Decolonizing Therapy: Power, Context, and Healing in Clinical Practice
May 29 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$150
3 CE Hours | Hybrid Training
Approved Continuing Education Provider (BBHT)
Approved Continuing Education Provider (BBHT)
Date: May 29, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Registration Options
In-Person Attendance (Saint Paul, MN)
Limited to 20 participants (small group experience)
Limited to 20 participants (small group experience)
Location: 275 4th St E, Suite 301, Saint Paul, MN
Virtual Attendance (Zoom)
Attend from anywhere (no limit)
Fee: $150 (applies to both in-person and virtual)
Many clinicians feel tension between standard therapy models and the complex realities their clients live in. This training helps bridge that gap.
About This Training
Modern psychotherapy often emphasizes individual coping strategies while overlooking the broader social, cultural, and historical contexts that shape mental health. This training invites clinicians to expand their lens and examine how power, systems, identity, and lived experience influence the therapeutic process.
Participants will explore how dominant psychological frameworks may unintentionally reinforce systemic inequities and how clinicians can practice in ways that are more context-aware, culturally responsive, and ethically grounded.
Through reflection, discussion, and practical application, clinicians will learn ways to integrate a more expansive understanding of healing that honors both individual experience and social context.
This training supports clinicians in expanding their clinical lens beyond individual symptoms to include context, power, and lived experience.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify how historical and systemic forces influence mental health and clinical practice.
- Recognize ways dominant therapy models may overlook social and cultural context.
- Apply more context-aware and culturally responsive approaches within clinical work.
Who Should Attend
This training is appropriate for:
- Licensed therapists
- Pre-licensed clinicians
- Social workers
- Counselors
- Marriage and family therapists
- Mental health professionals interested in culturally responsive care
What You’ll Gain
- A broader framework for understanding client experiences beyond individual symptoms
- Practical ways to integrate context and culture into clinical decision-making
- Greater clarity in navigating power, identity, and systemic influences in therapy
Continuing Education
- This training offers 3 continuing education (CE) clock hours for LPC/LPCC professionals.
- This activity has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (Approval #2026.CE.138).
- Participants must attend the full training to receive CE credit.
- Other mental health professionals are welcome to attend; however, they are responsible for verifying CE acceptance with their respective licensing boards.
- Registration is confirmed once payment is completed.
- Refunds available up to 7 days prior to the training.
Register & Pay $150
Important Information
Attendance is required for the full duration of the training to receive CE credit.
Virtual participants will receive the Zoom link via email prior to the training.
In-person space is limited to 20 participants.Facilitated by,
Virtual participants will receive the Zoom link via email prior to the training.
In-person space is limited to 20 participants.Facilitated by,
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Maria K. Siddiqui, MA, ATR-BC, LPCC, NCC
Board-Approved Supervisor
Board-Approved Supervisor
Board-Certified Art Therapist
Trauma-Informed Art Psychotherapist
Anchored Relational Therapy Consultant
Founder, Process Within PLLC
Trauma-Informed Art Psychotherapist
Anchored Relational Therapy Consultant
Founder, Process Within PLLC
Hosted by Art of Counseling PLLC
Offered by Process Within PLLC
Offered by Process Within PLLC
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This is part of a series. Please save the dates for the following:
June 12th, 10 am-1 pm. Burnout Is Not a Personal Failure: Anti-Capitalist Perspectives on Therapist Exhaustion.
August 28th, 10 am-1 pm. Ethics Beyond the Code: Cultural Humility, Power, and Clinical Responsibility.
September 11th, 9 am-4 pm. Art Therapy & Integrative Practices with BIPOC Communities.
October 23rd, 10 am-1 pm. Working with Intergenerational & Collective Trauma.
Frequent attendees will receive a discount code for future sessions in the series.