Acculturation vs Assimilation: The Trauma Narrative

• Recognize and address cultural trauma narratives which can enhance your ability to provide effective and empathetic care.
• Develop strategies to help your clients evolve their sense of self during the acculturation process while maintaining their cultural identity.
• Learn techniques to uncover and work with explicit and implicit trauma, enabling a deeper understanding of your clients’ experiences.

• Opportunity to engage and ask questions with the presenter and other attendees.
• A Certificate of Completion for the training for use toward your Colorado Professional Development Hours.
• Get your questions answered in real-time!

Alejandro Castro Croy is a bilingual, bicultural, Trauma and Addiction Counselor and owner/lead clinician of Transcending Consulting Group in Denver, Colorado.

Alex is a first-generation immigrant from Mexico who accomplished his dream in higher education by receiving an AA in Pastoral Ministry (Dallas, Texas), a Bachelor of Science in Human Services (MSU in Denver, Colorado), and an MA in Community Counseling from Regis University (Denver, Co). He is continuing to pursue his MA/Ph.D. from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Jungian and Archetypal Studies.

Alex’s passion includes training, teaching, counseling, and consulting. He has been an Adjunct Professor for the Human Services Department at MSU-Denver for 10 years. He has served as an Interventionist for the Latino GLBTQ community, a Drug Court Probation Officer at Denver Juvenile Court Probation (8 years), a Bilingual Diversion Officer for the Denver DA office (5 years), and was the owner and director of Life Recovery Centers (9 years). He has worked with a variety of clients from all walks of life and his eclectic therapeutic interventions have proven to be effective in treating trauma and addiction.

As a clinician, he’s constantly reminded to engage in the art of self-care within the 5 domains of self. He has learned in his experience as a human in the clinical role, that the human comes first, then the professional side. Therefore, he has learned to honor and respect the human part of ourselves first in order to be effective in the professional role. His Depth/Jungian perspective always defaults back to soul work and soul tending (therapy).

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