The Latino Student Psychological Association (LSPA)
The Latino Student Psychological Association (LSPA) is a student affiliate group of the California Latino Psychological Association (CLPA). We are committed to expanding multicultural awareness within the student psychological community through education, collaboration, and service. Our meetings, socials, volunteer work, and language workshops provide Pepperdine University Latino students and those who support Latino mental health an opportunity to network, gather, and build a community. These occasions also foster mentoring relationships between faculty and professionals committed to multicultural competence in the psychological field who can provide support and encouragement to students beginning their graduate careers. The Association more than welcomes members of all ethnicities who are interested in expanding their multicultural awareness, service, and professional competence.
Committee Members
| Co-Chairs | Steering Committee |
| Rogelio Serrano, LMFT Doctoral Student Pepperdine University, GSEP roysbusy@sbcglobal.net |
Erin Gabrielson, MA Doctoral Student Pepperdine University, GSEP erin.gabrielson@gmail.com |
| Shannon Curry Westgaard, MA Doctoral Student Pepperdine University, GSEP ShannonJeanne@gmail.com |
Gesenia Sloan-Pena, MS Doctoral Student Pepperdine University, GSEP geseniasloan@yahoo.com |
Upcoming Events
SPRING SEMINAR!!!!
The California Latino Psychological Association* Hosts its 2nd Annual
Seminar:
Dos Culturas: The Latino Immigration Experience
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Full day: 6 CEU’s provided
Pepperdine University, West Los Angeles Graduate Campus
Speakers:
Celia Jaes Falicov, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San
Diego. Independent Practice. Latino Immigrants in Therapy:
Transnational Journeys Many Latino immigrants are "transnationals" who are
able to maintain intense connections with their countries and families.
Attention will be paid to separations and reunions that strike at the core of
family attachments. An innovative binational/bicultural model that integrates
the relational, the community and the cultural-sociopolitical levels
will be presented and illustrated with clinical examples.
Rebecca A. Lopez, MSW, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach
Immigrant Processing and Adjustment: Clinical Implications In this
workshop, participants will learn about the many categories of legal and
illegal immigration to the U.S. which should be considered for effective
assessment of healthy adjustment in this country. Further, from a
clinical perspective, this workshop will present a range of unique difficulties
often encountered as new immigrant groups attempt to adjust in America, while
retaining indigenous spiritual, cultural and health belief systems.
For more information, please visit the CLPA website www.latinopsych.org
Or e-mail: ShannonJeanne@gmail.com
| Important Links | Other Universities with LSPA Organizations |
| CLPA Home: www.latinopsych.org |
University of La Verne www.ulv.edu/psychology/ |
| Latino Psychological Student Resources www.latinostudentpsych.org |
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), at Alliant University www.alliant.edu |
