In this presentation, we integrate the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) (Billings & Tate, 1995) and PsyCrit (Crossing et al., 2022) to propose new theoretical guidelines that rethink the white epistemological assumptions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Our purpose is to 1) discuss how CRT illuminates the harmful limitations of CBT, 2) propose tenets that generate new understandings of race-related inquiry and oppression, and 3) present CRT-CBT interventions and processes that center justice for intersectional clients of color. We translate Socratic Questioning to Critical Socratic Questioning to consider how ancestral and cultural knowledge and beliefs can dialectically produce new understandings around adaptive thinking. Additionally, we present counter storytelling as a method to understand narrations of oppression in therapy as generative places for radical healing. We seek to include the audience through interactive case studies that showcase how CBT and CRT-CBT can lead to a different understanding of change processes in therapy. Sample questions include: What does CRT offer to thinking differently about therapy approaches specific to CBT? How do cultural adaptations of CBT inform our approach to CRT-CBT? We invite critique and movement forward of this work through praxis, community, and justice.
In this presentation, we integrate the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) (Billings & Tate, 1995) and PsyCrit (Crossing et al., 2022) to propose new theoretical guidelines that rethink the white epistemological assumptions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Our purpose is to 1) discuss how CRT illuminates the harmful limitations of CBT, 2) propose tenets that generate new understandings of race-related inquiry and oppression, and 3) present CRT-CBT interventions and processes that center justice for intersectional clients of color. We translate Socratic Questioning to Critical Socratic Questioning to consider how ancestral and cultural knowledge and beliefs can dialectically produce new understandings around adaptive thinking. Additionally, we present counter storytelling as a method to understand narrations of oppression in therapy as generative places for radical healing. We seek to include the audience through interactive case studies that showcase how CBT and CRT-CBT can lead to a different understanding of change processes in therapy. Sample questions include: What does CRT offer to thinking differently about therapy approaches specific to CBT? How do cultural adaptations of CBT inform our approach to CRT-CBT? We invite critique and movement forward of this work through praxis, community, and justice.
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