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2025
Virtual Conference | May 1-2, 2025
Reshaping the Conversation on
Mental Health and Well-Being
Registration is Now Open!
Day 1: May 01, 2025
TIME | SESSION ID | PRESENTER | WEBINAR TITLE |
|---|---|---|---|
7:45AM | MAIN | Morning Melody | |
8:00AM | MAIN | LaTonya Waddell | Morning Meditation |
8:30AM | MAIN | Camille Jones/Nicole Turner | Welcome to Day 1 ClincianFest 2025 Message: |
9:00AM | 1A | Morgan Swain-Sears | Keys Open Doors: Understanding Social Capital’s Impact on Client Well-being and Inclusive Care |
9:00AM | 1B | Rachell Dumas | Reshaping Maternal Mental Healthcare: How Effective Support Contributed to a Successful Birth After 9 Pregnancy Losses |
9:00AM | 1C | Latanya Farrar | When Love Is Not Enough: An Adoption Journey |
10:15AM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | COOL DOWN BREAK |
10:30AM | 2A | Joanna Rosen | Taking on the Trauma Epidemic through Collaborative Care and Intensive Trauma Therapy Solutions |
10:30AM | 2B | Cecily Batiste Dawson | From Awareness to Action: Equipping Licensed Counselors to Address Race-Based Trauma in Black American Clients |
11:45AM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | Lunch Time Jam |
1:00PM | 3A | Andrea Cennington | Normalizing the Challenge: A Survivor’s Story of Confronting Systemic Oppression and Toxic Pathologies in Mental Health |
1:00PM | 3B | Renetta Weaver | Innovating Social Work: Integrating Artificial Intelligence to Transform Mental Health Care |
1:00PM | 3C | Morgan Tutt | Roots and Wings: Embracing Cultural Pride to Build Resilience and Well-Being for Black Clinicians |
2:00PM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | COOL DOWN BREAK |
2:15PM | 4A | Avalaura Gaither | Cultivating Wholeness: A Call for Holistic Mental Health Care |
2:15PM | 4B | Nadolphia Andou | Shifting Perspectives: Redefining Mental Health and Well-Being Through Innovation and Evolving Research |
2:15PM | 4C | Shericka Smith | When the ACE is a Losing Hand: Rethinking Why Minorities Don't Seek Mental Health Treatment |
2:15 PM | 4D | Lorena Magallanes | Insight to Mental Health Issues in Schools |
3:45PM | MAIN | Special Guest Panel Discussion | Politics, Power, & Psychological Impacts |
5:00PM | MAIN | Camille Jones/Nicole Turner | Day 1 Wrap - Intro to Day 2 |
5:15PM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | Afternoon Wine- Down |
Day 2: May 02, 2025
TIME | SESSION ID | PRESENTER | WEBINAR TITLE |
|---|---|---|---|
7:45AM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | Morning Melody |
8:00AM | MAIN | LaTonya Waddell | Morning Meditation |
8:30AM | MAIN | Camille Jones/Nicole Turner | Welcome to ClincianFest 2024 Day 2 Message: |
9:00AM | 5A | Tierra Sydnor-Diggs | Holistic Soul Care When the Mental Cost of Being a Clinician is Too Much |
9:00AM | 5B | Jenay Garrett | Examining the Heart of the Helper: Aligning Bias Awareness with Service Delivery |
9:00AM | 5C | NaTasha Benjamin | Black Birth is Sacred: A Black Feminist Therapy Approach to Addressing Perinatal Mental Health in Black Parents |
10:15AM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | COOL DOWN BREAK |
10:30AM | 6A | Tanisha Ranger | Black ACOA and The Struggle for Intimacy |
10:30AM | 6B | La' Toya Edwards | Body Talk: Integrating Afrocentric Somatic Practices for Trauma Healing |
10:30AM | 6C | Shannon Thomas | Families Behind Bars: Addressing Parental Loss due to Incarceration as a form of Disenfranchised Grief and Identifying Innovative Grief Interventions |
11:45AM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | Lunch Time Jam |
1:00PM | 7A | Alisha Powell | Nurturing Mental Health in Homeschoolers: Strategies for Success |
1:00PM | 7B | Shajuan Alexander | Thrive in Alignment: The Ultimate Empowerment Guide of Intentional Alignment & Authenticity for Clinicians |
2:00PM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | COOL DOWN BREAK |
2:15PM | 8A | Shamanda Burston | Lights, Camera, Healing: Integrating Cinematherapy into Counseling Practices |
2:15PM | 8B | NaKaisha Tolbert-Banks | Creating a Sacred Framework for Belonging: Cultivating a Supportive Environment for Black Women |
3:45PM | MAIN | Dr. Marya Wright | Keynote Speaker |
5:00PM | MAIN | Camille Jones/Nicole Turner | Day 2 Wrap - Intro to ClinicianFest 2026 |
5:15PM | MAIN | DJ Trilogy | Afternoon Wine- Down |
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