Intergenerational Trauma and the AAPI Community

5/9/2025 - 12/30/2040
Self-Paced

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This online, one hour long presentation on intergenerational trauma in the AAPI population will provide an introductory understanding of this complex phenomenon. It will begin by defining intergenerational trauma. Focusing specifically on the AAPI community, the presentation will explore the unique historical and cultural contexts that contribute to this phenomenon, including experiences of war, immigration, discrimination, and systemic racism. Participants will learn about the physiological and psychological impacts of intergenerational trauma. The presentation will discuss strategies for counselors, emphasizing the importance of addressing both individual and collective healing.

UNITED STATES

LCCNC

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The workshop is designed to help participants:

1. Define and understand intergenerational trauma in the AAPI context.

2. Recognize the physiological and psychological impacts.

3. Apply culturally sensitive and trauma-informed counseling strategies.

PRESENTER:

Sara Ahmed (she/her) is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate in Winston-Salem, NC, and a doctoral student in CMHC Education and Supervision at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a 2024 NBCC Minority Doctoral Fellow and her passion includes working with people who have substance use concerns, utilizing a non-judgmental, harm-reduction based approach. Her research interests include culturally adaptive mental health interventions, structural barriers to mental health and addiction services, harm reduction, and CMHC beliefs/attitudes about addiction. 

PROVIDER INFORMATION:

LCCNC
605 N. Terrace Place
Morganton, NC 28655
(919) 714-9025
info@lpcanc.org
www.lccnc.org

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