Adult Children of Immigrant Parents and Mental Health
Online via Zoom
Saturday, November 19th
9:00 am - 9:45 am EST
Via Zoom
Description
Come learn about the growing population of Adult Children of Immigrant Parents. Gain understanding of how their mental health is impacted and affected by the family of origin, how to understand the mental health barriers they experience within the community, and how you can support them as an informed mental health therapist.
Learning Objectives
Objective 1 - Who Are Adult Children of Immigrant Parents?
Objective 2- How Family of Origin Affects Adult Children of Immigrants
Objective 3 - Understanding the mental health barriers commonly experiences in this community
Objective 4 - Implementing effective and appropriate therapeutic interventions to support Adult Children of Immigrants
Presenter
Demenna Milord, LMHC
Demenna Milord is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, public speaker, and an Anxiety & Fear Relief Coach. She assists Adult Black women and Adult Children of Immigrant Parents to increase peace in their lives, by using strategic, realistic, and doable coping skills to manage feelings of anxiety and general life stressors. Demenna believes that once you figure out the thoughts and feelings behind the distress in your life, you can then work on identifying and applying healthy and strategic skills to help you increase tolerance of distress. After spending the last 8 years working in settings such as community mental health/mobile crisis, psychiatric hospitalization facilities, and substance abuse centers, Demenna has been able to help people from different walks of life gain back something very important to them - peace and the ability to handle stress well. Demenna graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL with a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. Demenna is also currently a member of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA), a chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association.
Cost
$10 for Counseling Students.
$10 for SFACC Clinical
$15 for non‑SFACC members.
Free for affiliate members/pastors.
Please email admin@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 1 (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 #20-962146 (CE Broker Provider BAP #820).
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