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Equity and Inclusion

Statement

HCEFT commits to being a community where therapists can learn how to be anti-racist in our work and personal lives. As our nation and communities struggle to acknowledge that white supremacy and white privilege culture has silenced voices and taken lives, we must also examine how we silence, exclude, and marginalize. Our goal is to create a welcoming community that upholds core values of equity, justice and healthy relationships that allow for true connection, risk, and vulnerability.  We are committing to listen to the anxiety, pain, and anger of our colleagues and clients and to educate ourselves to become actively anti-racist.

Diverse group of women

The events leading to the Black Lives Matter movement provides an invitation for us to stand together as human beings and acknowledge racism in our society and within ourselves. Living in a culture of systemic racism, we all have received racist messages. These racist messages inform our decisions, feelings, and thoughts towards people whether we are aware of it or not. In acknowledging that racism exists, we also stand together instead of allowing black, indigenous, and people of color to have to stand and face racism alone.

HCEFT is accepting the invitation to acknowledge and say out loud racism exists in our society today.  We are noticing within ourselves the biased thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and feelings that we carry within us. We notice what happens inside when we sit with someone who looks or thinks differently than us. We notice what thoughts and feelings come up. Instead of pushing them away or attempting to ignore their existence, we are open and curious about what our inner world tells us about those who are different from us. We can begin to ask more questions about where those thoughts or ideas originated. In untangling our own inner biases we can begin to talk more openly and honestly about racism in our community.

Goals Expand
  • Strive to maintain an overall climate and environment of safety, equity, and inclusivity where diversity is welcome and valued within HCEFT starting at the leadership level
  • Strive to maintain an overall climate and environment within the community of appreciation for others whose backgrounds, beliefs and experiences are different from their own
  • Provide an environment supporting the free and open expression of ideas, opinions and beliefs
  • Make trainings more accessible for Black, Indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ therapists and therapists who serve Black, Indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ through scholarships
  • Increase diversity of trainers within HCEFT for EFT Externships, Core Skills, and Master Classes
  • Increase cultural awareness and sensitivity within trainings by inviting trainers who incorporate cultural awareness and sensitivity into their trainings
Commitments Expand
  • Offer equity and inclusion based scholarships to externships, core skills, and master classes for minoritized professionals 
  • Invite diverse trainers to give externships, core skills, and master classes
  • Offer Diversity Equity and Inclusion trainings such as anti-oppression, anti-racism, at least every other yearOffer trainings for working with LGBTQIA+ at least every other year
Actions Taken Expand
  • Formed Equity and Inclusion Committee which meets monthly 
  • Wrote Equity and Inclusion statement to communicate our commitment and intentions around Equity and Inclusion to our community 
  • Created an Equity and Inclusion page on website to share resources with our community
  • Sent out survey to gain feedback from the community to write the above goals and commitments in order to create a safe, inclusive, and well-informed environment for all members of the HCEFT community, including Black, Indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQIA+
  • Offered free Anti-racism trainings for HCEFT leadership and community 
  • Scheduled future trainings with a variety of culturally diverse trainers for our community 
  • Provided training with helpers of externship to increase cultural responsiveness including understanding privilege, being aware of microaggressions, and creating a brave space for participants to bring their whole selves into the training space.

Equity & Inclusion Committee

Roma
Roma Williams MA, LMFT
Equity and Inclusion Sub Committee Chair
www.unloadittherapy.com

David
David Reynolds LMSW, MPA

Program Administrator at Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Equity and Inclusion Board Member

Laura
Laura Spiller Ph.D

Certified EFT Supervisor
Former HCEFT Board President
Heights Couples Therapy

Resources to learn, spread the word of change, and continue the discussion:

Ten Percent Happier
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria
the new jim crow
where do we go from here
anti racism daily
White Fragiity

Websites

https://www.centerhealingracism.org 

Anti-Racism Daily Email and Community

Oprah Winfrey on "Where Do We Go From Here?"

Podcasts

The Leading Edge Podcast: #16 The Social Experience of Being an Ethinic Minority: Impact on Attachment Style 

The Leading Edge Podcast: #13 Working Cross Culturally 

10% Happier Podcast: An uncomfortable (but meaningful) conversation about race | Lama Rod Owens

The Leading Edge Podcast: #3 Our Moves in Racial Reconciliation

Did we leave out excellent resources? Please let us know?

Email us at: info@HCEFT.org

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We are proud to be affiliated with the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), founded by Dr. Sue Johnson in 1998.

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If you register on or before December 8, 2017, 30 days your registration will be final. After you have been registered for 30 days, you will not receive a refund.

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In the event a seminar is cancelled HCEFT is only responsible for reimbursement of fees paid for the training. All costs incurred for travel arrangements are the sole responsibility of the individual or entity that made those arrangements. HCEFT reserves right to move venue location and assigned presenters originally advertised for an event with a 30 day notice to attendees. In the event a venue or presenter is changed, no reimbursements will be given. Venue changes are not to exceed 50 miles or 1 hour drive time from the original venue advertised. The individual or entity that made the arrangements to attend a HCEFT event agrees to hold harmless HCEFT, and its director, from any and all liability associated with those travel arrangements. By registering for any HCEFT sponsored or hosted event the individual or entity agrees to these terms.

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