The Utah Chapter of the Association for Women in Psychology hosts programming sessions on topics related to feminist multicultural advocacy, activism, research, and clinical practice.
2019-2020 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
- September 12, 2019: Wine & Cheese with Utah AWP
- November 14, 2019: How to be a Better Therapist & Advocate for Transgender People
- January 2020: Joint meeting with LGBT Affirmative Therapist Guild and Women in Private Practice, date and topic to be announced
- March 12, 2020: To Be Announced
- May 14, 2020: To Be Announced
All programs are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise specified, programs are held on the date listed from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault (UCASA), 284 West 400 North, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103. Programs are typically held bi-monthly September – May on the second Thursday of the month.
SUGGEST A PRESENTATION
We would love to hear your suggestions on topics that would interest you! We welcome topics related to the intersection of social justice and mental health. If you are willing to present, or have a suggestion of a presenter, please contact our Programming Coordinator, Susan Lyons, at Susan.Lyons@path.utah.edu.
PAST PROGRAMMING
- Feminist Multicultural Therapy Panel (4/25/2019)
- Disrupting the Systems of Interpersonal & Sexual Violence Through Systemic Change (3/7/2019)
- Gender Creative Parenting (1/25/2019)
- Addressing the Normalization of Violence: Creating Communities of Healing (11/15/2018)
- Counseling People with Unplanned or Unwanted Pregnancy: Ethical Guidelines (9/20/2018)
- Engaging in Difficult Dialogues: Conversations for social change (5/18/2018)
- Multicultural Counseling Orientation: Learning how to orient ourselves towards our clients’ intersecting identities (2/23/2018)
- Suicide Prevention: Panel focused on working with LGBTQ+ individuals (1/26/2018)
- Islamophobia: Implications for clinical practice (11/17/2017)
- De-privileging Access to Resources: Working with Communities of Color in Utah (9/22/2017)
- Challenging Our Implicit Biases: Self Examination Practice in the Real World (6/9/2017)
- Art Therapy as a Safe and Effective Treatment for Trauma (3/24/2017)
- Queer Theory and You: the intersection of gender, race, and class (1/27/2017)
- Feminist Qualitative Research: power, relationship, and collaboration (11/18/2016)
- Treating Polyamorous and Other Consensually Non-Monogamous Individuals (9/16/2016)
