MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF THE MIDSOUTH

Minority Mental Health 

Beyond the Therapy Room-Culture, Context, and Care

Live Webinar: July 30, 2026

3 Continuing Education Credits for
Social Workers & Counselors. 


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COURSE OVERVIEW

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This conference explores how culture, identity, environment, financial stress, physical experiences, and systemic barriers shape mental health outcomes in minority communities. Through evidence-informed sessions and practical strategies, participants will strengthen their ability to provide culturally responsive, equitable care and address factors affecting client well-being both inside and beyond the therapy room.

OBJECTIVES

IDENTIFY

Identify cultural, systemic, and environmental factors influencing mental health outcomes and access to care among minority communities. 

EXAMINE

Examine how trauma, financial stress, and body-based responses influence clinical engagement and treatment experiences.  

APPLY

Apply culturally responsive strategies that support effective, ethical, and accessible mental health care. 
Ubuntu Counseling & Wellness
Owner/CEO

Dr. PaQuita Pullen, LPC-MHSP/S, NCC, RYT

Blooming Beyond Barriers: Culturally Responsive Approaches to Healing, Trauma, and Access to Care 

  • Identify common systemic and cultural barriers impacting mental health care access in minority communities.  
  •  Discuss approaches that move beyond deficit-based conversations in therapy and wellness work.  
  • Explore accessible tools and reframing strategies that support emotional well-being and community healing. 
Gutsy Black girl, LLC.
Owner/CEO

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Coordinator 

Tomika Flowers, LCSW

Financial Stress & Minority Mental Health: Breaking Cycles, Building Stability  

  • Identify at least three ways financial stress uniquely impacts the mental and physical health of minority populations.    
  • Explain the connection between financial stress and common mental health outcomes such as anxiety, depression, and burnout within marginalized communities.  
  • Recognize signs of financial distress in clients and how it may present in clinical and community settings. 
Beloved counseling services
Founder

Tempest Meriwether, LPC, MHSP

Therapy, the Body, and Intergenerational Trauma 

  • Discuss what it means for trauma and poverty to be passed intergenerationally.   
  • Explore practical body-based regulation strategies. 
  • Identify physiological indicators of nervous system activation associated with trauma and how this may affect the effectiveness of mental health care strategies.  

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