Session 3F: Research Innovations in Healing Interpersonal & Racial Trauma

Recorded On: 06/08/2021

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Track: Research & Innovative Practices

The negative consequences of trauma take a disproportionate toll on Black youth due to the compounding stress of unique race-related stressors. We'll discuss racial trauma, organizational barriers and facilitators to service utilization at CACs, and  strategies for considering culture and integrating racial socialization in TF-CBT for Black youth. 

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06/08/2021 at 2:45 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 06/08/2021
06/08/2021 at 2:45 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 06/08/2021
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Isha W. Metzger, PhD, LCP

Assistant Professor

University of Georgia

Dr. Isha Metzger is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, and Visiting Research Faculty at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS’ at Yale University. Dr. Metzger earned her PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina, she completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Medical University of South Carolina, and she received postdoctoral training both at the National Crime Victims Center and at Yale University. As Director of The EMPOWER Lab at UGA, Dr. Metzger focuses on reducing mental health disparities through "Engaging Minorities in Prevention, Outreach, Wellness, Education, & Research.” Dr. Metzger’s systematic research program is aimed at elucidating the role of culturally specific risk (e.g., racial discrimination) and protective (e.g., racial socialization) factors to better inform cognitive-behavioral outcomes for Black youth receiving evidence-based services for interpersonal and racial stress and trauma in “real world” settings. Dr. Metzger is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who offers award-winning instruction, supervision, training, and consultation to students, professionals, and organizations across the nation on the delivery of evidence-based treatments for underserved individuals seeking mental health treatment for a range of problems. Additionally, Dr. Metzger is an advocate for Black youth and families in the local community, and she is both personally and professionally committed to illuminating and utilizing the individual and communal ability of Black Americans to heal from and thrive in spite of anti-Black racism.

isha.metzger@uga.edu