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IN-PERSON | Working with Multicultural Couples

When
Friday, May 12, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Cover 3 Anderson Lane, 2700 W. Anderson Lane #202, Austin, TX 78757
Spaces left
17
Registered
13 registrants

Registration

IN-PERSON | Board Member
IN-PERSON | Member (CEU + Lunch) – $25.00
IN-PERSON | Member (CEU Only)
IN-PERSON | Member (Lunch Only) – $25.00
IN-PERSON | Non-Member (CEU + Lunch) – $40.00
This includes all clinicians or students (not coming for the 1st time) who are non-members.
IN-PERSON | Non-Member (CEU only) – $10.00
This includes all clinicians or students (not coming for the 1st time) who are non-members.
IN-PERSON | Non-Member (Lunch only) – $30.00
This includes all clinicians or students (not coming for the 1st time) who are non-members.
IN-PERSON | Student (First Time Attending)
Students attending a CEU for the first time are able to attend for free, and lunch is on us!

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May 2023

Austin AMFT CEU Luncheon

This registration page is for those interested in attending in person.

If you wish to attend the event online, please register here. Please note that our speaker for this month lives out of state and will be providing the lecture online, but you may still attend in person.

Live In-person Presentation

Please note our speaker this month lives out of state and will be providing the lecture online, but you may still attend in person.

Cover 3 Anderson Lane

2700 W. Anderson Lane #202, Austin, TX 78757

Friday, May 12, 2023

12 - 1:30 pm

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1 Cultural CEU | Approved for LMFTs, LPCs, LCSWs, & Psychologists

(Satisfies cultural diversity and competency requirement for LMFTs)

If you would like to receive CEUs, you must pay the registration fee and complete the evaluation form after the event. Your CEU certificate will then be emailed to you.

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This event will be recorded and accessible through our website afterward. You must be a current Austin AMFT member to access. This recording will not be available to non-members.

TOPIC

Working with Multicultural Couples

PRESENTER

Claudine Lucena, MA, LMFT, LPC

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

As of 2019, nearly 1 out of every 5 newly married couples are mixed race/mixed culture. This presentation focuses on clinical practice with multicultural couples by focusing on systemic issues, intersectionality, assessing the impact of culture within relationship dynamics, understanding how societal factors and power dynamics may impact couple relationships, and addressing self-of-the-therapist issues related to working with multicultural couples.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Attendees will review typical terminology, patterns, and experiences relevant to working with multicultural couples

Attendees will learn about intersectionality and common systemic barriers that impact multicultural relationships

Attendees will learn specific tools for assessment with this population

Attendees will examine how they may apply their clinical approach to working with multicultural couples from a socioculturally attuned lens

BIOGRAPHY

Claudine Lucena, MA, LMFT, LPC is Operations Director and a therapist at Ortiz Therapy Group. Her clinical focus is on cultural identity and relationships, life and family transitions, and relational stress. She frequently works with clients from immigrant backgrounds, creatives and artists, LGBTQIA+ folks, and neurodivergent folks. Her clinical work and research focuses on systemic barriers to mental health care and resilience for historically excluded/marginalized populations. Claudine is an AAMFT Minority Fellow and a PhD Candidate in Marriage & Family Therapy at Syracuse University.

This presentation is designed to be useful for all levels of training and experience.

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