Beyond Hate and Towards Love: Social Workers’ Role in Confronting
and Dismantling Oppression
Enroll in the Online Self-Study course and complete it at your own pace.
1 CE hour available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion.
Systemic oppression isn’t just a social issue—it’s a clinical one. When unexamined bias and cultural blind spots go unchecked, they can quietly shape treatment agendas, damage therapeutic alliances, and deepen disparities in care.
If you’re committed to dismantling injustice in all its forms—not just in society, but in your clinical practice—this course offers an essential step forward in awareness, humility, and action.
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Dr. Claire Green-Forde, LCSW, brings an unflinching yet compassionate lens to this critical conversation. As a social worker, policy advocate, and leader in racial and social justice, Dr. Green-Forde’s experience spans mental health, trauma, criminal justice, and human development. Her work reflects a deep understanding of intersectionality, cultural humility, and the clinical impacts of systemic oppression.
In this self-paced course, Dr. Green-Forde creates a supportive learning space that invites participants to challenge internalized beliefs, examine unconscious bias, and reconnect to the core values of behavioral health work. Through storytelling, research, and calls to action, she encourages clinicians to do the work of reflection, repair, and re-alignment with the ethics of equity and justice.
Course topics include the clinical impact of racial trauma, the nature of implicit bias, systemic oppression across institutions, cultural humility, and the role of social workers as change agents. Participants will explore how these dynamics show up in assessment, treatment, and advocacy—and how to shift toward an anti-oppressive, love-centered practice.
Instructor
Dr. Claire Green-Forde, LCSW, is an unapologetic social and racial justice advocate who seeks to be an illuminator and agent of change. Dr. Green-Forde is a NY based Licensed Clinical Social Worker and her work and interests focus on the intersectionality of behavioral health, criminal justice, social and racial disparities, trauma, and human development. Dr. Green-Forde firmly believes in the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of wellness and is a strong advocate for holistic and culturally humble practices that consider both a trauma informed and neurobiological lens. She has training and experience in areas including adolescent and adult mental health, policy development, positive youth development, bullying, criminal and juvenile justice, and trauma. Dr. Green-Forde attended SUNY Stony Brook University and received a B.S. in Health Sciences with a concentration in Public Health, a B.S. in Sociology with a minor in Women’s Studies, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work. She obtained her Doctorate in Social Work from Capella University. She is involved in, or a member of many community and professional service organizations including Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, and currently serves as the Executive Director for the National Association of Social Workers, New York City Chapter.
Key Takeaways:
Identify the role of internalized bias: Understand how ingrained beliefs may influence assessment, treatment, and advocacy decisions.
Interrupt unconscious patterns: Apply strategies to recognize and shift implicit bias within themselves and their work.
Recognize racial trauma as clinical trauma: Integrate the concept of racial trauma into case formulation and treatment planning.
Why this course?
A mission-aligned experience: Rooted in the values of the NASW Code of Ethics and the mission of Telehealth Certification Institute to deliver people-centered, equity-driven education.
Led by a visionary leader: Dr. Claire Green-Forde offers both lived and professional expertise that bridges theory and real-world clinical application.
Built for clinicians seeking impact: Designed specifically for behavioral health providers who want to align their values with their clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
Explain how internalized beliefs and biases shape treatment agendas, assessment, practice, and advocacy.
Describe techniques to rewire unconscious biases in their minds.
Explain racial trauma and the social and clinical implications of racial trauma in treatment.
This course offers more than awareness—it offers a path forward. Join Dr. Green-Forde in this powerful call to reflect, re-engage, and recommit to a practice rooted in justice and love.
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This is a non-interactive self-study course. Instruction consists of 1 hour of video instruction and a post-test.
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Availability: From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods: This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
How to attend: Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This program was recorded on September 17, 2021.
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