Live Virtual Workshop
Join us for our Multicultural presentation by Ana Marcela Rodriguez, MS, LMFT.
Objectives
-Participants will achieve a deeper understanding of the societal differences amidst the Hispanic populations but always being aware of the uniqueness of each individual.
-Participants will explore different cultural concepts and discuss how those concepts affect the mental state of each individual.
-Recognize cultural barriers that hinder the seeking of mental health care.
-Participants will learn how to approach individuals in the Hispanic community and will learn how to use trauma-informed care to learn about personal narratives of each client.
-Participants will learn effective interventions for issues expressed in different generations. -Participants will understand disparity among generations and how to address it in therapy.
-Participants will gain resources available in the community for individuals who cannot address these disparities in their own families
-Participants will be able to identify different transgenerational trauma that impact the Hispanic community.
-Participants will learn effective interventions to break transgenerational trauma.
-Participants will learn how to effectively evaluate and assess Hispanic clients
-Participants will learn different interventions specifically for Hispanic clients
More about Marcela
Ana Marcela obtained a degree in psychology from the University of Monterrey. After moving to the United States she earned a master's degree in counseling from SMU and obtained her license as an LMFT in the state of Texas.
Today, Ana Marcela has her group practice, Therapy Works Counseling around DFW, where her all hispanic and bilingual group serves children, teenagers, adults, couples and families in spanish and english. She is trained in EMDR, and has extensive experience in trauma, grief, infidelity, relationship conflicts, anxiety and depression.
Her focus has always been mental health in the hispanic community which has made her one of the strongest leaders and advocates for mental health in this community. She has been invited as a keynote speaker for the adolescent symposium, TAMFT anual conference, SMU Hispanic summit, TWU BIPOC panel, UNT multicultural panel, different ISD’s across the metroplex , among other companies interested in learning about mental health in the Hispanic community.
Ana Marcela currently serves as an expert in international Tv networks such as Univision, Telemundo, and Estrella Tv.