Join us for FCA's Virtual Traumatology Symposium
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"Intersectionality and Cultural Competence:
Working with Special Populations"
Friday, May 17, 2024
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. EST
Approved for 6.5 Hours of CEs from the
Florida Board of CSW/MFT/MHC and NBCC
The Florida Counseling Association warmly invites you to the 2024 Virtual Traumatology Symposium “Intersectionality and Cultural Competence: Working with Special Populations” on Friday, May 17, 2024 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Traumatology Symposium provides an opportunity for professional counselors and mental health professionals to come together and share their expertise, insights, and research on how to support trauma survivors, counselors, and communities by honoring the intersectional and cultural identities of the populations we serve.
Registration Fees:
- FCA Members: $50 (includes CEs as requested)
- FCA Student/Retiree Members: $40 (includes CEs as requested)
- Non-FCA Professional Members: $75 (includes CEs as requested)
- Non-FCA Student/Retiree Members: $65 (includes CEs as requested)
We have an exciting line up of speakers and topics!
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Lourdes Araujo
Dr. Araujo shares insights into how trauma affects the mental well-being of Cuban immigrants in "Understanding the Intersection of Trauma and Cuban Immigration: Exploring Mental Health Implications"
Plenary Speaker, Dr. Jenny Hughes, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist and founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective
Dr. Hughes will lead "Two Sides of the Same Coin: How Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Serve us as Trauma Therapists" in an interactive workshop to enhance clinical practice for mental health professionals by defining and demonstrating the presence of vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience in clinical settings and their impact on clients and clinicians.
Our esteemed presenters and presentations include:
- Treating Postpartum Depression in Black Mothers Using Common Sense Model (Brittany Ellis, R-LMHC)
- Military & Law Enforcement Trauma: Providing Culturally Competent Care (Jessica L. Tinstman Jones, Ph.D., NCC & Amanda DiLorenzo-Garcia, Ph.D.)
- Counselor Self-Care Despite the Pressures (Dr. Nicole Kratimenos, LMHC)
- Understanding LGBTQIA Moral Injury: A Path to Counselor Growth (Maria Giuliana, LMHC)
- Gaybash: Healing Trauma Through Fiction, Pop Culture, and Narrative Therapy (Michele Kerulis, EdD, LCPC, LMHC, CMPC & David Jay Collins, M.S.)
- EMDR and IFS: Culturally Aware Implementation when Empowering Communities Post-Crisis (Rosina Mete, MSc, PhD, RP & Alyssa Weiss, Ph.D., MS.ED, LMFT, CCPT, Approved Supervisor for AAMFT)
- Mitigate Vicarious Trauma with Cultural Humility in Cross-Cultural Supervision (Kathleen Lovanice, Doctoral Student, M.S., & Valter De Souza Jr., Doctoral student, MDiv, M.A., Daniel Yoon, Doctoral Student, M.S.)
- Love God AND Go to Therapy: Mental Health and the Church (Magnolia Hood, M.S.Ed, LMHC)
- Global Conflict and Humanitarian Crises: Grieving, Processing, and Supporting Counselors (Jessica L. Tinstman Jones, Ph.D., NCC Patrice Leopold, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC, & Isabel Thompson, Ph.D., LMHC)
- Enhancing Recovery: Integrating Cognitive Processing Therapy and Neuroception in Treating Survivors of Sexual Trauma (Dr. Beda Bjorn, MS, LMHC)
- Sustainable Clinical Practice: Combating Compassion Fatigue (Natasha D'Arcangelo, QS, LMHC, NCC, CCTP, CCFP)
- Trauma-Informed Care for LGBTQ+ Youth (Noelle DeLaCruz, Psy.D., M.A., B.A)
- Infusing Trauma Informed Care in Career Counseling Using the HEART Model (Galaxina G. Wright, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC & Lisa Cardello, EdS)
- Challenges Working with Trauma in the Highly Diverse Military Population (David Jedrziewski, LMFT, LMHC, CCTP2)
On behalf of the 2024 Virtual Traumatology Symposium Committee, we hope to see you there!
Learning Objectives for this year's Traumatology Symposium:
- Learn and apply various evidence-based culturally sensitive and trauma-informed models of treatment for populations and communities impacted by adverse life events and trauma
- Increase cultural competence working with intersecting identities and special populations impacted by trauma
- Develop professional skills and interventions for enhancing resilience and mental health in diverse populations, communities, and the mental health professional
- Define and understand vicarious trauma and resilience and learn how to enhance vicarious resilience through structured activities and connection
- Identify and address barriers, including structural and systemic barriers to building resilience in mental health professionals, diverse populations, and communities
- Explore historical, socio-political, and systemic contexts that contribute to trauma among diverse populations
Continuing Education (CE) Approval of 6.5 hours: The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family and Mental Health Counseling has approved this course under continuing education provider BAP#50‐15249 and National Board of Certified Counselors Provider #2010 materials prepared for FCA, 2750 Taylor Avenue, A36, Orlando, FL 32806.