
Learning Objectives
- Name the 4 basic principles of Embodied Recovery
- Identify connections between eating disordered behavior and attachment injury
- Explore how our threat-response and connection-seeking neural networks are impacted attachment at individual, family, and institutional levels
- Distinguish safety from protection.
Meet Our Guest
Rachel Lewis Marlow is the Director of the Embodied Recovery Institute which provides training to interdisciplinary eating disorders treatment teams in trauma-informed, attachment-based and somatically integrative approaches to eating disorders recovery. Rachel is a somatically integrative psychotherapist, certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She is also a Licensed Bodywork and Massage therapist with advanced training and 30+ years of experience in diverse somatic therapies. Rachel has extensive experience as a teacher and presenter, focusing on accessing the body’s unique capacity to give voice to the subconscious and to lay the foundation for healing and maintaining psychological and physical health. In her private practice in Chapel Hill, NC, Rachel specializes in working with people exploring recovery from trauma, eating disorders, and dissociative disorders
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Dr. Dana Cea has been involved in the mental health field from all angles; as a counselor, educator, researcher, and consumer. In this episode, we discuss the role of stigma facing counselors with mental illness, barriers to care, and how peer support specialists can bridge the gap in suicide prevention and intervention.
Learning Objectives
- Define peer support and identify difference between peer support and counseling models of care.
- Identify examples of stigma related to severe and persistent mental illness within the counseling field.
- Learn effective strategies for self-disclosure.
Meet Our Guest
Dana Cea (she/they), PhD, MS, CPSS, CRC, LCMHC, NCC has a masters in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from UNC Chapel Hill, and a doctorate in Rehabilitation Counseling and Administration from East Carolina University. They have served as a member of multiple divisions of the American Counseling Association including Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; American Rehabilitation Counseling Association; Counselors for Social Justice; Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities. They are currently a member of Pitt County, NC; Board of Directors for the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI). Dr Cea has been a Certified Peer Support Specialist since 2015 and has volunteered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention since 2012 and NAMI since 2016. They expressed symptoms of anxiety at age 4 and were later diagnosed with SPMI, which has deeply informed their clinical practice and advocacy work. They currently own Panacea Mental Wellness, a private practice in Pitt County and teach in the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies at East Carolina University.
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In today's episode, we are going to be talking with counselor and fitness professional, Brit Guerin about the ways weight stigma impacts people of size in medical, mental health, and social contexts. We will be exploring weight from a Health At Every Size perspective, and will discuss ways that mental health professionals can more intentional in addressing the needs of folks in big bodies.
Learning Objectives
- Define weight stigma
- Name ways in which weight stigma impacts people of size in medical settings
- Explore the link between attachment and diet culture
- Conceptualize the link between attachment trauma and dis-embodiment
- Identify counseling approaches that encourage embodiment
Meet Our Guest
Brit Guerin, LCMHCA, MS, MEd has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Kinesiology, as well as a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She is a certified ACSM Exercise Physiologist and a trainer for the Size Inclusive Fitness Training Academy. She co-owns Current Wellness, a wellness center in downtown Raleigh with a mission to activate inclusive wellness for mind, body, and community. As a licensed therapist (LCMHCA), Brit specializes in working with folks who are experiencing anxiety, disordered eating, disordered exercise, and trauma-related symptoms. She uses a Health at Every Size® approach, a somatic lens, and the principles of intuitive eating to help clients create a healthy relationship with their body, food, and exercise. She is trained in Embodied Recovery for eating disorders, as well as EMDR for trauma-focused therapy.
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Racism impacts various aspects of health and well-being for people of African descent in America. Keisha Bryan, LCSW, LCAS addresses the struggles many black professionals experience in their workplaces, and communities. We unpack the ways White supremacy has created a structure where microaggressions are frequent and can negatively impact the therapeutic relationship, and talk through Keisha's experience as a Black woman, mother, and clinician in a Eurocentric community.
Learning Objectives
- Professional development trajectories and potential impact on feelings of competence and ability to be non-judgmental
- How racial trauma might present in clients with counselors of color versus white counselors
- The role of Black lived experience in working with racial trauma
- How Black women adapt to racialized work settings
- How counselors can effectively address racial trauma using Internal Family Systems strategies
Meet Our Guest
Keisha Bryan, LCSW, LCAS has worked in various healthcare settings with individuals that suffer from substance use disorders, and mental health issues. She has led groups, seminars, and retreats on a variety of topics including the impact of addictions on family members, divorce recovery, and depression. Keisha’s passion is working with Black men, women, that are battling the psychological impact of racism. Keisha offers individual and group therapy that provides safe spaces for her clients to process their racial trauma as well as heal from these traumas and various legacy burdens that have been negatively impacting the client’s mental health. Keisha practices through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS).
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Today's Episode
Today we are going to be talking about the intersection of attachment and racial identity, exploring some of the ways that current models of romantic attachment reflect Eurocentric standards, as well as ways we can adapt couples’ work to be responsive to straight BIPOC couples experiences of racism and inequity.
Learning Objectives
- Identify factors that impact attachment such as racism and historical trauma.
- Name primary attachment styles
- Explore the role of validation of emotion when working with BIPOC couples
- Identify ways Emotionally Focused Therapy can be adapted to straight BIPOC couples
Meet Our Guest
Dimica Lawrence, MSW, LCSW is currently in private practice in North Carolina. She received her Master of Social Work-Advanced Standing Program from North Carolina State University in 2018 and has worked in community-based and private practice settings with Adolescents with Severe Emotional Disturbances, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual and Developmental Disorders, Juveniles, couples and families.
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Nikki Birkenstock, MEd, LCMHCA, NCC about the unique challenges facing first generation, Spanish speaking students and their families. We'll be addressing the following learning objectives
- Identify barriers to learning that are common in public school settings.
- Explore cultural implications of family dynamics for Spanish speaking students.
- Define strategies for creating more accessible learning environments for Spanish speaking students.
- Develop strategies for exploring biases that could negatively impact Spanish speaking clients in counseling settings.
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Kelsey Domann, MA, LPC (OR), NCC about Intuitive Eating as a framework for body liberation. We'll cover the basics of Intuitive Eating and talk through examples of how diet culture can impact clients in medical and counseling settings.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the 10 basic principles of Intuitive Eating
- Explore scope of practice and ethical issues to consider when clients want to make weight loss goals part of counseling work
- Understand the role of racism and misogyny on client body image and beliefs about health
- Define healthism and understand how it can show up in the counseling relationship.
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Social Work Professor and Researcher on the ins and outs of clinical intuition. We'll explore how instances of connection can bring about healing, and barriers to accepting intuition as a valid form of knowledge.
Clinical resources and support:
Rhine Research Center
To contact Margaret Arnd-Caddigan about ongoing research and clinical opportunities to explore intuition, reach out to findingourminds@gmail.com
References for further reading:
Arnd-Caddigan, M. (2019). Clinical Intuition and the Non-Material: An Argument for Dual Aspect Monism. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
Arnd-Caddigan, M. & Stickle, M. (2017). A Psychotherapist’s Exploration of Clinical Intuition: A Review of the Literature and Discussion. International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy, 8, 79-102.
Roxburgh, E. C., & Evendon, R. E. (2016a). ‘Most people think you’re a fruit loop’: Clients’ experiences of seeking professional support from anomalous experiences. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 16, 211-221.
Roxburgh, E. C. & Evendon, R. E. (2016b). ‘They daren’t tell people’: Therapists’ experiences of working with clients who report anomalous experiences. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 18, 123-141.
Intuition in Therapeutic Practice: A Mind-Centered Depth Approach for Healing
Intuition in Psychotherapy: From Research to Practice
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Michelle Helms about working with folks experiencing Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADS). We'll explore the impact of stigma, culture, and social messaging about motherhood on the course of this family of disorders. We'll also discuss the nuances of treating these conditions based on fetal development, parent choice, and resourcing.
For more information on this topic, check out the resources below.
Clinical resources and support:
Postpartum Support International - PSI
References for further reading:
Long-Term Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Antidepressants on Physical, Neurodevelopmental, and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Depression During Pregnancy Affect Infant’s Brain Anatomy, But No Change with Prenatal Exposure to SSRIs
Prospective Data on the Use of Newer Antipsychotics During Pregnancy: No Increase in Risk of Malformations
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Dr. Marie Huggins about the unique challenges facing caregivers from diverse cultural backgrounds, with an emphasis on working with caregivers of color. We'll look at systemic factors that impact the wellness of caregivers, and learn strategies for connecting and providing effective support.
Check out the literature below to keep learning:
References
Bonds Johnson, K., Brewster, G. S., Cicero, E., Hepburn, K., Clevenger, C. K., Daniel, G., Pak, V., Paul, S., & Epps, F. (2021). Promoting Caregiver Mastery in Black American Dementia Caregivers. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab147
Apesoa-Varano, E. C., Tang-Feldman, Y., Reinhard, S. C., Choula, R., & Young, H. M. (2015). Multi-Cultural Caregiving and Caregiver Interventions: A Look Back and a Call for Future Action. Generations (San Francisco, Calif.), 39(4), 39–48.
Schulz, R., Beach, S. R., Czaja, S. J., Martire, L. M., & Monin, J. K. (2020). Family Caregiving for Older Adults. Annual Review of Psychology, 71(1), 635–659. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010419-050754
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Cassie Hamrick, MA, ATR-BC, LCMHC about her journey to become an art therapist, her experience of encountering her own whiteness, and how she uses art to inform her work toward embodiment and liberation.
For more information on this topic, check out the resources below.
Inspiring art therapy and socially engaged art work in Chicago:
A Long Walk Home
Stitch by Stitch: Conversations on Quilting, "Healing," and Abolition
Dolls4Peace
Naimah Thomas
Fontenelle Art
Protest Banner Lending Library
Kids Create Change
Queering the Parks
Territory Chicago
References for further reading:
Know History, Know Self: Art Therapists' Responsibility to Dismantle White Supremacy
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Dr. Joy Degruy
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Brean'a Parker, PhD, NCC about deconstructing counselor education to better align our professional goals to embody multiculturalism, social justice, problem-based inquiry and creativity. We'll discuss the importance of aligning our training to support critical awareness, inquiry, practice to support diverse clients and clinical populations.
Here are resources and references to keep learning about this topic:
References
Chapman-Hillard, C. & Parker, B. Embodied Social Justice Learning: Considerations for Curriculum Development and Training in Counseling Programs. Journal of Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (currently being prepared for publishing)
Singh, A.A., Appling, B., & Trepal, H. (2020). Using the multicultural and social justice counseling competencies to decolonize counseling practice: The important roles of theory, power and action. Journal of Counseling & Development.
Goodman, R.D., Williams, J.M., Chung, R.C., Talleyrand, R.M., Douglas, A.M., McMahon, H.G., & Bemak, F. (2015). Decolonizing traditional pedagogies and practices in counseling and psychology education: A move towards social justice and action
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Anna Smith, MSW, LCSWA, RYT500 about her experience working with and advocating for male sex trafficking survivors.
Here are resources and references to keep learning about this topic:
Boys - documentary
Case study 1
Case study 2
Resources
- humantraffickinghotline.org
- theaverycenter.org/research/
- yamt.org
References
Trudeau, E., Noble, S., Davis, S., Bryant, S., & Queen, A. (2021). Identifying Trafficking Experience and Health Needs among African American Male Survival Sex Workers. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-15.
O'Brien, J. E., Li, W., Givens, A., & Leibowitz, G. S. (2017). Domestic minor sex trafficking among adjudicated male youth: Prevalence and links to treatment. Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 392-399.
Cole, J. (2018). Service providers’ perspectives on sex trafficking of male minors: Comparing background and trafficking situations of male and female victims. Child and adolescent social work journal, 35(4), 423-433.
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