March 24, 2004
NSU Hosts 5th Annual Multicultural Conference Of The Ethnic Minority Association Of Graduate Students
Conference To Bring In Renowned Psychologists For Two-day Conference
FORT LAUDERDALE , FL - The Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) will host the 5 th Annual Multicultural Conference of the Ethnic Minority Association of Graduate Students (EMAGS) on March 26-27, 2004 at the Maltz Psychology Building on NSU's main campus.
EMAGS, which is sponsoring the conference, was founded in 1994 with the goal of promoting greater understanding of multicultural issues in psychology. The conference, entitled, “Raising the Bar of Practitioner Competence: Practical Application of Diversity Issues in Clinical Settings,” is designed to help for psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists provide mental health professionals with an advanced examination of how cultural and social differences affect contemporary clinical practice. The conference will cover the latest culturally appropriate diagnostic assessment and treatment of clients of African American descent as well as other cultural groups. In addition, contemporary perspectives with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients and Muslim clients will be explored in terms of specific implications for psychotherapy.
The keynote speaker on Friday will be Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for counseling and health services, director of the counseling center, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of California , Irvine . For more than 20 years, Parham has focused his research efforts in the area of psychological nigrescence and has
written several articles in the area. Writing in the areas of racial identity development and multicultural counseling remains his primary focus. He is the coauthor of The Psychology of Blacks: An African American Perspective and the author of Psychological Storms: The African American Struggle for Identity . His current efforts include authoring the book, Counseling African Descent People: Raising the Bar of Practitioner Competence, which is currently being published by Sage. In addition to writing more than 20 journal articles and/or book chapters, he has also produced several videotapes including Counseling African Americans, Youth and Violence, and Innovative Approaches to Counseling African Descent People.
Other presenters include:
- Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, is an assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine. For the past 25 years, Nierenberg's clinical interests have focused on chronic illness in children. He has presented on his work at numerous national professional meetings.
- Thomas Roberston, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine in the department of psychiatry and behavioral science, as well as coordinator and instructor in its psychiatry residency training program.
- Alicia Lucksted, Ph.D., clinical-community research psychologist at the University of Maryland Center for Mental Health Services Research and a community activist. She has been involved with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) for approximately five years as a volunteer-supporter of their humanitarian and political work.
Registration for the conference is $105/one day; $200/two days; Full-time students: $20/one day; $35/two days. All mental health professionals who attend the entire conference will receive seven continuing education credits per day.
Call 954-262-5826 for more information.
