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Lunch & Learn: Echoes of the Past: Understanding and Treating Ancestral Trauma
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, March 2nd, 2026 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00
Trauma doesn’t begin and end with one lifetime – it can echo across generations, shaping how clients experience identity, relationships, and resilience. This training introduces clinicians to the concept of ancestral trauma and how legacies of suffering, displacement, or oppression may surface in the therapy room.
Participants will explore the psychological, cultural, and systemic dimensions of ancestral trauma while considering how to engage with it respectfully and ethically. Through discussion, case illustrations, and experiential reflection, attendees will learn how to help clients honor ancestral stories, differentiate what belongs to the past from what belongs to the present, and reclaim inherited strengths.
Therapists will leave with practical strategies for integrating awareness of ancestral trauma into assessment and treatment, while fostering healing that acknowledges both the burdens and the resilience carried forward through generations.
Workshop Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of ancestral trauma and its impact on individual and collective identity.
- Learn therapeutic approaches to help clients explore, process, and integrate intergenerational experiences.
- Identify strategies for fostering resilience, cultural connection, and empowerment when working with ancestral trauma.