Beyond Competency: Building an Actively Inclusive Therapy Practice
Move beyond surface-level “cultural competency” and into actively inclusive, anti-oppressive clinical work that honors your clients’ lived experiences.
What You'll Learn
Practical Strategies You'll Be Able to Use Immediately

Charla Cannon Yearwood, LCSW
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Charla Cannon Yearwood, MSSW, LCSW (she/her) is an educator and social worker licensed in Indiana and Tennessee. As a strong advocate for equity in mental health, Charla specializes in trauma, racial justice, and identity exploration. Her work focuses on dismantling oppressive systems within mental healthcare and guiding clinicians toward inclusive, liberation-focused practices. Charla is known for engaging workshops that inspire reflection, accountability, and transformation in the therapeutic space.
Why Clinicians Choose This Course
Praise for Doin' The Work Courses
“These are the CEs we all need! Doin' The Work instructors are excellent facilitators of difficult conversations about racism, whiteness, white supremacy, privilege and oppression and the impact on social work practice. The course I took with them allowed me to examine my White identity, further develop my critical pedagogy and deepen my understanding of these topics. Every social worker should take these courses!”
Kim R.
Participant
“I literally learned more in the courses I took with Doin' The Work than I did in my university's American & Social Work history class. They offer ENGAGING content that centers the lived experiences of marginalized identities whilst providing practical tools on how to engage in social justice, resistance & liberation in daily Social Work practice. Being able to learn from Shimon and Charla has forced me to explore and commit to concrete ways of living that authentically reflect activism, scholarship & solidarity in my community. If you have the opportunity to engage with these courses, I highly recommend it to you."
Kelley H., LMSW
Clinician & Professor
"I wish everyone in social work could take these classes. It has been a transformative experience for me, and it is impacting how I show up in my own job at my School of Social Work, my own clinical practice, in my community in terms of increasing my involvement in community action, and in my own personal life.”
Ann H., LCSW
professor



