Trainings for Mental Health Providers

Welcome! I'm Jeanette Lopez-Urbina, LCSW and I'm passionate about empowering mental health providers to deliver quality and compassionate care. With 25 years of experience in the field, I offer trainings designed to enhance trauma-informed and culturally responsive service delivery. I've had the privilege of working with a variety of organizations, providing trainings that are geared towards supporting mental health professionals and the communities they serve. In addition, I also contribute to the development of future clinicians as adjunct faculty at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. Explore the training options below to learn more about attending the trainings that I offer in various organizations in the Bay Area that are open to attendance from providers in the Bay Area, particularly those who serve foster care youth and families.

Approaches & Interventions in Supporting Families with Acculturation Related Challenges

Date: 2/19/25

Time: 10am - 12pm

When parents immigrate to the United States from another country, particular those countries plagued with trauma and poverty, they often arrive with hopes and dreams for a better future, especially for generations to come. Families with recent immigrant roots often hope that their children will have a future with less poverty, trauma, and other challenges that parents may have experienced in their country of origin. However, upon raising children in the United States, they may experience tension with their children, particularly in the adolescent years, as children learn the culture and customs of the United States and they continue to negotiate the cultural ties of their parents’ ethnicity. Often this tension impacts the parent-child relationship which further exacerbates typical challenges faced in the parent-child system found in normal adolescent development. Parents and their children may not fully comprehend the challenges of acculturation, rather they may personalize the conflict. The family may be at odds due to misunderstanding each other’s cultural roles and identities. Acculturation is not a linear process, and it often is a story told only by each individual. Therefore, in service delivery and when working with system involved youth and their families, it is important that we learn how to support families in navigating this challenge in order to strengthen the parent-child relationship and reduce the conflict/tension that may be occurring which supports them in increasing resilience.

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Supporting and Empowering Youth and Families Experiencing Relationship Violence

Date: 2/24/25

Time: 10am - 1pm

The training will provide an overview of relationship violence, including statistics of the prevalence of relationship violence in the U.S. as well as risk and protective factors related to relationship violence. We will also review therapeutic approaches that are supportive to individuals and families healing from relationship violence. This training will also review relationship violence in the context of the dynamics of power within interpersonal relationships as well as power in relation to a greater context in society, such as the oppressive forces that individuals that hold marginalized identities are harmed by which exacerbates risk to relationship violence.

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Family Dynamics Across Generations: Identity and Intergenerational Relationships.

Date: 2/26/25

Time: 9am - 12pm

Description: This course explores the complex interplay of acculturation and generational differences within family systems. Moving beyond a singular focus on the immigrant experience, we will also examine how cultural shifts (i.e., millennial culture to Gen Z culture), societal changes, and historical events shape the values, beliefs, and behaviors of different generations within families. The course will broaden its scope to encompass other significant generational divides, including those related to technological advancements, evolving social norms, and shifting economic landscapes. We will review how these generational changes impact family communication, conflict resolution, and the transmission of cultural heritage/family identity. Participants will learn to identify and understand the diverse perspectives and experiences of family members across generations, fostering empathy and promoting effective intergenerational communication to improve outcomes for foster youth and their families. Through discussions and personal reflections, participants will develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in navigating family relationships across generational lines.

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