January CE Training with Michael Gomez

Join the Houston Psychological Association for its Monthly CE Training featuring Dr. Michael Gomez, who will present “Effects of Stress on Immigration and Refugee Populations: Understanding the impact on children and families."

This course is designed to help public mental health providers encountering families where immigration experience, refugee status or other related phenomena are salient. This training explores how different stressors such as discrimination, language barriers, legal uncertainty etc. can significantly impact the mental health of children, youth and families. The training will also address cultural competency frameworks, and trauma-informed best practices tailored to the developmental needs of children and adolescents, with a focus on families experiencing immigration or refugee status. Providers will explore how Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) affects this vulnerable population.

Designed for psychologists and mental health professionals in active practice with diverse populations, this session offers a valuable opportunity to learn how to incorporate traumatic grief treatment into work with this population, and witness a clinical demonstration of relevant treatment techniques look like for this population.

Key Takeaways

Upon completion of training, participants can be expected to:

1. Describe how PTSD and C-PTSD symptomology are applicable to the immigration and refugee experience.

2. Identify specific resources that are relevant for families who are impacted by the immigration experience.

3. List specific evidence-based practices that have been empirically evaluated on this population.

4. Describe how grief is a core phenomenon in the immigration experience