Events
NARTIC Open House – A Somatic Grounding Session
Saturday, March 22, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Counseling Roundtable
& NARTIC
Description
NARTIC is hosting a special session for members of the counseling and therapy communities who need time to relax, center themselves, and support one another during these challenging times. We're very pleased that Tina Bartsch will lead us through a grounding and presencing session. Tina will facilitate a mindfulness process to address the current political moment. Participants will engage in a short somatic grounding exercise and participate in triadic presencing and collective social witnessing using a method developed by the mystic Thomas Hübl.
Tina, a member of NARTIC, is in her second year of the Counselor Education and Supervision doctorate program at Saybrook University. She currently works at Malama Family Recovery Center on Maui, working with women in recovery from substance use. Tina is a pre-licensed mental health counselor, licensed massage therapist in Hawaii, a yoga instructor, and certified Somatic Experiencing® practitioner
Navigating Graduate Counseling Programs as a Disabled Students: Barriers, Insights, and Advocacy
Sunday, March 2, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST
WGDJC
& NARTIC
Description
Join us for a candid roundtable discussion between graduate counseling students with disabilities sharing their experiences navigating academia, clinical training, and professional development. Panelists will explore the unique barriers they face while also highlighting found strengths, advocacy strategies, and community support that help them succeed. This discussion is designed for counseling students, educators, intern supervisors, and professionals committed to fostering inclusivity through accessibility.
MENA Identities and Experiences in Counseling and Counselor Education Spaces
Friday, December 6, 2024
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST
Counseling Roundtable
& NARTIC
Description
The MENA project team is excited to invite you to its first webinar on Friday, December 6, 9:00 - 10:30 am PST. MENA became a new official race and ethnicity checkbox option in the U.S. government’s federal forms in 2024, and it represents people with cultural roots and immigration backgrounds from a large region with complex historical and cultural connections. Thus, besides the MENA, this project is expected to be relevant and helpful for understanding other cultural identity categories such as Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African (AMENA), South Asian and North African (SWANA), biracial, and multiracial, including those people who may be negotiating belonging ambiguity with intersectional identities. The webinar is for graduate students, practitioners, and educators working with MENA individuals and communities. We also welcome those from other mental health professional communities beyond counseling and counselor education.