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Past Events

Past Community Events

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Participants are also welcome to propose in-person community events for Kasamahan to participate in and support that are aligned with our Mission and Purpose

 

Past Presentations

Kasamahan nonprofit professional presentations hosted in other communities.

2024

IPA Convention Presentation
​Kasamahan: A Model for Deepening

Cultural and Clinical Competence

Illinois Psychological Association (IPA)

Edward Fajardo, PsyD

Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC
Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD

Past Social Events

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Participants are also welcome to propose in-person social events open to all of Kasamahan's participants to connect in a more personal way.

Lunch meetup, June 2024
Winter Social, December 2023
Lunch meetup, May 2024
Winter Social, December 2024
Summer Social, July 2024

2024

Winter Social
Third Annual Paskuhan

Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD
China Chef, Filipino and Cantonese

Summer Social on Glencoe Beach, IL

Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD

Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC

2023

Winter Social
Second Annual Paskuhan

The Rizal Center
Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC

Past Salo-Salos

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First Kasamahan Salo-Salo

October 2024

Celebrated Filipino American History Month

July 2024


Invited non-western healers
Expanded our definition of
Filipino/a/x mental health professional

 

April 2024

Our first salo-salo!

Past Workshops

Please contact Contact Us to submit a request to view a past workshop recording.

November 2024
Barriers and Promotors of Male Childhood Sexual Abuse

Disclosures Among Filipino American Men 
*not recorded
Gregory G. Desierto, PsyD

September 2024
Filipino/a/x and the Mental Health Context:
Pivoting Your Clinical Skills to Consulting
Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD


August 2024
The Uses of EMDR Therapy within Filipino/a/x Communities
Alissa Catiis, LCSW, RYT


May 2024
Co-Creating Spaces of Belonging through Kapwa

Wil Vargas, LCSW​
 

March 2024

Awakening Possibilities: Storytelling Centering Filipino/a/x Narratives
Alissa Catiis, LCSW, RYT


February 2024
Cultural Synergy:
Integrating Adlerian Psychology in Therapy

with Filipino/Filipino American Communities
Randel Jiao​

October 2023
Common Mental Health Struggles for Filipinx Americans

Jeana Abadejos, LMFT​


September 2023

Undoing and Reclaiming: Philippine History,
​Colonization, and Overcoming Colonial Mentality

to Embrace Filipino Culture and Identity
Marijo Villano, PhD

August 2023
An Overview of Sikolohiyang Pilipino:

Anchoring The Clinical Work Through Our Lived Experiences as Filipinx
Patricia H.A. Perez, PhD​
 

July 2023

Understanding the Basics of Art Therapy and Creative Expression
Fredelyn Calla, LCPC, ATR-BC​

 

April 2023

Filipino's Relationship with Money
Lolan P. Adan, LPC​