An Interactive Escape Room Experience: Broaching Race, Ethnicity & Culture to Mitigate Implicit bias 

This is more than a training. It’s an escape room where clinicians learn to spot and work through implicit bias in the therapy room.

An Interactive Escape Room Experience: Broaching Race, Ethnicity & Culture to Mitigate Implicit Bias is a virtual continuing education training led by Dr. Charmeka “Char” Newton, PhD, LP, on December 12, 2026, from 9:00 AM – 12:00 P.M. ET on Zoom.

In this hands-on training, participants “unlock” key insights by spotting and addressing bias traps in simulated therapy session. Grounded in Dr. Newton’s Broaching Readiness Framework, the session helps clinicians build four key competencies (awareness, cognitive reframing, discomfort tolerance, and education) so they can raise race, ethnicity, and culture with clients with confidence and care.

Participants will learn how to:

• Identify how implicit bias affects client self-disclosure and the therapeutic alliance
• Examine the four competencies of the Broaching Readiness Framework
• Apply the framework to real-world therapy scenarios through case studies

Participants will also receive a copy of Dr. Newton’s publication, “The Broaching Readiness Framework: A Path for Psychologists to Embrace Cultural Opportunities.”

About the Presenter

Dr. Charmeka “Char” Newton is a licensed psychologist, professor, and author whose work centers on culturally responsive care, racialized trauma, and healing. She directs the School Counseling Program at the University of North Dakota, founded Legacy Mental Health Services, PLLC, and wrote Black Lives Are Beautiful: 50 Tools to Heal Racialized Trauma and Build Positive Racial Identity. She is President-Elect of APA’s Division 45, the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race.

Event Details

• Saturday, December 12, 2026 | 9 AM – 12 PM (ET)

• Cost: $15 (Valued at $100)

• CE Credit: 3 NBCC continuing education hours

Virtual (Zoom)

To receive CE credit, participants must attend the full three hours and display their first and last name on Zoom. Certificates will be emailed within one week. This session will not be recorded. 

Our Mental Health Collective events are dedicated, affirming spaces designed for Black, Indigenous, and communities of color (BIPOC). Our mission is to provide culturally responsive and affirming mental health and wellness care resources and support to these and other communities of color and providers.