Metro MFT, the University of Maryland's Couple and Family Therapy Program and the Prevention Research Center (PRC) Present:
"Centering LGBTQ+ Family Systems: Opportunities to Expand Our Knowledge and Skills through Affirmative, Ethical Practices"
(5 CEUs will be provided)
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm (8:15am - 9:00am Check in)
Location: 4200 Valley Dr (School of Public Health Building), Suite 1303, College Park, MD 20742, University of Maryland Campus
Virtual Option: Zoom Link to be provided to all virtual registrants
CEUs: 5 hours of CEUs (including 2 hours of ethics).
This program is approved by the Maryland State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to satisfy Category A continuing education requirements. This program also meets criteria for CEUs for LPCs/LMFTs in Virginia.
Registration Rates:
Metro MFT Members - $150
Non-Members - $200
Students - $50
UMD Faculty - $50
Volunteers - Free (If you are interested in volunteering, please submit interest to admin@metromft.com. We are looking for up to 10 volunteers from any group on a first come first serve basis)
Note - Lunch included for Metro MFT Members who attend the Metro MFT Membership Meeting.
Parking:
Visitors can park at the Regents Drive Garage (RR) – It is located near Hornbake Library, the Plant Science, Physics and Chemistry buildings, seen in zone E-9 on the map : https://transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/umd-campus-parking-map. In addition, there are a small number of metered parking spots on Valley Drive. Current rates at this facility are $3.00 per hour for all metered parking spots with a daily max of $15. Please allow 10-15 minutes to walk to the SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH building(255), which is marked as building 255, located at zone E-7 on the map: https://transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/umd-campus-parking-map. For full details and maps, please visit: https://transportation.umd.edu/parking/visitors
Metro MFT Conference Schedule
9:00-9:30am: Welcome and introductions
9:30-10:45am: Session 1: Dr. Shanéa Thomas
10:45-11:00am: Break
11:00-12:15pm: Session 2: Dr. LB Klein
12:15-1:15pm: Lunch/Metro MFT Membership Meeting
1:15-2:30pm: Session 3: Timothy Elliott, LICSW
2:30-2:45pm: Break
2:45-3:30pm: Session 4: LGBTQ TOGETHER and UMD-PRC Training Opportunities with Dr. Jessica Fish
3:45-4:00pm: Wrap-up
Session 1: Seeing Ourselves Along, and not Beyond, Our LGBTQ+ Clients: The Ethics of Creating Clinically Self-Aware Frameworks for Inclusivity
Dr. Shanéa Thomas, LICSW (he/she/Dr.) is the LGBTQ+ Training Specialist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health through the Prevention Research Center. He is a seasoned scholar-practitioner with more than 18 years of professional clinical social work experience in the Washington D.C. metro area. Her main commitment in the field is training and strategizing with social workers, educators, and service providers around building safer therapeutic and educational spaces for all people. This is especially for those working in communities that are underserved and under-resourced, and those identifying as Black, Indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQI+ folks. Dr. Thomas has facilitated over 80 workshops centering DEI needs, grief and loss, mental health, sex and gender, and LGBTQI+ populations. He has recently curated a national training program which launched in May 2023 using the Prevention Research Center's evidence-based tools to build LGBTQ+ competency in practice amongst mental health professionals.
Session 2: Intimate Partner Violence and LGBTQIA2S+ People
LB Klein, PhD, MSW, MPA (they/she) is an assistant professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and core faculty member of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Klein leads the Gender, LGBTQ+, Interpersonal Trauma, and Translational Equity Research or GLITTER Lab. Their transdisciplinary research focuses on gender-based violence (GBV; e.g., sexual assault/harassment, intimate partner violence, stalking, and anti-queer/trans harassment) prevention, trauma- and violence-informed care, and LGBTQIA2S+ health. As an advocate, educator, program director, evaluator, trainer, researcher, and consultant, Dr. Klein has worked to prevent and respond to interpersonal violence for nearly two decades.
Session 3: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Collaboratively Supporting LGBTQ+ Students and Families Navigate Complex Educational Systems
Timothy Q. Elliott (they/he) is a clinical social worker licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and DC who is a recognized expert in trauma healing as well as gender and sexual identity development. They emphasize a strengths-based, depathologizing approach to supporting clients’ journey to wellness and have been in the DC metro area since 2009 working in schools, outpatient mental health facilities, and government agencies - he has seen firsthand how systems function or fail in supporting the social-emotional needs of LGBTQ youth. He now owns and operates a private psychotherapy practice in Arlington, VA providing individual and family therapy primarily to LGBTQ+ young people and families. They incorporate a variety of strength-based therapeutic approaches within their practice, including eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), art therapy techniques, sand/play therapy, somatic interventions, and other mind-body modalities. Timothy has spoken at local and national conferences on a variety of topics within mental health. He was awarded the 2017 Youth Champion of the Year award by the DC Center for the LGBT Community. He has served on the Leadership Council for the District of Columbia’s Victim Assistance Network (2017-2019) and currently co-chairs the Advisory Council for Rainbow Youth Alliance, an adult-facilitated peer-to-peer support group for LGBTQ teens in Rockville, MD. Timothy is committed to lifting LGBTQ youth voices and challenging providers to do better.