From Immigration to Homecoming: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Immigrant Clients Presented by Dr.Gitika Talwar.
This workshop focuses on the impact of immigration on the mental health of immigrants. It presents an opportunity for licensed therapists to learn about trauma-informed, culturally-attuned therapeutic care to immigrant clients from all over the world.
Objectives:
Attendees will reflect on their understanding and personal experience with immigration
Attendees will gain knowledge about multiple pathways of immigration and access to resources
Attendees will learn about neurobiological and psychosocial impact of migration
Attendees will recognize ways to expand their therapeutic prompts and practices to include the needs of immigrant community
Format
Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the event.
Exchange
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity CEs (WA) or Cultural Competence CEs (OR) | $99.00
Registration
To learn more about this event and to register, please click the link below.
Gitika Talwar, PhD
is a licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist and the founder of Prāṇh Healing & Wellness PLLC, based in Seattle, Washington. With nearly 20 years of experience, Dr. Talwar specializes in working with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, and depression.
Dr. Talwar holds a Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the University of Mumbai, India, and a Ph.D. in Community-Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her professional journey spans multiple cultural and systemic contexts, including providing support to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women with Bapu Trust and Aanchal Trust in India. In the United States, she has worked with asylum seekers, refugees, justice-involved populations, university students, and the urban Native American community in Seattle through the Cowlitz Tribe.
Dr. Talwar’s therapeutic approach is shaped by her lived and professional experiences as a therapy user, psychotherapist, and immigration activist. She incorporates decolonial and liberatory values into her practice, integrating modalities such as Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Feedback-Informed Care. Her work emphasizes cultural humility and the interplay of individual and systemic factors in the healing process.
Fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu, Dr. Talwar is attuned to the intersections of caste, race, gender, sexuality, disability, and immigration status. She is dedicated to fostering therapist-initiated, community-based healing spaces that address systemic harm, including colonization and structural violence.
Dr. Talwar’s commitment to decolonizing mental health and her expertise in integrative therapeutic frameworks make her a valuable contributor to professional development spaces, particularly for psychotherapists seeking to expand their understanding of culturally attuned and justice-oriented practice.