AMHCA's 2020 Fall Virtual Summit

The AMHCA Summit on “integrating Cultural Competency Skills into Your Practice” will provide several presentations on better understanding the origins and dynamics of cultural diversity, and how to address several problems through cultural humility, cultural opportunities, and cultural comfort into your daily practice. You will learn hands-on strategies for increasing multi-cultural competencies in your work with clients and improving your overall counseling effectiveness.

More Information & Registration Go To:

https://www.amhca.org/fallsummit (highlight and right click)

PROGRAM

Thursday, November 19, 2020

• Greetings from AMHCA President, Angele Moss-Baker, LPC
• Black Americans and Systemic Racism-Related Stress: Effects on Mental Health and Brain Health
• The Influence of Systemic Racism on Body Shame and Diet Culture
• Race-Based Trauma and Mental Health
• Using Cultural Humility to Dismantle White Supremacy in Counseling

Friday, November 20, 2020

• Greetings from AMHCA President-Elect and Chair of AMHCA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force, Dr. Beverly Smith
• Facilitating Difficult Discussions About Power, Privilege, and Race for Current and Future Clinical Mental Health Counselors
• Unity in Diversity: Dynamics and Challenges in Interracial/Interethnic Marriages
• Microcounseling Interventions: Skills to Address Racism and Microaggressions in Session
• Intergenerational Trauma and Its Impact on African Americans