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BIPOC  

• Addressing Systemic Racism in Action: Understanding the Mental Health Professionals’ Tools for Change  - Kimberlye Dean, PhD and Luana Marques, PhD
• A To-Do List for White Psychologists (and other Anti-Racist Allies) in 2020  - Erika Vivyan, PhD
• Antiracist Parenting is a Journey Not a Destination  - Katherine Martinez, PsyD 
• BIPOC Mental Health Trends and Disparities - Ifrah Sheikh, MSc, MA 
• BIPOC/Minority Mental Health Needs More Diverse Care Professionals—How ADAA is Helping to Create Equality - Bernadine Waller, PhD, LMHC, Ceci Hinojosa, PhD, Darius B. Dawson, Ph.D.
• The Black Church: Our Refuge, Our Mental Health - Kimberly T. Arnold, PhD, MPH, Bernadine Waller, PhD, LMHC, Atasha Jordan, MD, MBA
• Hidden Inequalities: COVID-19’s Impact on our Mental Health Workforce - Soo Jeong Youn, PhD, Torrey A. Creed, PhD, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD, and Luana Marques, PhD
• Mind the Gap: Worsening Black Maternal Mental Health Outcomes During the Pandemic - Lediya Dumessa, PhD, and Johanna Kaplan, PhD
• OCD Through a Latinx/Hispanic Lens - Marcia H Rabinowits, PsyD
• Too Well-Off to Seek Help?: The Model Minority Myth of Asian Americans  - Dahyeon Kim  
• Understanding the Cracks: What COVID-19 Means for the Mental Health of the Marginalized in the United States and Opportunities for Response  - Anna Bartuska, Derri Shtasel, MD, MPH, and Luana Marques, PhD  
• Using Body-Based, Community-Centered Methods to Address Anxiety and Depression in Vulnerable Populations - Lana Ruvolo Grasser  

LGBTQ+  

• An Update on LGBTQ Youth's Mental Health  -  Lauren Latella, PhD
• Transgender OCD: A New Theme Following a Familiar Pattern  - Stephanie Woodrow, LPCP, NCC  
• 7 Tips on Showing Up When a Loved One is Undergoing Gender Transition - Shaina Siber-Sanderowitz, LCSW

BIPOC  

• Addressing Racism to Reduce Mental Health Inequities  - Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD  
• Anxiety and Depression Treatment for Immigrant, Refugee, and Asylee Clients  - Rachel Singer, PhD  
• How to Optimize Your Work with Immigrants in Our Current Political Climate: Tips for Successful Interventions  - Heidi Montoya, PhD 
• Immigrant Mental Health: Adapting Psychodynamic, CBT, and Systemic Approaches - Rachel Singer, PhD, Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD, and Juana Osorio Ramirez, PsyD 
• Mentoring Women in the Context of Gender, Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Power Barriers - Barbara Kamholz – Host. Presenters: Jessica Graham-LoPresti, PhD, Sarah Hayes Skelton, PhD, Karen G. Martínez, MD, MSc, and Keith D. Renshaw, PhD
• Providing Psychotherapy to Black and African American Clients - Erlanger Turner, PhD  
• Race, Stress and Black Mother and Infant Mortality: Emotional Health Matters  -  Angela Neal-Barnett, PhD and Christin Farmer Kane, BA  
• Racial Trauma, PTSD, and Health Equity: Understanding Racism as a Public Health Pandemic - Sierra Carter, PhD  
• Resisting Myths and Reducing Shame: Understanding the Impact of Rape Culture on the Prevalence of Sexual Assault within the African American Community  - Carmel Browne, LCSW  
• The Practice of Cultural Humility: Addressing Privilege, Stereotypes, Biases, and Microaggressions in the Therapeutic Context  - Hong Nguyen, PhD and  Elizabeth Sauber, PhD  

LGBTQ+  

• Anxiety and Depression in LGBTQ Youth: What do we Know and How Can we Help?  - Alexandra Hamlet
• Introduction to Affirmative Clinical Practice with Sexual Minority Clients  - David Pantalone, PhD
• Strategies for Delivering AFFIRMative Cognitive Behavior Therapy to LGBTQ+ Youth - Shelly Craig, PhD, LCSW and Ashley Austin
• Treating Anxiety and Depression in Gender Diverse Populations  -  Lauren P. Wadsworth, PhD 

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