In this training Dr. Aziza Belcher Platt shares more about the complexities of microaggressions as a student and therapist and how to work with them as they come towards therapist and client. Dr. Aziza Belcher Platt goes over models and ideas of how to work with them and also shares scenarios to help students understand their impact on others and the impact that clients can have on us as therapists.
Dr. Aziza Belcher Platt (she/her/hers) is a licensed psychologist providing culturally-responsive individual and group psychotherapy, family therapy, and psychological assessment. She treats various concerns and specializes in racial-cultural issues, trauma, and grief. She was inspired to get into mental health to contribute to efforts to make therapy more acceptable, accessible, and affordable, particularly for marginalized communities. Social justice and liberation are an indelible part of her work. For patients, she aims to eliminate barriers, structural and otherwise, to seeking and receiving quality and culturally competent mental health care, especially for underrepresented and under-served communities. As a practitioner, she strives to help the field and practitioners become increasingly more culturally aware and responsive. As a scientist, she focuses on health disparities and evidence-based research to inform culturally responsive clinical practice.