Webinar | 1.5 NBCC Hours | Estimated 1.5-Hour Workload
Patricia Arredondo, EdD presents this pre-recorded 90 minute webinar. All counseling needs to be culture centered. With Latinx individuals and familias, counselor self-awareness about biases and assumptions about Latinxs, knowledge about the diversity of the population, and skills to engage in culturally responsive counseling is essential. The heterogeneity of Latinx populations requires complex thinking to engage respectfully.
Upon successful completion of this activity, you will be able to:
Dr. Patricia Arredondo has dedicated her career to advancing social justice, cultural competency development, immigrant and Latinx mental health education, feminist leadership, and organizational diversity strategy. She served as President of the American Counseling Association in 2006, President of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and founding member of the Counselors for Social Justice. She is an ACA Fellow.
Dr. Arredondo is co-author of the foundational Multicultural Counseling Competencies for ACA and the Multicultural Guidelines for the APA. She is the author of more than 100 publications and training videos and 8 books including co-authorship for Culturally Responsive Counseling with Latinas/os and Counseling Latinos and l Familia. Being released this month is Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions: Thriving in the Chilly Climate.
Dr. Arredondo served as president of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago campus, associate vice chancellor of academic affairs for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and Senior Vice President of Student Initiatives, Arizona State University (ASU). She is a licensed psychologist and National Certified Counselor. Her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology is from Boston University and her masters in School Counseling is from Boston College. She holds an honorary degree from the University of San Diego.
Dr. Arredondo is president of the Arredondo Advisory Group, a culture-centered consulting organization addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy in different workplace settings. She resides in Phoenix and Mexico City. On a personal note she comments: A daughter of an immigrant father from Guanajuato, Mexico, a mother with Mexican parents born outside of Chicago, and a maternal abuela from Oaxaca, Mexico, second oldest of 7 children, I learned how to walk the “borderlands” and to appreciate my bicultural and bilingual upbringing.
Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4546. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Successful completion of this micro-course provides 1.5 NBCC clock hours; partial credit will not be offered.
ACEP contact information:
100 Washington Ave. S Suite 1210, Minneapolis MN, 55401
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.waldenu.edu
