Clinical Applications of Cultural Elements in Treating Hispanics and Latinos Module 5

Private training for AWARE grantee.

Module 5: Engaging and Treating the Hispanic and Latino Client

Module Goal: This module will provide training on best practices in the engagement and treatment phase of mental health treatment with the Hispanic and Latino client.

Module Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to identify three cultural elements that inform mental health assessment and treatment interventions with Hispanic and Latino individuals;
  • Participants will be able to list and discuss at least two specific evidence-based interventions and techniques in Latino mental health
  • Participants will be able to demonstrate two culturally informed assessment and treatment techniques shown to be effective with Latino clients.

 

About the Speaker:

 Diane Arms 

Diane Arms, MA 

Director for The Center for Co-occurring Disorders 

The Council on Recovery 

Diane Arms currently serves as the Director of The Center for Co-occurring Disorders at The Council on Recovery. She has dedicated her career to serving the Latino population in the Health Field, including Mental Health and Substance Use. She received both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at El Paso. Diane has served as Director of Health Integration at Avenue 360 Health and Wellness, Director of Prevention and Counseling at the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, and with the Harris County Health Care Alliance as Program Manager facilitating leadership meetings amongst local FQHCs to identify, address, and resolve systemic issues proactively. Ms. Arms has also served as an Operations Administrator for the children's division unit at Emergence Health Network, El Paso's Local Mental Health Authority. She has successfully implemented programs such as Multisystemic Therapy in a Mental Health Setting and Transition Age Youth, assisting transitioning clients from children's services to adult services in the mental health system. In addition, she spearheaded the transition of the agency's clinical and behavioral health services to telehealth services to accommodate social distancing and stay-at-home orders due to COVID 19. Previously funded projects consist of identifying relationships between stress, depression, and anxiety to substance use and parenting styles in young adult Latinos, investigating the effects of chronic illnesses on children's health-related quality of life in the Colonias, an underserved and impoverished neighborhood along the Texas-Mexico border, and exploring effective decision-making aids on colorectal cancer for the aging Latino population. She sits on the Houston BARC Foundation's board, the City of Houston's Animal Shelter and Adoption Facility. She is also a fellow of the American Leadership Forum, Class 44. 

Starts: Jun. 10, 2022 1:00 pm
Ends: Jun. 10, 2022 4:30 pm
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