June 26, 2026
8:30am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
11:30am – 3:00pm Eastern Time
Presented Virtually via Zoom Video Communications
Presented by
Shawntell Nicole Pace, PhD
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Building upon the March “Clinician Foundations” session, the advanced three-hour workshop deepens clinicians’ capacity to engage in culturally responsive clinical praxis grounded in Black Psychology and Liberation Psychology. Participants will examine how racial trauma and race-related stress influence identity, emotion, and relational patterns while exploring culturally rooted pathways toward collective healing and self-determination.
While Black and Liberation Psychology remain the guiding frameworks, clinicians will also learn how existing evidence-based strategies, such as DBT skills, can be intentionally integrated to support liberation-centered healing. Through case applications, experiential practice, and reflective discussion, participants will strengthen their ability to cultivate therapeutic spaces that honor cultural wisdom, empower clients, and promote liberation-oriented wellness alongside structured interventions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Apply Black and Liberation Psychology frameworks to conceptualize racial trauma and race-related stress within culturally responsive clinical practice.
- Integrate at least two evidence-based skills (e.g., mindfulness, distress tolerance, or emotion regulation) in ways that align with Black cultural strengths, collective coping, and liberation-centered healing.
- Develop an individualized praxis plan that sustains anti-racist, community-informed, and liberation-centered approaches within their ongoing therapeutic work and organizational settings
Instructor | Dr. Shawntell Nicole Pace is a nationally recognized scientist-practitioner-advocate whose work bridges science, culture, and healing. Rooted in Black Psychology, decolonial theory, and Liberation Psychology, she integrates ancestral wisdom with evidence-based clinical practice to advance culturally responsive mental health care. Dr. Pace holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology and a master’s in clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Georgia and currently serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Trauma & Acute Care Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Her research and clinical work focus on culturally congruent trauma interventions that honor Black and Brown communities’ collective resilience, spiritual wholeness, and radical self-reclamation. As a graduate-level educator and consultant, she trains emerging and practicing clinicians to engage in liberation-based, justice-centered praxis that moves beyond cultural competence toward transformative healing.
A TEDx speaker, Dr. Pace has been nationally recognized for her contributions to racial trauma research and decolonial healing frameworks. She remains clear in her calling: a psychologist for the people—committed to healing as a radical act of justice, rooted in culture, community, and the pursuit of collective liberation.
PRICING
Individual Registration Fee
$159.00
Group Registration Fee for 3 or more
$135.00/person
Students are eligible for 15% off individual registration fee. Email training@pdbti.org for more information.
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
Participants who complete the entire training will earn 3 CE hours. Partial credits will not be available.
Portland DBT Institute, Inc. (PDBTI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PDBTI maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Portland DBT Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6326.
Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Portland DBT Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Private Training Request
Portland DBT Institute training is available to schedule as a private training for your group. PDBTI’s training team travels locally, nationally, and internationally, to provide evidence based, adherent DBT training. Please fill out our Training Request Form and a training coordinator will contact you to see how we can work together to exceed your organization’s training goals.
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
A $60.00 handling fee will be deducted upon cancellation. Refund requests by email must be received two weeks before the start date.
PDBDTI reserves the right to cancel any program due to under-enrollment, work stoppages, instructor illness, or inclement weather. If a course is cancelled, PDBTI is responsible for refunding only the course fee.
