Concurrent Workshops – Session 1
Culturally Adaptive Mental Health Practices: Centering the Counter Narrative
Summary:
This breakout session educates social workers on using narrative humanization to combat stigmatization. By sharing lived experiences, individuals from marginalized groups can be seen as complete human beings, reducing misunderstandings and amplifying their voices in the social work profession.
Culturally-Responsive and Integrative Healing Practices: Centering the Brain-Body Connection
Summary:
In this session, participants explore the evolution of trauma and anxiety treatment, with a focus on the appropriateness of body-based interventions for historically oppressed populations. Emphasizing the integration of anti-racism and anti-oppression principles in clinical treatment planning, attendees will acquire a practical tool for immediate application and a plan for ongoing training to enhance their skills in culturally-responsive and integrative healing approaches.
Sense-Making: Using Narrative Storytelling Across the Lifespan
Summary:
This live session is designed for mental health professionals interested in narrative storytelling in psychotherapy. It explores how this approach can transform individual and family therapy, fostering resilience and promoting healing by allowing individuals and families to rewrite their stories and gain growth experiences in therapeutic conversations. The session introduces strategies for incorporating narrative storytelling into clinical practice and emphasizes the use of self to guide the psychotherapeutic treatment process.