Identity, Family, and Spirituality in Counseling Latinx Clients
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Educational Goal
Participants will gain competency in working with Latinx clients.
Description
This presentation will focus on how identity, family & spirituality collectively contribute to many Latinx clients’ well-being and mental health. Participants will learn how to be responsive to each in clinical practice. In describing how to center ethnic identity, the “broaching race in counseling” framework will be used to bring forth a culturally relevant sense of well-being. The Individualistic/Collectivistic Values Continuum (Zamarripa) will be used to bring forth familial strengths that can facilitate healthy connectedness to both family and community. Using the framework of Latinx indigenous spirituality, we will draw on basic concepts of forgiveness, faith, and hope to connect with a culturally relevant sense of well-being. In addition, we will discuss the therapeutic value of mesoamerican folk healing (i.e. curanderismo) and its current relevance for the Latinx community
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Dr. Manuel X. Zamarripa, LPC-S is the director and co-founder of the Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology based in Austin, TX, where he conducts community workshops, professional development training for educators and mental health professionals, and online courses in Chicana/o/x Psychology. The Institute focuses on Chicanx/Latinx wellness/wellbeing, cultural identity, and cultural revitalization from a Chicana/o/x affirmative framework. Dr. Zamarripa has presented on Chicanx/Latinx well-being, cultural responsiveness, social justice, decolonization in psychology, psycho-social factors of academic achievement, and leadership. His publications (peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters) focus on counseling, assessment, and teaching of Chicanx and Latinx populations. His 25 years of clinical experience include working with individual adults, adolescents, couples, and families in community and education settings (rural and urban) from varied economic and cultural backgrounds. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and approved supervisor. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Counseling Psychology, his M.S. from Our Lady of the Lake in Counseling Psychology, and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Psychology.
Financially Sponsored By
- Aetna Better Health of Louisiana