Providing Mental Health Services to Immigrants
A day full of experiential exercises, videos, and didactic learning
By:Jila Behnad, MFT, Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor
Dr. Jay M. Seiff-Haron, Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor as a guest speaker
Date: Friday, September/ 27/ 2019 Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time AND
Friday, October/ 4/ 2019 Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time
Location: Please join us online via Zoom!
Cost: $100.00 (provided 6 units CE for additional $20)
CE can be offered to LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs
Objectives
– Become familiar with mental health challenges unique to immigrants.
– Gain a better understanding of the trauma and loss in this population.
– Understand cultural expectations of therapy.
– How to notice what comes up in the presence of differences with clients.
– Explore biases and stereotypes in a supportive and safe environment.
– Learn how to deal with our struggle with uncomfortable feelings of unfamiliarity.
Who will benefit most from this course
– Mental health professionals who work with immigrant clients.
– People who are curious about immigration in general.
– Those who support immigrants and are striving to build an understanding multi-cultural community.
Thanks to all the wonderful EFT trainers, supervisors, therapists, clients and freinds who shared a very beautiful but unseen part of themselves with us in my interviews with them. Please watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/DiNQEMKd0To
We Can Make A Better World Together!