Adult Children of Immigrant Parents and Mental Health

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.

Cost

• $25 for NBFE members (i.e., CFMHEs and CFMHE applicants/candidates) and, for members of our 
• partnering organizations please see Professional Partners for current listings
• $35 for Non-members

Continuing Education Information 

ACEP No. 6189

CE Broker Tracking No. 20-998132

 Florida - CE Broker Provider No. 50-15823

The National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6189.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  NBFE is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. 

This webinar has been approved for 1.5 General CEs with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling, and the Florida Board of Psychology, 

NBFE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  NBFE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

NBFE is recognized and endorsed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association.

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