Cultivating Racial/Cultural Empathy in Your Children
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2020
Time: 10am New York / 3pm London / 4pm Cape Town / 10pm Singapore
Location: Online (via Zoom)
Cost: FREE. Open to all. Please note that this webinar will be recorded.
Please join FIGT Member and Licensed Professional Counselor, Dr Diana Bermudez, for a discussion on how we honor our responsibility of raising empathetic children, towards greater racial/cultural justice. The practices focus on parenting children 1-8 years old and can be adapted to older children.
Dr Diana Bermudez is a licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, with a PhD in Counseling and MA in Art Therapy from the George Washington University. She is bilingual (native Spanish) and experienced with the complexities of multicultural families. She trained in play therapy at the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education and is certified Level 1 by the Theraplay Institute and a yoga teacher. She is also a certified Pyramid Model Trainer and Coach.
As a mental health consultant, Dr Bermudez has developed and delivered services to children and parents, and professional development at a variety of early childhood programs. She has taught as adjunct faculty in the Counseling and Art Therapy Graduate Programs of George Washington University. She is a member of Early Childhood Mental Health Virginia’s Advisory Board and has conducted research and published articles and book chapters with a focus on making therapeutic interventions accessible to minority clients.
Dr Bermudez is the Owner of Amare Counseling and Education: amarecenter.com
A free recording of the webinar will be available for 30 days to all. After that, FIGT members will continue to have access to this and all our archived webinars through the members-only section of the website. Click here to learn more about membership.
