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EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS THURSDAY NIGHT - REGISTER NOW! Learn to understand the unique cultural issues experienced within the first responder community and increasing the clinicians' ability to provide effective treatment. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4080901

This meetup is for all mental health professionals of color - therapists, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, associates, and students. We meet every month for networking and supporting each other in these challenging times, to grow professionally, to share success stories, and a laugh or two. Be a part of this growing circle of care. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4086906

Learn to understand the unique cultural issues experienced within the first responder community and increasing the clinicians' ability to provide effective treatment. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4080901

Let's connect and support one another amid Covid-19. This event will be hosted via Zoom on Sunday, December 6th, 2020 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. This is our opportunity to stand together for ourselves and for those who need our help. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4005837 ... Hope to see and connect with you online!

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. It is a day when honor the memories of those who have been lost too soon to violence and hate. This is a somber day that reminds us all of the work left to do; a day to steel our resolve until each of us can live our authentic lives without fear or danger; a day to vow not to rest until people are no longer killed for being who they are. The cost of falling short of our goal is simply too great. Let us remember the names of the 38 trans and ...gender non-conforming souls we are known to have lost in 2020. Mia Green, 29, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Aerrion Burnett, 37, Independence, Missouri Gia Valentina Romualdo Rodríguez, 46, Miami, Florida Isabella Mia Lofton, 21, Brooklyn, New York Elie Che, 23, The Bronx, New York Shelley Lynn Rose, 16 Kee Sam, 24, Lafayette, Louisiana Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears ("Rocky Rhone"), 32, Portland, Oregon Queasha Hardy, 24, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tiffany Harris ("Dior H Ova"), 32, The Bronx, New York Marilyn Monroe Cazares, 22, Brawley, California Angela Martinez Gómez, 42, Santa Monica, California Summer Taylor, 24, Seattle, Washington Bree Black, 27, Pompano Beach, Florida Shaki Peters, 32, Amite City, Louisiana Draya McCarty, 28, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Merci Mack, 22, Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas Tatiana Hall, 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brayla Stone, 17, Sherwood, Arkansas Brian Powers ("Eagle"), , Akron, Ohio Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Riah Milton, 25, Liberty Township, Cincinnati, Ohio Name Unknown, 16-20, Chicago, Illinois Selena Reyes-Hernandez, 37, Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois Tony McDade, 38, Tallahassee, Florida Jayne Thompson, 33, Orchard Mesa, Colorado Helle Jae O’Regan, 20, San Antonio, Texas Nina Pop, 28, Sikeston, Missouri Johanna Metzger, , Baltimore, Maryland Henrietta Robinson, 79, Miami, Florida Ashley Moore, 26, Newark, New Jersey Lorena Borjas, 59, Queens, New York Lexi "Ebony" Sutton, 33, Harlem, New York Monica Diamond, 34, Charlotte, North Carolina John Scott Devore/Scottlyn Kelly Devore, 51, Augusta, Georgia Camila María Concepción, 28, Los Angeles, California Alex McCray, 22, St. Louis, Missouri Dustin Parker, 25, McAlester, Oklahoma More resources and information on Trans Day of Remembrance can be found here http://glaad2.convio.net/site/R?i=6MmipPXusFRMBZz19pvhXQ

November 8-15 is Transgender Awareness Week, in which we increase the visibility of #transgender, #nonbinary, and #GenderExpansive persons, and bring awareness to the issues they face every day. #TransgenderAwarenessWeek

Our next MeetUp for Mental Health Professionals of Color will be Wednesday, November 18th, 6:30 - 7:30 pm via Zoom More than ever it's important for us to come together as a community to help each other so we can help others to the best of our abilities. No need to be a member of any organization. This is a safe space for people of color. Any mental health professional of color - any race, culture, nationality or religion is welcome. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4005831

Early Bird Discount Ends Thursday Night: This course will focus on the impact of Covid 19 on addiction, relapse and recovery. Diagnostic criterion for Substance Abuse Disorders will be discussed. Best practice for providing therapeutic support to individuals and families during Covid will be addressed, including but not limited to assessment, evaluation, intervention, treatment and referral. http://www.svccamft.org/event-3615676

#intersexawareness #IntersexAwarenessDay #intersex

Community Huddle - TONIGHT! Let's connect and support one another amid Covid-19. This event will be hosted via Zoom on Sunday, October 25h, 2020 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. More than ever, we need to come together to help each other so we can help others.... This is our opportunity to stand together for ourselves and for those who need our help. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4005834

#BullyingPreventionMonth

Hello Friends and Colleagues , My agency, the Sacramento Native American Health Center (SNAHC) is looking for a full-time LCSW to support our community. Below is the description and link to the LCSW position. Please consider applying to this position or sharing this information with your colleagues. Sincerely, Katie Clupepper, ACSW https://apply.workable.com/sacramento-native-american-he//

I'll be promoting this FREE summit for as long as I can (mil gracias). Registration is open! You can register for a single day or both days, free of charge. The... summit will be held Friday, November 6 & 13, from 9AM to 3PM. I’ve included some of the workshop titles below. CEs will be offered. Please share with your teams and colleaguesmental health clinicians, community health workers, leaders, and students will benefit greatly from attending but all individuals interested in advancing health equity in mental health are welcomed! Here is the link to register: Hope to see you there (virtually)! Day 1 @ November 6, 2020 A Call To Action: Politicizing Our Practice w/ Jennifer Mullan, Psy.D., Decolonizing Therapy + Mental Health Paradigm Shifter & Psychologist at NJCU Counseling Center A: Immigration and Asylum w/ Claudette Mestayer, LCSW., Private Practice of Claudette Mestayer B: Revolutionary Self Care: Intentional Everyday Actions to Achieve Wellness w/ Dolores Villanueva, LCSW., Weaving Wisdom Training & Consultation 2pm-3pm PT - Workshops A & B A: Coping with the Use of Drugs and Alcohol: A Discussion of Treatment Barriers and Approaches Across Different Age Groups w/ Jason Zeltser, PhD. + Recovery Wellness Counselors , La Familia Counseling B: La Clínica & AFYA: Best Practice & Beyond w/ Jessica Dominguez, LMFT & Danielle Simien, LCSW., Kaiser Permanente Day 2 @ November 13, 2020 Browning Mental Health & Well-being w/ Manuel X. Zamarripa, PhD., Institute of Chicana/o Psychology Meaningful Mentorship During Uncertainty A: Decolonizing the Trainee Experience: What it is and how to do it. w/Richie Koenig M.A & Claudia Miranda M.A., The Wright Institute B: Promesa; An Overview of the Latinx LGBTQ+ Youth program in San Francisco, Tony Ramos LGBTQ+ Youth Services Coordinator, Instituto Familiar de la Raza C: Eating Disorders, Weight Stigma and Marginalized Communities: Applying a Social Justice Lens for Healing and Liberation w/Marcella M. Raimondo, PhD., MPH., Kaiser Permanente 1:30pm-2:30pm PT - Workshops A-C A: I Can’t Breathe’: A Narrative Approach to Healing Racial Trauma and Violence In the Lives Of Black Men w/Herlin Soto, M.A.; Iman Dadras, Ph.D; Sandra Espinoza, Psy.D. , Alliant International University B: Integrating Mesoamerican Wisdom and Practices into Mental Health Treatment w/Alejandra Acuña, PhD, LCSW, PPSC, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) C: Where to begin healing trauma’s impact on intergenerational lineage ~ the caregiver-child relationship: An Indigenous clinician’s perspective. W/Monica Misuraca Burton, M.A., AMFT See more

TONIGHT: Our next MeetUp for Mental Health Professionals of Color will be Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30 - 7:30 pm via Zoom More than ever it's important for us to come together as a community to help each other so we can help others to the best of our abilities. No need to be a member of any organization. This is a safe space for people of color. Any mental health professional of color - any race, culture, nationality or religion is welcome.... http://www.svccamft.org/event-4005825

OUTLAWING COERCIVE CONTROL Most DV is not just getting hit or physically injured. In fact,.the majority of abuse tactics (including many that equate to torture) aren't even against the law. Partner abuse is much, much more than the cruel things an abuser DOES TO his partner. It is also things he TAKES FROM her - her autonomy, her freedom to come and go as she pleases, her peace of mind, her friends, her personal space, her privacy, her dignity, her financial independence, he...r sense of self, and so much more. Many victims live under constant siege; like a prisoner, a possession or a slave, not an intimate partner. Often, a pervasive pattern of control is evident, and the perpetrator dominates the victim's entire life by using intimidation, threats and violence to enforce rules he creates. He then punishes her for non-compliance, orperceived disobedience or disloyalty.This violation of the victim's basic human rights is referred to as COERCIVE CONTROL. Coercive Control is a theory developed by longtime DV expert and reseacher Dr. Evan Stark, who coined the term and described the pattern in his seminal book, Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life. The physical and emotional toll that such non-stop subjugation takes on victims' lives is devastating. Since DV was made illegal in the U.S., it has been narrowly defined as acts of physical violence. But Dr. Stark and others have worked diligently for years to educate policymakers and legislatures, encouraging them to classify coercive control as a crime. Some countries, including those in the U.K., have already outlawed it nationwide. U.S. states have recently begun to introduce and pass legislation making psychological abuse and coercive control against the law. My longtime home, Hawaii, where I was a victim and became an advocate and activist, has just became the first state to outlaw it. California quickly followed and others are working on it. It remains to be seen how various law enforcement agencies across the nation will categorize certain tactics of abuse, how often arrests will be made, the vigor with which it will be prosecuted, and how judges and juries will respond and hold abusers accountable. Hopefully in time, we will see DV perpetrators routinely arrested and convicted of coercive control, psychological abuse and financial abuse. Stay tuned. #DVAM2020 #violenceagainstwomen #IPV #domesticviolenceawarenessmonth #GBVmustfall #dvam #DVAwareness #dv #coercivecontrol See more

Do you know the myths around breast cancer? This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, join the #BoobWatch so you know the risks and the signs of the disease. #WatchForChange http://ow.ly/oqxZ50BKAZF

Happy Sunday! Today, we wanted to show you how you could be ‘SMART’ and help end Cyberbullying. Thanks to this creative graphic from the @westmerciapolice Whether you are being bullied or you are witnessing someone being bullied, being SMART will save lives. We can always #bebetter #nationalbullyingpreventionmonth #stopbullying #projectnobull

Let's connect and support one another amid Covid-19. This event will be hosted via Zoom on Sunday, October 25h, 2020 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. More than ever, we need to come together to help each other so we can help others. This is our opportunity to stand together for ourselves and for those who need our help. http://www.svccamft.org/event-4005834

October is #NationalBullyingPreventionMonth. This is a time to acknowledge that #bullying has devastating effects on children and families such as school avoidance, loss of self-esteem, increased anxiety, and depression. Bullying can be verbal, physical, through social exclusion, or via digital sources like email, texts, or social media. Unlike mutual teasing or fighting, bullying occurs when one person or a group of people is perceived as being more powerful than another and... takes advantage of that power through repeated physical assaults, threats of harm, intimidation, or by purposefully excluding a person from a valued social group. Being bullied can severely affect the person’s self-image, social interactions, and school performance and can lead to #mentalhealth problems such as #depression, #anxiety, and #substanceuse, and even #suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The NCTSN has compiled a list of helpful resources here: http://ow.ly/rRLH50BJzUZ See more