Online via Zoom
Marital Counseling in Culturally Diverse America
Friday, May 20th
12 PM - 2 PM
Description
According to research, 1 in 12 marriages is multicultural in the U.S., and the numbers will continue to grow as our country becomes more diverse. This presentation will explore the common challenges that multicultural couples and families experience and provide specific techniques geared to address these unique issues.
Learning Objectives
Objective 1. Participants will examine the relevance of multicultural couples and families in the U.S.A.
Objective 2. Participants will be able to delineate and differentiate 5 major problematic subject areas to multicultural marriages and families.
Objective 3. Participants will be able to list seven interventions to help multicultural couples and families with their unique difficulties.
Presenter
Ana Aluisy is a Bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist. She specializes in working with multicultural relationships. Ana has provided therapy services for couples, individuals, and families for the last 15 years. A native of Ecuador, Ana moved to the U.S. as a teenager and later joined the United States Marines. She served as President of the Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association and has been featured as an expert on The New York Post, Reader’s Digest, Redbook Magazine, ABC Action News, Univision, Telemundo, CNN Latino, Tampa Bay Times, The Orlando Sentinel, Glamour and more. She is the author of Reinvent your Relationship: A Therapist's Insights to having the Relationship You've Always Wanted available in English and Spanish. Ana has been in private practice for the last 11 years and is currently working towards Ph.D. at the University of South Florida.
Cost
$10 for Counseling Students.
$15 for SFACC Clinical
$25 for non‑SFACC members.
Free for affiliate members/pastors.
Please email valentino@sfacc.net for your registration code.
Affiliate membership is free for Pastors, Church Ministry Leaders, Lay Counselors, Marriage Mentors, non‑licensed counselors, and retired counselors.
Partnered with the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) and sponsored by the Graduate Counseling Program of Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA).
This workshop has been approved for 2 (General) hours of continuing education with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling and the Florida Board of Psychology, CE Broker Tracking # 20-905455 (CE Broker Provider BAP #820).
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