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A Conversation with Liliana Baylon About Cultural Complexity and Care in Migrant Communities
by Liliana Baylon
To work effectively with migrant clients, clinicians must be attuned to the profound challenges these clients face personally, socially, and existentially, and the hopelessness faced by clients and clinicians alike. In this webinar replay, bicultural clinician and trainer, Liliana Baylon, will provide you with a deeper understanding of the needs of migrant clients, as well as tools to strengthen your clinical efficacy while avoiding burnout and compassion fatigue.
Migration is a far more complex experience than simply moving from one country to another. In many cases, it often requires learning a new language, understanding and integrating the written and unwritten rules of their new society, and navigating the confusing and sometimes conflicting expectations of this new culture. While the process is a forward-looking one that requires assimilation and acculturation, it inevitably involves looking back on all that was sacrificed and lost. Clinicians working with displaced clients need culturally sensitive clinical skills, as well as the ability to mitigate the compassion fatigue that comes when working in the presence of hopelessness, fear, and trauma.After migrating to the United States at age sixteen with her mother and siblings, Liliana Baylon knows first-hand the challenges and risks that migration entail. Having become the cultural broker for her own family, she experienced the pressures of acculturation and assimilation, and the grief that accompanies leaving behind one’s homeland. Described by moderator Travis Heath as a “perpetual learner,” Baylon’s work has been dedicated to helping migrant children and families navigate their own journeys, with an emphasis on social justice and honoring cultural traditions.
In this webinar replay, you will learn how to recognize and attend to the individualized therapeutic goals of migrant clients. Baylon breaks down the layers of migration trauma, cultural considerations for adapting clinical approaches, and common barriers to compassionate care. So, cross the borders of knowledge with us, and come away more fully prepared to work effectively with your migrant clients during these troubling times.
Length of video: 01:27:01
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-787-7
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-787-2
Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, MBA, is a bilingual (English/Spanish), biliterate, and bicultural therapist holding a Master’s Degree in Counseling & Marriage, Family, & Child Therapy from the University of Phoenix. With extensive speaking, training, and consulting experience spanning a range of organizations and topics, Liliana is particularly sought-after for her specialist expertise in mental health and its links to cultural diversity and social justice in a global context.Liliana brings a unique cultural lens to her therapy, supervision, workshops, and presentations drawing on over a decade of in-depth clinical experience primarily treating LatinX community members, and providing bilingual therapy and supervision in English and Spanish. Liliana has become a well-respected expert and thought leader in the specialist fields of treating families, couples, and children with experiences of global migration along with trauma, abuse, and multicultural issues.
To best meet the diverse needs of these populations, Liliana has trained to a high level of expertise in a range of modalities: play therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy), EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), EFFT (Emotionally Focused Family Therapy), and Synergetic Play Therapy. Learn more on her website: https://www.lilianabaylon.com/.
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CE credits: 1
Learning Objectives:
- explain the core personal and social challenges migrants experience
- utilize culturally sensitive techniques for deepening therapeutic presence and effectiveness
- apply self-care awareness and methods to avoid burnout and compassion fatigue
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This course is offered for ASWB ACE credit for social workers. See complete list of CE approvals here
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