• Duration

    1.5 Contact Hours

  • Certification

    Certificate of Completion


    Transracial Adoption & Caregiving: Is This Right for Me?

    The decision to adopt across racial/cultural lines is a lifelong commitment to exploring matters of race, confronting racism in all its forms and constantly developing new skills and aptitudes. Transracial Adoptions are increasing in the U.S. With the creative work by and for Transracial Adoptees, this phenomenon is shining a light on the unique challenges of raising children of color in homes different from their culture or origin. Adopting, fostering and/or caregiving transracially requires caregivers to have sustained and healthy discussions about race and culture. This workshop will increase awareness about the difference between intent and impact. Participants will garner tools for thinking, talking, and “feeling” about race, and gain a deeper understanding of the responsibility of parenting transracially. Workshop provides developmentally sensitive tools, research and resources to create a sense of hope, and offer a deeper understanding of how families can prepare for a racially and culturally diverse adoption, and support transracial adoptees as they grow through the development stages of racial awareness and identity.

    TORREY E. CARROLL, MA, LPC + NIKKI M. CARROLL, MA, LPC

    Your instructor
    Partners in life and work, parents, and licensed psychotherapists. Nikki and Torrey Carroll believe in the redemptive power of relationships. They have championed the cause for more than a decade by walking alongside individuals, couples and family systems as they heal and grow.

    The Carrolls are national speakers and trainers and have extensive experience collaborating with non-profit organizations, agencies, schools, and community ambassadors to develop programming that revitalizes and enriches individuals and family systems. Their specializations include marriage and family therapy, crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and adoption-sensitive therapy, including parenting skills within the adoption triad and transracial adoption issues. Their clinical experience extends to working with individuals of all ages navigating the experiences of life.
    Nikki and Torrey are founding Board members of Relationships First™ and Safe Conversations® Master Trainers. They have been featured in a number of publications and news media including Success Magazine, WFAA’s Daybreak, and CBS’s Plugged Into DFW, and co-hosted the Safe Conversations® Practice and Share DVD alongside Imago relationship therapy co-creators.

    Prior to becoming Licensed Professional Counselors, Nikki and Torrey successfully managed a 20-year career within corporate America. Nikki holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor University, a Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling and a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Amberton University. Torrey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Dallas, a Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling, and a Master of Arts Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Amberton University.