6th Annual Mental & Behavioral Health Conference
Clashing Worldviews: Weaving Narratives of Healing and Wellbeing from an Indigenous Perspective

Friday, February 7, 2025 | 9:00AM – 2:00PM MST | Virtual (Zoom)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
MSU Denver Social Work students and faculty attend free and register through the link shared with them through email.

Below you will find the conference schedule. If you have questions, please email Samantha Montague at [email protected].


Conference Schedule (all times are in MST)

8:45 – 9:00 Login 
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Address (presentation)
Dr. Dawn Matera Bassett, MSW, LCSW, PhD., Grants Director at MSU Denver
9:15 – 10:05 Session One (choose 1 of 2)

Option 1: Bridging the Gap: Merging Indigenous Wisdom and Contemporary Perinatal Care | Tonya Myles-Day, DSW, LMSW, University at Buffalo, School of Social Work (presentation)

Option 2: Self Disclosure: A Clinical Elder’s Perspective on its Power for Healing and Power for Wounding | Judith Kay Nelson, MSW, Ph.D. (presentation)

 10:05 – 10:15 Brief Break 
10:15 – 11:15 Feature Presentation
RMTAC: Refugee & Migrant Technical Assistance Center for Behavioral Health | Luz Chapa, M.Ed, LPC & Esther Rodriguez, M.S., Clinical Consultant 
11:15 – 11:30 Brief Break
11:30 – 11:45

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION with JaLisa Williams MSW, LCSW

11:45 – 12:45

Session Two (choose 1 of 3)

Option 1: Navigating Oppression and Adversity: Resilience and Mental Health Among Indigenous Women During COVID-19 | Kristi Ka`apu, LCSW, DSW Candidate, Tulane University & Rory Glover, MSW, PhD Candidate, Tulane University & Catherine E. O’Connor, PhD, LMSW, Tulane University (presentation)

Option 2: Decolonizing Sex: Resisting settler sexuality through a sex positive lens. | Kristin Spooner, DSW, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Board Certified Sex Therapist, The Radical Social Worker (Private Practice) 

Option 3: EMDR Therapy Approaches with BIPOC Clients and Addressing Culturally Based Trauma and Adversity | Mark Nickerson, LICSW, EMDR Institute Trainer and Clinical Consultant (presentation slides)
(presentation recording)

Conference concludes at the end of session two.

 

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