Becoming Unstuck: The Impact of RBTS on Adult BIPOC Individuals, and the Implications for Adapting Narrative Exposure Therapy to Support Adult BIPOC Individuals
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Authors
Chana, Harpreet
Issue Date
2024
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
race-based traumatic stress , racial trauma , trauma , narrative exposure therapy , BIPOC , people of colour
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Abstract
This capstone explores the impact of racial trauma or race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) on adult Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) and the implications of adapting narrative exposure therapy (NET) to address BIPOC individuals struggling with RBTS. It unveils the adverse impacts that racism and racial discrimination have on the BIPOC population's mental health and emphasizes the significance of mental health practitioners being more aware of the effects of race. This capstone highlights the omnipresence of racism and racial discrimination in the lives of BIPOC individuals and the call for mental health practitioners and the counselling discipline itself to be more aware of the effects of racism. Stressing the importance of understanding how racial trauma or RBTS affects BIPOC individuals and how mental health practitioners can be better prepared to address racial trauma/RBTS in counselling. One way is to adapt NET to work specifically with RBTS and BIPOC individuals. This paper advocates for being racially aware in counselling to support BIPOC individuals better, emphasizing the importance of flexibility in therapeutic approaches. Through a literature review, this study identifies gaps in the research, urges further empirical study, and shows how NET can be adapted to work with RBTS in BIPOC individuals. This capstone research project broadens the scope of interventions accessible to mental health practitioners who may be supporting adult BIPOC clients struggling with RBTS, which opens areas for future research in studying RBTS and addressing it in the therapeutic frame. Thus, the mental health field is calling for a shift for mental health practitioners to be more racially aware by taking more training, education, and supervision.
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