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Innovation Behavioral Health Solutions, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Innovation Behavioral Health Solutions, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy Training Series: Clinical Responsiveness & Chicanx Mental Health
Jan
17
to Jun 27

Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy Training Series: Clinical Responsiveness & Chicanx Mental Health

15hr Training. *MUST attend all sessions live for CE credit.

As a result of this training participants will understand the framework for a Chicana/o/x Affirmative approach, understand how a focus on identity, family, and spirituality are key in a Chicanx Affirmative approach, learn to be culturally responsive to Chicana/x/o culture in clinical interactions, gain an understanding of varying notions of mental well-being from a Chicana/o/x perspective, and apply these concepts with case scenarios in each training session. Features of the training series are: Constructing Chicana/o/x wellness & well-being, the roles of identity, family, and spirituality for Chicana/o/x mental health, facilitating a reconnection to current and ancestral cultural strengths in clinical practice, aspects of Chicana/o/x culture that complements the practice of counseling & therapy, values & assumptions of the mental health field that are not congruent with Chicana/o/x wellness culture, the impacts of marginalization and discrimination on Chicana/o/x well-being on an individual and community level, and the inclusion of historical trauma in the treatment of Chicana/o/x populations.

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Death of the Blank Slate: Acknowledging Our Lived Experience And Spirit When In The Therapeutic Space
Mar
20

Death of the Blank Slate: Acknowledging Our Lived Experience And Spirit When In The Therapeutic Space

The 2-hour workshop focuses on the intersection of provider lived experience, mental health stigma, the  impact of racial discrimination, and spirituality. In this exploration, Mental Health professionals  will learn about their own biases, the biases of our patients when we discuss mental health and  the impact of self-disclosure from the perspective of our clients and our peers. The role of  spirituality, a sense of belonging, and outcomes from integrating spirituality will be discussed.  Through recovery-oriented care, decolonial mental health, and liberation psychology, we will  learn alternative ways of relating to our clients in the therapeutic space. 

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