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SUMMARY:Creating Stigma-Free Services: Clinical Settings
DESCRIPTION:This session focuses on reducing stigma in clinical settings serving people at risk for overdose\, with an emphasis on improving patient experience\, strengthening provider communication\, and implementing systems-level changes that enhance engagement\, retention in care\, and overall health outcomes across Maryland. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nIdentify forms of stigma within clinical care\n\n\n\nDefine trauma-informed and respectful communication strategies\n\n\n\nExplore system-level practices that promote equitable care\n\n\n\n\nFaculty\n\n\n\nDr. Ashley Elliott has been affectionately known as Dr. Vivid since 2014 when she started her consulting company\, Vivid Wellness Collective\, LLC (formerly Vivid Innovations Consulting\, LLC). Dr. Vivid has been providing wellness services in the Maryland area for over 15 years. Her mission is to empower\, encourage\, and enlighten the masses by spreading a message that emphasizes the importance of mental health and wellness.
URL:https://pointcentermd.org/event/creating-stigma-free-services-clinical-settings/
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SUMMARY:Ketamine and Psychedelic Substances in Practice: What Providers and Communities Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:This advanced session explores the evolving landscape of ketamine and other psychedelic substances as they appear in clinical settings\, community conversations\, and personal use. Participants will examine current evidence\, emerging models of care\, ethical considerations\, and how providers can engage in informed\, nonjudgmental conversations while navigating Maryland’s legal and clinical context. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\nAfter completing this activity\, the participant should be better able to: \n\n\n\n\nSummarize the current legal status\, regulatory considerations\, and ethical risks related to psychedelic substances in the United States\, with attention to clinical practice implications in Maryland.\n\n\n\nExplore core components of psychedelic-assisted therapy and psychedelic harm-reduction models\, including preparation\, navigation\, and integration practices relevant to outpatient mental health settings.\n\n\n\nApply clinical screening principles to identify appropriate and inappropriate candidates for psychedelic-related work\, including recognizing contraindications\, special population considerations\, and referral pathways for safe client care.\n\n\n\n\nFaculty\n\n\n\nLauren C. Going\, LCSW-C\, RYT is a Maryland based psychotherapist and co-founder of Inner Path Wellness\, the city’s first psychedelic-assisted therapy center. She specializes in ketamine- and psychedelic-assisted therapies and provides training and consultation on trauma-informed and integrative care approaches. Ms. Going also serves as an integration therapist for research studies at Johns Hopkins and Sheppard Pratt and is an experienced speaker and educator in emerging therapeutic practices.
URL:https://pointcentermd.org/event/ketamine-and-psychedelic-substances-in-practice-what-providers-and-communities-need-to-know/
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SUMMARY:Engaging Youth Through Trust-Centered Approaches
DESCRIPTION:Focused on adolescents and young adults\, this session explores developmentally appropriate\, trust-centered engagement strategies that support safety\, autonomy\, and connection to services. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nIdentify developmental considerations when working with youth \n\n\n\nCompare trust-building engagement strategies Identify youth-responsive approaches to education and support\n\n\n\n\nFaculty\n\n\n\nJorian Rivera was born and raised in the city of Brotherly Love. Growing up with a passion for reading\, anime\, video games\, and cartoons\, and at the time to be the next karate kid\, mastering different styles of martial arts\, and gymnastics. Jorian started their journey in 2016\, receiving the Dale L. Grundy Youth Leadership Award\, in tandem with becoming the Youth Ambassador for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day\, while in conjunction with working for a nonprofit that focuses on Latin Social Justice Work specifically in Ending The HIV Epidemic. Through the years Jorian participated in various roles\, wearing many hats. Navigating Fellowships with NMAC\, becoming a two-time facilitator for ViiV HealthCare Youth Summit\, and sitting in and on multiple panels discussing the various intersectionalities of what living with HIV looks like in the eyes of the many who experience it. Becoming the White House Future Leader in HIV\, becoming a face for many to see in the Gilead campaign and faculty and advisory board for HealthHIV Education for Pan-Viral Testing. As Jorian might be small in height\, their energy presence stands firm. When Jorian is not saving the world\, you can catch him at home; attending to his plants\, being a dog dad\, having a book in his hand\, playing video games\, watching anime or reality TV\, cooking\, and baking.
URL:https://pointcentermd.org/event/engaging-youth-through-trust-centered-approaches/
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