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Utah Organizations

FocalPoint -- Run by two Licensed Clinical Social Workers and transracial adoptees, Stormey Nielsen, LCSW and Brandon Williams, LCSW, Focal Point offers services and resources for families and individuals in transracial adoptive homes. They offer support groups, parent coaching, workshops, and other valuable resources.

Curly Me! -- a Utah-based nonprofit organization that serves as a resource for families with child of color, specifically Black girls between the ages of 5-14 years. Through fun and interactive events and mentoring opportunities, they educate, empower, and encourage girls to be their best selves. This incredible organization began in 2015 and has grown to fill a hugely important need in Utah ever since. Stay up-to-date on the latest events by following their Facebook page or get involved by becoming a volunteer. To learn more about Curly Me! CLICK HERE.

Utah Center for Connection -- A Black, Indigenous & Communities of Color Collective, serving the needs of Utah County by intentionally centering relational intimacy, healing, and wholeness. They offer monthly workshops that are clinically informed, educational opportunities for community and connection. 

Robert T. Carter & Associates -- a forensic and organizational consultant group of licensed psychologists. RTCA works on a range of issues related to racial discrimination, hostile work environments, and racial harassment, specializing in race based traumatic stress. They offer analysis and assessments specific to determining the psychological and emotional effects of racial incidents and encounters. Their work assists legal teams and their clients to litigate cases, seek damages and modify policies to reduce racial harassment. They also offer consultation about racial issues and train professionals to recognize and access racial incidents for emotional and psychological effects.

Black Physicians of Utah -- Black Physicians of Utah strives to build a community of Black physicians, residents, interns, medical students, and aspiring physicians to be. They work towards achieving health equity for Black and underserved Utahns. They provide a platform for Black physicians and physicians in training and Utah's Black community to easily reach and connect with a physician they can trust to understand the day-to-day inequities they face while seeking medical care. Check out their Healthcare Provider Directory.

IMPACT Magazine --  Utah-based Tunisha C. Brown created IMPACT Magazine as a lifestyle print and digital publication. IMPACT’s mission is to empower, encourage, and to educate readers through the power of images and words. This daring and aggressive publication tackles the issues of life, by giving examples of ordinary people, living extraordinary lives. IMPACT educates the readers on health, wealth, and all things pertaining to who they are; challenging them to evolve into whom they are destined to become.

Outdoor Afro-- a nationwide nonprofit organization that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature. Outdoor Afro has more than 80 leaders in 42 cities across the United States including Salt Lake City, Utah. The Utah Meetup group is led by Ashley Cleveland and has a Facebook group that organizes events and promotes outdoor recreation for Utah's Black community.

National Organizations

The EMBRace Program -- The EMBRace Program is a 7 meeting family program that brings African American or Black identifying youth aged 10-14 and their caregiver together for conversations about race, cultural pride, discrimination, and stress management. At EMBRace, their goal is to reduce parent and adolescent racial stress, promote familial bonding, and improve psychological well-being. For an hour and half each week, families will engage in race-related conversations. They keep it fun by using different techniques like role-playing, debating, art projects, and media. Not only do families get to spend serious quality time together, they also receive compensation for their participation!

Dr. Alfiee M. Breland-Noble -- a pioneering psychologist, scientist, media contributor, author, speaker, and founder of the innovative BIPOC mental health nonprofit, The AAKOMA Project. She is a fierce advocate of #optimalmentalhealth for all and has spent 25+ years illuminating and reducing mental health disparities for diverse communities.

Village of Wisdom -- supports family organizing and advocacy entities working to eliminate racial injustice in schools. They develop tools and resources that help parents, teachers, and students create ideal learning environments for Black and Brown learners.

Broderick Sawyer -- a Connecticut-based clinical psychologist specializing in race-based stress and trauma, mindfulness and compassion. His workshops, lectures and consulting services are designed to help manage race-based stress and trauma, develop inclusive institutions and communities, decrease stress and increase emotional intelligence, and improve relationships. 

Dr. Isha W. Metzger -- a first generation American from Atlanta, Georgia by way of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dr. Metzger is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of The EMPOWER Lab, Owner of Cultural Concepts, LLC, a Certified Therapist in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), and she is the Mental Health expert for Salone Health, an organization dedicated to improving the health of Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad.

Addictions.com -- Statistics on addiction in BIPOC communities.

Innerbody.com -- Mental health resources for BIPOC communities.

BIPOC Therapists in Utah

While we are proud to have some fabulous BIPOC therapists on UCEBT's staff, we invite you to check out these other wonderful therapists in our community, too. Help us grow this list! Email  with additional BIPOC therapists that should be on our list.

Jameson Holman, LMFT -- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and owner of Lioncrest Counseling in Salt Lake City. Mr. Holman offers a variety of evidence-based approaches and accepts SelectHeatlh and HMHI-BHN insurances; focuses on "helping you refine the strength you already possess as you develop the confidence to become who you were born to be".

Melanie D. Davis, LCMHC -- Founder of Plae Therapy, an acronym for play-centered learning, attachment, and expressive therapies. Plae offers creative opportunities for play and exploration to children who may be seeking support with healthy attachments, mood-related disorders, anxiety, or other significant traumas. It means diving into the deep work in a safe, playful, and expressive way. Also founder of Planted Healing, Ms. Davis and her team offers high-quality, professional, and highly personalized psychotherapy and medication management for adults, adolescents, teens, couples and adults. 

Dr. LaShawn C. Williams, LCSW -- Dr. Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and relational change strategist with a Doctorate in Education. She will help you identify your core self and create a values-based strategy for change in the relationships that matter most. Her two primary clinical approaches are Relational Cultural Theory and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Technology 

LIBERATE.CX -- A daily meditation app created for the Black community. "Liberate is the community to heal, create, and share. We believe that meditation is a sacred and important tool to express ourselves with our own medicine. As we share this medicine, we become more at home within ourselves. We become more at home in our bodies. We become more at home in our hearts. This is the path to liberation and freedom. This is what we are all seeking. Love."

YouTube

Our Mental Health Minute -- Clinical psychologists Riana and Shawn's YouTube channel features videos to reduce stigma about mental health in the Black community; provide resources in access, utilization, and quality of mental health care; increase mental health literacy (in a fun and relevant way!).

UCEBT's Related Presentations

Resilience Among Latinx Immigrant Families, COVID-19 Challenges, and Clinical Recommendations presented by Shelle Welty, Psy.D. & Cristina Chévere-Rivera, Psy.D.

Navigating Race and Racism: Future Frontiers of Evidence-Based Cultural Competence in Clinical Care presented by Kimberly Applewhite, Psy.D.

UCEBT is taking new clients for Autism evaluations to examine whether an individual meets criteria for ASD using evidence-based procedures, and also examines common rule-outs/co-occurring disorders such as ADHD, social anxiety, and/or OCD. For individuals age 6 through adulthood.

Our autism testing is not exclusively for children.

ADHD and ASD can be diagnosed in adulthood. Many adults may be experiencing chronic difficulties with meeting job expectations, organizing tasks, completing household chores, engaging in daily living activities, remembering obligations, and forming/maintaining healthy relationships. Often adult clients come to us with prior diagnoses of mood, anxiety, or personality problems, and are frustrated that previous treatments have been unsuccessful in helping them meet their goals.

Through assessment, we can determine whether there may be evidence for a missed ADHD or Autism diagnosis that accounts for pervasive lifelong problems.

Read more about Autism Testing for children and adults at UCEBT.

We are excited to announce Laura Rowley, PhD as UCEBT's new Assessment and Testing Coordinator! Check out this Q&A with Laura to learn more about her and her goals for the A&T Program.

Originally presented on February 14, 2020 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence based treatment designed to reduce self-injurious behaviors, decrease suicide risk, and enhance skillful behavior. This lecture will present the latest thinking of DBT experts, brought back to Utah by Dr. Crowell following the November 2019 National ISITDBT conference. Dr. Crowell will also present select segments from Dr. Linehan’s recent memoir, with an emphasis on how Marsha’s personal journey can be used to enhance client motivation and improve treatment outcomes.    

About the presenter: Sheila E. Crowell, Ph.D. is the director of the dialectical behavior therapy program at the Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment and an associate professor of psychology at the University of Utah. Dr. Crowell was previously a doctoral student at the University of Washington and she received training and supervision directly from Dr. Marsha Linehan, the creator of DBT. Dr. Crowell now specializes in dialectical behavior therapy, suicide prevention, and psychopathology.  

Originally presented on Thursday, March 12, 2020

Dr. Turley recently attended a comprehensive grief & loss conference sponsored by the Association for Death Education & Counseling and will present select segments from that conference, with an emphasis on death acceptance. As with all clinical interventions, attendees should be thoughtful about their own limits and personal willingness with workshop activities.

Sarah E. Turley, Ph.D. Counseling Psychologist, having received graduate training from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Turley is a health psychologist having provided 20 years of psychotherapy, including grief, bereavement, and non-body losses.

Three of our clinicians will be presenting in the Post-Conference Master Workshops at this year’s Generations Conference in the afternoon on May 5th, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (4 Hours CE Credit).

Registration is only $135 for this 4-Hour CE event. Participants can attend virtually or in-person.

Shelle Welty, PsyD, Sheila E. Crowell, PhD, and Laura Rowley, PhD, LP will be presenting on “Freedom from Survival Mode: Using Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention to Identify Posttraumatic Stress and Free Clients from Unrelenting Crisis”.

This presentation will provide guidance for the assessment and treatment of traumatized adults. Evidence-based assessments and treatment modalities will be reviewed with case study material to illustrate applications. Special attention will be given to cultural considerations in trauma treatment. In addition, there will be training in suicide prevention as applicable to this population.

As a result of attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Present the practices of EMDR and Non-EMDR for trauma; and,
• Demonstrate both types of practices for trauma.

Friday, June 11, 2021

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. MST

1.5 CE hour (UPA & NASW-UT) 

Register* here: https://form.jotform.com/211016371639148

*If you cannot attend the live event, you can still receive the video recording, presentation slides, and CE credit so long as you register beforehand.

About the presentation:

With Utah having one of the highest rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the United States, the community relies on clinicians to provide early identification and intervention for this pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder. Although the last several decades have witnessed an increase in awareness and support for individuals on the spectrum and their families, many people with ASD are not receiving diagnoses and subsequent services until they are older children, adolescents, or even adults.

As research continues to grow, the field is discovering complexities that alter our recognition and understanding of ASD. This presentation will discuss demographic characteristics impacting identification, such as the “female autism phenotype,” autism in racial and ethnic minorities, and the intersection of ASD and LGBTQA+ identities. Furthermore, this talk will present evidence-based guidelines for differential diagnosis and present specific disorders that mimic or mask underlying ASD, including ADHD, OCD, and personality disorders.

Following the hour-long presentation, there will be a 30-minute Question and Answer period.

About the presenter:

Laura Rowley, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist. Laura obtained her doctorate from Wayne State University. She completed her APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Primary Children’s Hospital. Laura is currently the Program Coordinator for the Assessment and Testing Team and Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment, where she provides testing services for children and adults.

Originally presented: Friday, March 12, 2021

1.0 CE hour (UPA & NASW-UT)

To receive presentation recording, slides, and evaluation form for CE credit, register here: https://form.jotform.com/210403657446150

About the presentation:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence based therapy designed to increase psychological flexibility through the use of acceptance skills, mindfulness strategies, and commitment and behavioral change planning.  This presentation is designed to give therapists and counselors practical skills and strategies to help young people increase overall psychological flexibility and live a life that is meaningful and fulfilling to them.  Dr. Hopkins will emphasize developmental considerations to the core components of ACT.  

At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees should be able to describe Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and its core components using age appropriate language to kids and their families, adapt ACT metaphors and tools to a younger population, and increase openness to experiential exercises.

About the presenter:

Rachel Hopkins, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist with broad interests in providing therapy and assessment for anxiety and mood disorders, trauma and bereavement, behavioral dysregulation, and family systems issues across the lifespan.  Dr. Hopkins is presently the Program Director for UCEBT's Anxiety and Mood Team and enjoys providing supervision and consultation to trainees and other therapists, particularly in further developing ACT expertise.  

Originally presented: Tuesday, November 17, 2020

NOTE: This is a non-CE event.

To receive the link to the live presentation, register here: 

https://form.jotform.com/202996653710158

About the presentation:

Therapists in training experience frequent exposure to traumatic material during both coursework and clinical work. This exposure, especially when combined with the many other stressors of graduate school, can result in emotional, health, and relational problems. Both students and their supervisors in training would benefit from incorporating safeguards for students based on the most recent research findings.

This presentation will provide a review of the most recent research on psychology/social work graduate student responses to trauma exposure, bring greater awareness to graduate students' vulnerabilities to vicarious traumatization and provide direction for building resilience as a novice psychotherapist.

While no traumatic material will be presented, attendees may experience some discomfort at recognizing, in their own lives, current effects of trauma exposure.

About the presenter:

Shelle Welty, PsyD specializes in trauma therapy and works as the Director of the Trauma, Stress, and Resilience program at UCEBT. Prior to her work at UCEBT, she spent a decade working in college mental health, where she was invested in improving the lives of students through multiple roles--as a therapist, a consultant to university faculty and staff, and a professor. 

Originally presented: Friday, October 30, 2020

1.0 CE hour (UPA & NASW-UT)

To receive presentation recording, slides, and evaluation form for CE credit, register here: 

https://form.jotform.com/202726500319145

About the presentation:

Suicide rates in youth have been steadily increasing in the United States, with Utah having one of the highest incidences of youth suicides. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a collective stress on the community and healthcare system.

In a time when hospitals are overburdened, and the risk of exposure is high in healthcare settings, inpatient hospitalization and Emergency Department visits for suicidal patients should be minimized. However, the rapid shift to practicing psychotherapy via telehealth encompasses unique challenges for providers treating youth at risk for suicide.

Dr. Rowley will present research-based practice guidelines on assessing and treating suicidality in youth via telehealth, with a focus on safety planning and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills. Ethical concerns will be discussed, as well as special considerations for treating diverse populations that are at risk for suicide, including LGBTQA+ and black adolescents.

About the presenter:

Laura Rowley, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist. Laura obtained her doctorate from Wayne State University. She completed her APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Primary Children’s Hospital as a member of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy team for adolescents and families. She is currently on the DBT team at the Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment providing services for adolescents and adults.