Dr. LaWanda Hill & I discuss mental health “best practices,” #BlackLivesMatter, white allies, COVID-19, & Black Liberation Theology. Check-in ✊🏾#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #BlackLivesMatter

TogetherWell hosted a free online event to help mental health providers with virtual practicing. When we polled the audience 81% reported having never offered telehealth prior to COVID-19. We hope the series of events helped offer some resources for further learning. For more information about Take Flight, Together: A virtual Mental Health Event, please visit: https://hopin.to/events/take-flight-together-a-virtual-mental-health-event. This segment includes Panel 1 out of 4 and it's entitled: Coronovirus & Clinician Self-Care. Moderator Dr. LaWanda Hill is a licensed psychologist, consultant, and curator of spaces. She identities as a proud provocateur for change and champion for wellness. Dr. Hill considers her mission simple in words and complex in meaning: to empower others to be the highest version of themselves. Dr. Hill specializes in providing culturally sensitive clinical and non-clinical services to assist others with integrating multiple aspects of the self into an identity that is authentic and facilitates overall wellness. Her services include individual and group therapy, workshops, consultations, “curating spaces”, guest speaking, and mentorship. Dr. Hill's areas of expertise include women’s sexual health, wellness (mind, body, and spirit) for women of color, multicultural counseling, “creating spaces”, clinical training, outreach, and grief. Dr. Hill is oriented to service and dedicated to lending her voice for social justice and systemic change. Speakers: Helen Hsu, PsyD, is a bicultural and bilingual (Mandarin) staff psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University where she is the liaison to the Asian American Activities Center. Prior to Stanford Dr. Hsu was a manager and clinical supervisor at the Youth and Family Services division of the City of Fremont. Dr. Hsu has been a director of clinical training supervising master's and doctoral psychology and counseling students at Asian Community Mental Health Services, Fruge Psychological Associates, and New Leaf. Dr. Hsu is the immediate past president of the Asian American Psychological Association and was a committee member on the American Psychological Association Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression. She is the current chair of the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Training Advisory Committee. Dr. Meag-gan O’Reilly is a Staff Psychologist and Program Coordinator of Outreach, Equity & Inclusion at Stanford’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), and Lecturer for Human Health and Performance in the Stanford School of Medicine. After over a decade of providing counseling, Dr. O'Reilly is Co-Founded and CEO of Inherent Value Psychology INC., which operates out of downtown Palo Alto and provides group and individual clinical services for Silicon Valley professionals as well as national and international consultation, and speaking engagements. Notably, she took to the TEDx stage in 2018 to remind us all of our unconditional worth as people. Her talk: Enough is Enough: The Power of You Inherent Value can be seen on Youtube. Her research focuses on social justice and her areas of clinical expertise include college student mental health, perfectionism, trauma, and social identities particularly social class, race, and gender. She believes deeply in the transformative power of psychological science to liberate and improves lives. Here are additional notes/resources from our event: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xhWjWa_INvJdZKkj11qoM5e7mFo99dEieZn9siqW0I0/edit?fbclid=IwAR0FDt_edz4dxhQrZiOYjo4ADXhquhSFt-DRYy7YXTdZnbxmMoYe6xhWyRA Because 100% of our attendee's requested additional events from us we will be hosting an event every THIRD THURSDAY. To learn more, please visit: https://www.togetherwell.org/events-calendar Are you interested in becoming a speaker? Fill out this survey, and tell us more about your expertise: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScG2VzpVhrus-2qZm5ShuUewa8lB9B73BbNPhdKVsCqnGQm9w/viewform www.togetherwell.org DISCLAIMER: Thank you for joining TogetherWell's event. Please note that the opinions, advice and information offered today are the opinions and advice of the panelists and not that of TogetherWell. TogetherWell does not take responsibility for any of the content provided. TogetherWell is a nonpartisan mental health advocacy organization without party affiliation, bias, or designation. We seek to work with all Members of Congress, regardless of their political affiliation, to advance such policies. We hope you enjoy the event. If you are in need of support, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

This is the podcast adaptation of the first episode of The Break Room! Part of the Living Corporate network, The Break Room is a live web show (every Thursday at 7PM Central) focused on mental health, wellness and healing for Black folks at work. You can expect real talk from real experts about the real ways Black folks can protect and heal themselves from racialized trauma at work. The Break Room provides dynamic insight, education, and consultation on mental health for Black professionals. Led by four independent mental health clinicians and researchers, each host brings their unique style and perspective to the nuanced and complex visible and invisible forces that impact Black mental health and well-being in the workplace. Check out full episodes of The Break Room, video included. https://bit.ly/3pFsW0e Follow The Break Room on Twitter. https://bit.ly/34R2ety Connect with all four of our hosts on LinkedIn and Twitter. Dr. Dixon: https://bit.ly/3uUyZjS https://bit.ly/2SbPBGD Dr. Coleman: https://bit.ly/3fUx0YG https://bit.ly/3ckGnyK Dr. Bamishigbin: https://bit.ly/3wV1WxJ https://bit.ly/3cgcpfa Dr. Hill: https://bit.ly/2SaKIh3 https://bit.ly/3z6eJzi Interested in supporting Living Corporate? Check out our Support page. https://bit.ly/3egO3Dk

Stanford Univ. psychologist LaWanda Hill, PhD, discusses anti-Black racism and the ways it impacts health care, and challenges the current conceptualization of "at risk populations" which can lead to further marginalization. (Sept. 15, 2020)

TogetherWell is dedicated to lowering the barriers to mental health education, resources and tools. Our goal is to help improve the well-being of families and communities in need by making critical information and support more accessible and affordable. We offer free monthly educational events for therapists called, Third Thursdays for Therapists. June's event is called: Resilience in the Face of Xenophobia and Racism Speakers: Dr. LaWanda Hill Dr. Helen Hsu Moderated by Dr. Ankhesenamun Ball There has been a rise in xenophobic and racist behavior to the very providers who are on the front lines, ensuring our physical and mental safety, are some of the ones being targeted. Please join our speakers in a discussion of coping strategies and ways to create more resilience—for yourself, your clients, and your community. This supportive discussion will help not only those who are currently being targeted with and experiencing traumas from racist or xenophobic behaviors, but also those who looking for guidance on how to be helpful on behalf of others. This timely event is part of our Third Thursdays for Therapists series, held every third Thursday of the month. For future events, please check our event page. DISCLAIMER: Thank you for joining TogetherWell's event. Please note that the opinions, advice and information offered today are the opinions and advice of the panelists and not that of TogetherWell. TogetherWell does not take responsibility for any of the content provided. TogetherWell is a nonpartisan mental health advocacy organization without party affiliation, bias, or designation. We seek to work with all Members of Congress, regardless of their political affiliation, to advance such policies. We hope you enjoy the event. If you are in need of support, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

During my 2 1/2 years at Stanford I sowed many seeds that eventually bared sooo much fruit which include Transformational Series like: Stanford CAPS Diversity ,Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Seminar People of Color Affinity Group Whiteness and Accountability Affinity Group The Black Coalition at Stanford An Advisory Board Member to Presidential Initiatives to address Anti-Blackness at Stanford Transformative Gatherings like: Decolonizing Mental Health Series The Gathering Process Group for Graduate Students of Color Sankofa Mental Health Series for First Year Black Undergraduate Students The list truly goes on! Unbeknownst to me, the work that I was passionately doing became the blueprint for transformative change that organizations with global footprints like Amazon and Audubon, and higher education institutions like Yale and the University of San Francisco would call on me to offer my professional expertise on how to pivot meaningfully. Today, I am the proud owner and ÇEO of Hill Psychological and Consultation Services servicing businesses and higher education institutions who are looking for transformational change, and owner of Dr. LaWanda Hill, LLC, empowering women to be the highest version of themselves. Check my website out to see if you or your company would benefit from our services.