Mental Health Community Care: Support Principles & Practices

Mental Health Community Care: Support Principles & Practices will provide an overview of common mental health challenge diagnoses for youth and adults, trauma, and best practices to address active mental health crisis situations. The session will use multi-media methods and role plays to engage our skill set of radical community care.

Rebecca Anuru, LMSW, MPH (she/her) is a Management Consultant, Social Work Manager, Public Health Educator, and Project Manager currently in training to become a Business/Organizational Psychologist.

Rebecca hails from The Bronx and identifies as a queer Hood Black woman, a Hood Youth Advocate, and a Hood Scholar!

She is the Founder & Director of Dream Keep Consulting (DKC), a consulting firm dedicated to the lives and genius of Hood Black youth - holding the people that serve and take care of them accountable to doing the real work - well. Dream Keep Consulting creates learning opportunities that promote self-reflection, community care, and activism - with the purpose of enhancing the well-being of Hood youth everywhere. DKC is here for hood Black youth and young adults, their caregivers, and the human service professionals that serve them. DKC offers a suite of 3 types of services 1) Facilitation & Speaking, 2) Capacity Building & Evaluation, and 3) Leadership Coaching for a variety of youth-serving organizational settings and groups. Dream Keep's services honor Hood Black cultural perspectives and are deeply youth-centered.

She is based in NYC Metro, but also does work nationally with DKC! You can check out her principles and work, including a definition of "Hood" and new online training opportunities at www.dreamkeepconsulting.com or on Instagram @dreamkeepconsultingllc.

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