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Download Toolkit here: Self-Care Toolkit for Mental Health Professionals | Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network (mhttcnetwork.org)
Join us for an insightful and interactive webinar where you'll have the opportunity to meet and engage with the authors of a self-care toolkit that is tailored for mental health professionals working with Hispanic/Latinx populations. The toolkit can be used by psychologists, social workers, counselors, clinic staff, interpreters, outreach workers (promotoras), peer navigators, and other advocates in the community. The content of this toolkit will focus on particular considerations for Hispanic/Latinx mental health professionals working in settings that service Hispanic/Latinx populations, as these providers face additional challenges when taking on the role of cultural and linguistic broker. This self-care toolkit will increase your awareness of the negative consequences of mental health work and will help you plan self-care activities that align with your values and lifestyle. The toolkit also contains resources to help you measure your levels of stress, identify your values, and select self-care activities to prevent burnout.
Meet the authors: Drs. Juventino Hernandez, Bianca Villalobos & Enedina Enriquez.
Juventino Hernández Rodríguez, PhD, LP
Dr. Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez is a bilingual licensed psychologist, Assistant Professor and co-director of the REACH lab in the Department of Psychological Science at UTRGV. He received his PhD at the University of Arkansas and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Mental Health Disparities and Diversity Program at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Bianca T. Villalobos, PhD, LP
Dr. Villalobos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and co-director of the Research Enhancing Access to Culturally Informed Mental Health Services (REACH) Lab. Dr. Villalobos’s research focuses on testing the feasibility of evidence-based interventions and novel service delivery models (i.e., primary care behavioral health, telehealth), and the role of Latinx cultural values in help-seeking. She is a bilingual (English and Spanish) licensed clinical psychologist and provides clinical supervision to doctoral students. Dr. Villalobos is passionate about training the next generation of culturally sensitive researchers and community providers.
Enedina Enriquez, DSW, LCSW-S
Enedina Enriquez is a DSW, LCSW-S. She holds a doctoral degree in social work from USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work in California. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Social Work. She is a graduate of the University of Texas Pan American, where she earned her bachelor and master's social work degree. In 2011, she became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and in 2019, became a Texas State Board Approved Clinical Supervisor for licensed master level social workers and marriage and family therapy clinicians. She has various social work practice experience but is mostly passionate about her 17-year experience in hospice and palliative care. She has worked with defense attorneys on capital murder cases providing grief therapy to the victim's families. She has her own private practice, Kindred Spirit Latino Center for Grief and Loss, specializing in grief, loss and traumatic bereavement services to Hispanic individuals suffering from a chronic/terminal illness, multiple losses, suicide loss and trauma. She serves as the Chapter President for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention South Texas.