Friday Continuing Education Series: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt Your Practice: Implicit Bias, Victoria Herzog, LMFT

MARIN COUNTY CHAPTER OF CAMFT

FRIDAY CONTINUING EDUCATION SERIES

Everyone is biased, no matter how open-minded or educated and regardless of political beliefs; it’s an inevitable aspect of being human. Also known as unconscious bias, implicit bias can be positive or negative and can come in many forms, including innate tendencies as well as internalized beliefs, about a variety of cultural facets. Regardless of their form, if you’re not aware of them, the more trouble they might cause in your professional (as well as personal) relationships.

In this training, Victoria explains the causes and types of implicit bias, then focuses on helping attendees better understand and begin addressing their own. The training will also help attendees understand how implicit bias may show up in the practice of psychotherapy, and offer suggestions on how to work with biases in clients.

This training was presented on October 13 to a very small audience in the midst of the horrific northern CA wildfires and coincidentally during the repaving of the Corte Madera Town Center's parking lot nearest the Community Room in which our meetings are held. The Marin CAMFT Friday CE Committee decided to give Marin CAMFT members and the community another chance to attend this excellent presentation at a time that is hopefully calmer.

Victoria Herzog is a licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical supervisor, trainer, and consultant who specializes in working with teens, families, couples, and young adults in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. As an immigrant with a multicultural background, she provides Culturally Inclusive Therapy and is knowledgeable about a variety of cultural aspects including implicit bias, acculturation gaps, and socioeconomic, religious, and racial/ethnic differences, as well as sexual and gender minorities. Victoria worked for many years in community agencies, schools, and a reproductive clinic for teens and young adults before opening a full-time practice in Novato.