In Person - Membership Meeting - In Person
Denise Torres, MS, LMFT
"Culture and Trauma: Like Oil and Water"
This training will encourage self-reflection on the participant's own cultural biases and how they might impact interactions with individuals from different backgrounds. Participants will also gain information about diverse cultural perspectives on trauma, healing practices, and communication styles. Specific emphasis will be placed on the importance of respecting and valuing cultural differences, avoiding stereotypes, and adapting approaches to be culturally appropriate and deepen the understanding of when individuals feel understood and respected, they are more likely to build trust with their providers. Finally, this training will reinforce research that shows that when services are culturally relevant, individuals are more likely to seek and engage with help, and that culturally sensitive approaches can lead to more effective and lasting positive change.
Learning Objectives
In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Identify 3 different ways in which to approach trauma informed care with at least two different cultures.
2. Describe 2 ways in which an individual can maintain the cultural awareness
necessary to provide culturally aware trauma informed care.
3. Identify 2 different culturally appropriate trauma-informed care activities which will deepen your understanding of your own cultural trauma- informed care knowledge.
Denise Torres, MS, LMFT, has provided Mental Health services to the community for almost a decade. During her work in a Department of Mental Health contracted agency, Denise has gained extensive knowledge regarding trauma, and how it impacts the brain, behavior, physical/emotional health and overall social relationships. Over the past 4 years during her work at a non-profit agency, Denise has facilitated trainings on this subject in multiple settings and to multiple audiences. Denise has also provided mental health therapy to families, children, adolescents and adults who have experienced traumatic events in their life. In her ongoing work to support her community, Denise has also had the opportunity to provide Mental Health Consultation to providers and teachers who work with children daily. With Mental Health Consultation, Denise has developed an additional niche in which she can further support her community to provide trauma informed care. As a current Clinical Supervisor, Denise remains in a parallel process of learning with her supervisees, as well as share her experience further.
Sponsored by:
Harmony Place was established in 2014 by an extraordinary team of experts in addiction treatment with decades of collective experience in both mental health and substance abuse treatment. We believe wholeheartedly in the right of self-determination. Every treatment plan is constructed with critical input from the client and their primary therapist moving towards achieving their personal goals and creating a road map for lifelong recovery.
Harmony Place offers a full service, co-ed residential treatment experience for adults specializing in clinically managed detoxification and treatment for those with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Our treatment team is comprised of 24-hour wellness staff, licensed clinicians and certified drug and alcohol counselors. Our medical director is an expert in treating people with addictions and other co-occurring disorders. Our treatment model is unique, combining the best individualized therapeutic program and clinical services with a holistic mind, body and spirit approach.
We specialize in the treatment of addictive disorders and co-occurring mental health issues such as Trauma, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, and others.
Psych Scribe offers therapists a simpler way to complete progress notes that require no session recordings. Our HIPAA-compliant platform helps reduce note anxiety by transforming your psychotherapy notes into DAP, SOAP, or BIRP progress notes in minutes. With the $18/month subscription, you get unlimited progress notes, treatment plans, intake notes, and more. With Psych Scribe, therapists can focus more on client care and work/life balance.
When: Sunday, July 13, 2025
Time:
8:30am-9am Check-In/Light Breakfast*
9am-9:30am Membership Meeting/
Chapter Announcements*
9:30-11am CE/Speaker Presentation
11am-11:15am Opportunity Drawing/
Private Practice Announcements*
11:15am-11:45am Break*
11:45am-1:45pm Board Meeting (in-person)*
*=portion of course not eligible for CE's
This course is intended for beginning to advanced mental health professionals.
Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Course evaluations will be sent and CE completion certificates will be awarded to participants that attend the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation within 48 hours of the speaker presentation.
Place:
In-Person at Encino Golf Course Banquet Room
16821 Burbank Blvd
Encino, CA 91436
This location is ADA compliant.
Professional or business casual attire suggested. It is recommended to dress in layers due to the weather and AC conditions.
Please note the following:
Confirm your meeting selection is accurate for in person or webinar and member or non-member. No walk-ins or registration changes will be allowed less than 24 hours before the meeting.
Price/Registration:
SFV-CAMFT chapter members
In-person
$25 (online until Friday, July 4th at 11:59pm)
$35 (online week of event, July 5th - July 11th)
Non chapter members
In-person
$35 (online until Friday, July 4th at 11:59pm)
$45 (online week of event, July 5th - July 11th)
No phone or email RSVP.
No cash or check, credit card only (we accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover).
Email us for Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley chapter reciprocity.
Please click on the register button. If you are not logged in yet and are a member of our chapter, please be sure to log in here first. A confirmation email will be sent once payment is received.
Questions? Contact our VP of Membership sfvcamftmember@gmail.com
Grievances? Contact our President sfvcamftpre@gmail.com
Accommodations? Contact our Hospitality Chair sfvcamftmember@gmail.com
Policies: View a list of our policies here
Refund Policy
Requests for refunds must be in writing and received by SFV-CAMFT before one week prior to the event. A $2 administrative fee will be deducted for cancellation of a paid event, through the cancellation deadline. There will be no changes or cancellations received after one week prior to the event (this includes no shows and arriving late to the presentation on the day of the event). The President has discretion to issue refunds that do not comply with the policy. To request a refund, email sfv.camft@gmail.com.
The personal values and beliefs expressed by presenter(s) are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (SFV-CAMFT). SFV-CAMFT is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive professional community and does not endorse any specific personal viewpoints shared by presenters.
CAMFT- approved Continuing Education Provider #62281
SFV-CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for Marriage & Family Therapists. SFV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
.png)
.png)