Adult Children of Immigrant Parents and Mental Health Tracking No. 20-1129804

Presenter

Demenna Milord, LMHC

Demenna Milord is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, public speaker, and an Anxiety & Fear Relief Coach. She assists Adult Black women and Adult Children of Immigrant Parents to increase peace in their lives, by using strategic, realistic, and doable coping skills to manage feelings of anxiety and general life stressors. Demenna believes that once you figure out the thoughts and feelings behind the distress in your life, you can then work on identifying and applying healthy and strategic skills to help you increase tolerance of distress. After spending the last 8 years working in settings such as community mental health/mobile crisis, psychiatric hospitalization facilities, and substance abuse centers, Demenna has been able to help people from different walks of life gain back something very important to them - peace and the ability to handle stress well. Demenna graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL with a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. Demenna is also currently a member of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA), a chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association. 

Description

Come learn about the growing population of Adult Children of Immigrant Parents. Gain understanding of how their mental health is impacted and affected by the family of origin, how to understand the mental health barriers they experience within the community, and how you can support them as an informed mental health therapist. 

Learning Objectives

1. Describe unique characteristics of adults children of immigrants as a clinical population.
2. Describe how family of origin affects adult children of immigrants.
3. Identify mental health barriers commonly experienced by adult children of immigrants.
4. Implement effective and appropriate therapeutic interventions to support adult children of immigrants.

CE BROKER TRACKING #: 20-1129804 This event is offered by SMHCA - Approved Continuing Education Provider - CE Broker Provider #: 50-13528.  This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW and Registered Interns.

Once payment is completed you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom Meeting ID.  TRAINING FEES (members need to be logged in to be able to register at the member rate) Completed Registrations including Payment Guarantees Participation: $10 Member $25 Nonmember $0 Student (with membership) $5 Student Nonmember (no CEUs)