Presenter Bio
Dr. Piles is a trauma-informed psychotherapist, educator, and Veteran whose work centers Black healing, emotional liberation, and rest as resistance. She is the founder of Ethels Consulting Resources, INCORPORATED and The Rooted Educator, where she creates healing-centered curricula, trainings, and spaces for collective growth. With a background in vocational rehabilitation, trauma recovery, and holistic mental health, her work is rooted in faith, ancestral wisdom, and lived experience.
Session:
No More Capes: Showing Up as a Black Therapist Without Burning Out
Her session, “No More Capes: Showing Up as a Black Therapist Without Burning Out,” invites Black therapists into a healing-centered conversation about serving clients authentically without self-abandonment. Grounded in the cultural and emotional weight of collective sociopolitical events, the workshop explores the internalized burden of the “strong Black woman” archetype, its impact on therapeutic presence, and ways to reclaim boundaries and sustainability in practice.