Training Mission

Bmore Liberated is offering advanced graduate students in clinical training programs the opportunity to learn and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of passionate, queer-identified clinicians. Bmore Liberated is a group practice located in Baltimore City that is rooted in equitable access to mental health resources, advocacy, social justice and cultural humility. We value brave dialogue, personal and professional growth, and service to the communities in which we serve and belong. 

 

Our training program prepares graduate students to work with historically underrepresented populations, namely the LGBTQ+ community, in both private practice and university settings. Our overarching training model is developmental in nature, offering supervision from a variety of theoretical orientations and working with students as closely as is needed to ensure confident and ethical practice. Students will gain experience working with various presenting concerns and will be able to tailor their clinical experience to continued areas of growth and/or professional interests. Trainees will develop empathic clinical skills that are transferable and applicable to a variety of mental health settings.  

  

Values and Guiding Principles 

• We view the role of a trainee as one that is both vital to the continued growth and diversification of the clinical field and the continued development of the group practice. As such, trainees are viewed as integral members of the staff, whose contributions and feedback are not only valued but elicited.

• We believe that a strong clinician is one that is continually learning and open to new ideas and modalities in order to honor the dynamic needs of a community that has been pathologized and abused by the mental health field. As such, we encourage regular engagement in continued education, self-examination and professional development opportunities. 

• We acknowledge the influence that our personal identities have on how we are perceived by others, how we understand others, and how we engage with others. We find that it is critical to identify and challenge our biases, prejudice and privileges, while acknowledging the complexities of our intersectionality. As such, we openly dialogue about the ways in which our identities interplay with those presented by our clients, community partners and co-workers.  

• We recognize the impact that local, regional and national events have on the mental health of our clientele.  Therefore, we encourage clinicians to consider not only the impact of systemic oppression, but also the ways in which popular media and the political landscape affect the mental health and sense of safety of community members.

• We realize the physical, emotional and spiritual toll that clinical work can have on clinicians that are passionate and intentional in their work. As such, we strive to model professional development that is devoted to wellness and self-care. 

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