Cultural Humility in Mental Health Treatment

This workshop provides an opportunity to discuss the clinical implications of care of oppressed and disenfranchised people. The workshop intends to increase provider capacity in the areas of social justice and creating equitable practices for care. Reducing disparities and addressing implicit bias and microaggressions in a clinical setting will be discussed.

Who Should Attend: 

Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field. 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will increase knowledge of cultural factors that impact mental health care such as racism, transphobia, xenophobia, etc. 
• Participants will assess their own implicit bias and privilege as it impacts mental health treatment
• Participants will increase knowledge of cultural adaptations to evidence based practice for care

APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR

(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider #MFT-0010)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004)
 

Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).

Registration fee: $75.00

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About the Presenter

Wilfred H. Farquharson IV, PhD is currently the Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Services, at Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine-Department of  Psychiatry and Behavioral Health,  providing care as a psychologist and teaching the next generation of providers as a  Clinical Assistant Professor.

His practice continues to be in trauma informed care, anxiety, depression, and externalizing disorders. He is currently developing research targeted at closing the health care disparity gaps and increasing provider knowledge base on the impacts of implicit bias and discrimination in healthcare. Dr. Wil has given several talks and presentations specifically focusing on these disparities. Of note, he recently had a publication in the UK on the impact of racism during the pandemic and is scheduled to give an international talk in the very near future on the same topic.