Presented by Dr. Stacey Diane Arañez Litam This program was recorded on Friday, March 17, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Asian Americans exist at the unique intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in ways that contribute to the presence of harmful sexual stereotypes. This engaging workshop outlines the origin of sexual stereotypes among Asian Americans and illuminates how these attitudes negatively impact the psychological and sexual wellbeing of API community members. Attendees…
Presented by Patricia Arredondo, EdD This session was recorded live on Friday, June 16, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC) were written to demonstrate that counseling training and practices as taught, were not inclusive of all persons. In effect, Eurocentric counseling models viewed individuals from marginalized groups through a deficit lens, not valuing…
Presented by Soneakqua J. White, M.A. LPC and Kelley Haynes-Mendez, PsyD Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page The Wellness Trinity discussed in this course refers to the balance of the mind, body and spirit and how to maintain it when societal norms are not your reality. Because of the current climate of racial tensions around equity, equality, and injustices…
Presented by Soneakqua J. White, M.A. LPC and Kelley Haynes-Mendez, PsyD Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The purpose of this course is to introduce and/or reintroduce, strengthen and build upon basic skills necessary for everyday life. Because of social media and virtual relationships, communication has struggled. Racial injustice and an overall lack of respect for diversity is again…
Presented by Tamekia Bell, Ph.D., LCPC, ACS, NCC Recorded on Friday, September 15, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page. The term "intersectionality" has been utilized very often in the counseling profession over the past several years. Crenshaw (1989) first used the term as a way of understanding how a person's different identities that may be oppressed or privileged…
Presented by Dr. Nadia Rojas Jones Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9-11am PT / 11am-1pm CT / 12-2pm ET Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration. Child abuse reporting is a hard process and continues to be a challenge for clinicians, and many feel confused, guilty, or unsure on when to report. Cultural norms play a significant…
Presented by Soneakqua J. White, M.A. LPC and Kelley Haynes-Mendez, PsyD Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Cultural humility is an approach to intercultural understanding that is different from cultural competency. Cultural humility incorporates an understanding that one’s cultural learning is never complete but rather a lifelong practice of gathering knowledge about differences, as well as continuing to…
Presented by Cassandra Ferreira, Ph.D. and John Ferreira, Ph.D., LPC Recorded live on Thursday, November 16th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Cultural awareness is a crucial component for workers in the helping field and should be exercised in all areas of the helping field. Being culturally aware is a lifelong active process that is ever evolving.…
Presented by Dr. Stacey Litam Recorded on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Though well-intended, implicit bias trainings and multicultural sensitivity workshops are not sufficient to affect meaningful change. Instead, the meaningful change necessary to achieve more culturally sensitive worldviews is more likely to be achieved through a combination of education, internal motivation, and experiential practices…
Presented by Nate Ewigman, PhD and Vanessa Muñiz, BS Friday, June 14, 2024 9am-10:30am PT / 11am-12:30pm CT / 12pm-1:30pm ET Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration. This webinar aims to define the new phrase of culturally-congruent hypnosis with the hopes that this will spark conversation and thought about how to more deeply tailor hypnosis…
Panel Participants: Breeda McGrath, PhD, NCSP; Erika L. Liljedahl, PsyD; Keonna Robinson, MA, LMFT; Braden Berkey, PsyD Recorded on Friday, November 17th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The majority of U.S adults claim that there are not enough mental health care providers who are trained to address issues specific to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socioeconomic…
Presented by Dr. Emmanuel Cherilien This program was recorded on Friday, September 13, 2022 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Diversity, equity, and inclusion are often viewed only through the narrow lens of overt, outrageous acts. Developing cultural competence within healthcare is critical to go beyond discrimination to examining how social and economic forces impact the structure of healthcare…
Presented by Keonna Robinson, MA, LMFT Recorded on Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page. The DSM-5-TR serves as the federal government's official manual for the diagnosing of mental disorders. The literature presented with the text provides practicing clinicians with research, current codes, and criteria for diagnosing mental disorders and other conditions. This program will provide a review of the chapters,…
Presented by Dr. Shelby Forbes This program was recorded on August 4, 2022 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Operating from the premise that effective patient-provider communication is essential to the efficacy of health related interventions, this multi-part presentation will cover a variety of topics in health communication. The third part of this presentation examines the intersections of health and…
Presented by Fangfang Ma, M.A, Doctoral Candidate, and Shelby Forbes, Ph.D This program was recorded on Thursday, November 17, 2022 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page This program will examine the role of acculturative stress on individuals’ mental health. It will distinguish the acculturative stress that people experience due to limited linguistic proficiency from the stress that they incur…
Presented by Tricia M. Mikolon, PhD and Debra Perez, PhD Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Multiculturalism and social justice are words that have become intertwined in education, but what do those words mean and how do educators incorporate these into the online classroom? Multiculturalism can be defined as "The presence of, or the support for the presence…
Presented by Dr. Cassandra Ferreira, Dr. Stephanie JW Ford, Dr. John Ferreira, and Dr. LaShonda Fuller This program was recorded on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Personal cultural awareness is a critical component for creating an effective learning environment (Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, CACREP, F.2.h; Kumi-Yeboah et al., 2020).…
Presented by Dr. Emmanuel Cherilien This program was recorded on Thursday, November 17, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In this fast-changing world, there are growing concerns among employers on accommodating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The absence of DEI has denied segments of the workforce basic rights, social justice, respect, and dignity as human beings. Employees look…
Presented by Lavonda Mickens, Ph.D. Recorded on Friday, February 23, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In America, Black and Indigenous Persons of Color (BIPOC) and women are often forgotten and unseen. A history of oppression through slavery, misogyny and social systems have been well-documented since 1619. These systems and treatment of Black and BIPOC women and mothers…
Presented by Patricia Arredondo, EdD, NCC This program was recorded on July 16, 2021 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Cultural competency is fundamental to all clinical practice. The model of cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills ground this presentation. For counselors to engage in ethical practice when addressing issues of sexuality with clients, relevant cultural perspectives must be applied.…