Initiatives for Mental Health and Wellness with Intersectional Latinx Identities

10:30am-12pm

Presenter: Roberto Carlos Martinez, M.Ed., Resident in Counseling

Session Type: Workshop

Topic: Psychological and emotional well-being and supports

Description

Professionals working with the Latinx community must be aware of the multiple intersectionalities of the community in order to meet critical needs in advocating for the community. It is important to provide affirming and effective services to clients in the community who differ in their access to employment, housing, education, healthcare, voting rights, and legal services. We also have to take into consideration the inclusion of gender expansive and of diverse sexual/affectional orientations within the community. Intersectionality takes into consideration the meaning and consequences associated with multiple identities along interlocking systems of disadvantage and inequality (Cole, 2009; Crenshaw, 1991). This session will focus on enhancing cultural considerations and the importance of knowledge, humility, and comfort when working with initiatives for mental health and wellness with Intersectional Latinx identities.

Files

Handout 1 Revised.jpg

Handout SAMSAH.pdf

Handout2.pdf

Man Box Handout Spanish.pdf

Facilitators

Roberto Carlos Martinez, M.Ed.,

Resident in Counseling

Ayuda

rmartinj@gmu.edu

Roberto Carlos Martinez, M.Ed., Resident in Counseling, has worked with “atRisk” youth, adults recovering from substance-use disorders, and survivors of intimate partner violence and/or human trafficking. His professional experience also includes working with marginalized communities including seniors, Latinx, LGBTPQIA+, and racially diverse folx. Roberto is involved in ACA subdivisions and state chapters. He is the current President of the Northern Virginia Counselors Association (NVCA) and a former Secretary of the Virginia Association of Addictions Counselors (VAAC). He has served on a variety of committees and taskforces that include the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE), and the Virginia Counselors Association (VCA).

Karina Garcia, M.A.

Karina Garcia, M.A., is a counselor at a Northern Virginia substance use recovery center that focuses on early withdrawal management. She has worked with clients with co-occurring disorders in men’s and women’s recovery centers. In addition to individual counseling, she leads groups focused on emotional behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, and psychoeducation.