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Featured Guest: Maureen Dee, MSW, MBA

Host: Isa Velez Echevarria, PsyD; Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, & PTTC State Project Manager for Ohio

About Our Featured Guest: Maureen Dee was born and raised in Uruguay, South America, and is committed to serving the Hispanic Community. Throughout her distinguished career, Ms. Dee facilitated the start of the first Hispanic Urban Minority Alcohol and Drug Abuse Outpatient Program in Ohio (the Hispanic UMADAOP); helped start Hispanic Alliance, Inc., a consortium of Hispanic-serving organizations that promotes community collaboration to secure funding to serve the needs of the Hispanic community; and played an instrumental role in creating and improving many other programs providing substance use and mental health services in the Hispanic/Latinx community. Maureen Dee retired in 2019 from her position as Executive Director of Treatment, Prevention, and Recovery Programs at Catholic Charities Corporation in the Diocese of Cleveland.

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This is a product of the Great Lakes MHTTC that was created with funding from cooperative agreements with SAMHSA. The opinions expressed in this recording are those of the speaker and do reflect the official position of SAMHSA or DHHS. 

Copyright-free music by "Quiet Quest - Study Music" was used in this recording. (Source: https://youtu.be/ONraFRVwY6o)

****This podcast is in English****


Featured Guest: Adriana Alejandre, LMFT

Host: Isa Velez Echevarria, PsyD

About Our Featured Guest:  Adriana Alejandre is a Trauma Psychotherapist and Speaker from Los Angeles, California. She specializes in adults who struggle with PTSD and severe traumas at her own private practice. She has done disaster relief work for Hurricane Harvey and the Las Vegas shooting survivors. Adriana’s expertise has been featured in LA Times, Telemundo, USA Today, the New York Times and Buzzfeed, among many others.   Adriana is the founder of Latinx Therapy, a national directory of Latinx Therapists and global, bilingual podcast that provides education to combat the stigma of mental health on the ground, and in the digital spaces. In 2019, she won Hispanizice’s TECLA award for Best Social Good Content award, and in 2020 she was one of 5 Latinx influencers chosen for the #YoSoy Instagram and Hispanic Heritage Foundation award. Adriana’s mission is to create spaces to spark dialogue about mental health struggles and strengths in the Latinx community.

Latinx Therapy Podcast: https://latinxtherapy.com/podcast/

Latinx Therapy Website & Resources: https://latinxtherapy.com/

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This is a product of the Great Lakes MHTTC that was created with funding from cooperative agreements with SAMHSA. All opinions expressed in this recording are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official position of SAMHSA or DHHS.

Copyright Free Music produced by "Quiet Quest - Study Music" was used in this recording. (Source: https://youtu.be/ONraFRVwY6o)

****Este podcast es en Español.****

Featured Guest: Adriana Alejandre, LMFT 

Host: Isa Velez Echevarria, PsyD  

About Our Featured Guest:  Adriana Alejandre is a Trauma Psychotherapist and Speaker from Los Angeles, California. She specializes in adults who struggle with PTSD and severe traumas at her own private practice. She has done disaster relief work for Hurricane Harvey and the Las Vegas shooting survivors. Adriana’s expertise has been featured in LA Times, Telemundo, USA Today, the New York Times and Buzzfeed, among many others.   Adriana is the founder of Latinx Therapy, a national directory of Latinx Therapists and global, bilingual podcast that provides education to combat the stigma of mental health on the ground, and in the digital spaces. In 2019, she won Hispanizice’s TECLA award for Best Social Good Content award, and in 2020 she was one of 5 Latinx influencers chosen for the #YoSoy Instagram and Hispanic Heritage Foundation award. Adriana’s mission is to create spaces to spark dialogue about mental health struggles and strengths in the Latinx community.  

Latinx Therapy Podcast: https://latinxtherapy.com/podcast/ 

Latinx Therapy Website & Resources: https://latinxtherapy.com/  

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This is a product of the Great Lakes MHTTC that was created with funding from cooperative agreements with SAMHSA. All opinions expressed in this recording are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official position of SAMHSA or DHHS.   

Copyright Free Music produced by "Quiet Quest - Study Music" was used in this recording. (Source: https://youtu.be/ONraFRVwY6o)

Special Guest: Derrick Martin, LPCC-S, EMDR, CCTP

Traumaologist, Traumaology LLC

Host: Alfredo Cerrato, Great Lakes A/MH/.PTTC Senior Cultural & Workforce Development Officer

We invite you to check in with Alfredo Cerrato and Derrick Martin as they discuss post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) in first responders, including the support services and therapies available for those coping with overwhelming life experiences. Derrick discusses his experience working as a paramedic and firefighter, and how managing his own CPTSD diagnosis with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy motivated him to become a mental health professional and traumaologist.

Episode 9 - Peer Recovery Support Providers Coming Alongside Recoveries In Crisis

Hosted by: Kris Kelly, BS and Laura Saunders, MSSW

Featuring: Stephanie Jack, Program Manager for The PEERS For Hope House

Sponsored by: The Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, PTTC and The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence through cooperative agreements with SAMHSA

Episode 13 - Becoming More Reflective and Competent in Your Practice

Hosted by: Kris Kelly, BS and Laura Saunders, MSSW

Featuring, Scott Caldwell, Wisconsin DHS

Sponsored by: The Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, PTTC and The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence through cooperative agreements with SAMHSA