Asian American Families: Diversity and Complexity Amid Racial Traumas with the Emergence of Cultural Strengths and Resilience [Online]

 Earn 3 CE Contact Hours

This workshop aims to prepare practitioners to understand overarching racial, ethnic and linguistic issues relevant to serving the families in the Asian American community. Participants will learn about the history, cultural influences, diversity and experiences of Asian Americans. Using this as a foundational reference, multiple issues and concepts related to the psychology of Asian individuals, families and communities will then be presented.

Core issues such as intra-Asian diversity, the role of family, immigrant versus refugee status, acculturation, racial and historical trauma, culture shock, generational influences, the “model minority” myth, racism and discrimination, as they impact Asian identity, will be discussed. The presenter will describe and powerfully illustrate key family and child evidence-based practices. There will be dynamic sharing of narratives of therapeutic challenges accompanied by meaningful strategies underlining resilience and wellness.

Learning Objectives:

• To list specific challenges arising among Asian Americans communities due to xenophobia, racially-based traumas as well as historical and current injustices
• To identify cultural sources and reasons Asian Americans underutilize certain services including mental health, or are underserved in certain treatment services
• To list several service recommendations that are culturally responsive for therapy with Asian American individuals, families and their communities including integrative cultural practices and a practitioner stance throughout of cultural humility
• To examine how an exploration of race and racialization can foster greater well-being for couples who identify as multiracial, mixed-race, and/or multiethnic
• To identify evidence-based practices and practice-based/community-defined evidence for providing services to Asian American individuals and families while also advancing social justice and relational healing.

Meet Dr. Matthew R. Mock:

Matthew R. Mock, PhD has on the relevance of cultural competence, ethnicity and multiculturalism in psychotherapy throughout California, nationally and internationally. In 2019, he was bestowed the Distinguished Contributions Award from the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA). Dr. Mock is a Professor of Psychology with John F. Kennedy School of Psychology with National University. Prior to this, he was the Director of the Multicultural Family, Youth and Children’s Services of Berkeley Mental Health for 20 years. He has a longstanding independent clinical practice in Berkeley, CA providing clinical services to children, couples, adults and families. The author of many book chapters and articles, Dr. Mock is a highly acclaimed trainer and teacher.

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