Dear Strong Black Women
Using Movement to Break Free from the Binds of Oppression
Earn 2 New York State LCAT, LCSW, LMHC or LMSW Continuing Education Credit
From the Comfort of Your Own Home on Your Own Schedule!
Course Description:
Slavery, Jim Crow, and modern day institutionalized racism are all systems of oppression that have historically affected Black women and continue to affect Black women today. While Black women are strong and beautifully resilient, there's no escaping the long-term mental health effects of oppression, like depression. This presentation will explain how oppression affects Black women's mental health and how dance/movement therapy can be used to combat its effects and encourage healing.
Course Objectives
Learn ways in which oppression affects Black women
Understand depression from one body-based perspective, separate from the popular chemical imbalance theory.
Learn how to utilize principles of Kestenberg movement profile in conjunction with Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory to encourage a sense of bodily safety and autonomy for Black women and other marginalized groups.
Course Curriculum
Welcome to the Continuing Education Program at Dancing Dialogue
— Dancing Dialogue's Self-Study Continuing Education Program
— Getting Your Continuing Education Credit
— Introducing Jennifer Sterling, MS, R-DMT, LCAT-lp
Dear Strong Black Woman: Using Movement to Break Free from the Binds of Oppression
— Understanding the Strong Black Woman Archetype
— Dance/ Movement Therapy and the Strong Black Woman
— Dance Experiential
Conclusion, Closing and Course Examination
— Processing and Conclusion
— Course Examination
— Course Evaluation
Course Instructor:
Jennifer Sterling, M.S, R-DMT, LCAT-lp is a Black woman. She is also a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist and the creator of Bodyful Healing, an initiative that offers support and resources to black women living with depression. Having witnessed the adverse effects of oppressive systems on black women in her community and through her own lived experience, Jennifer has made it her mission to help reduce the stigma around mental illness within black communities, as well as educate others on the effects of oppression on black women's bodies.