Presenters:
Celeste Wiggins, LCSW
Celeste Wiggins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Utah. She has worked in forensic, school-based, and private practice settings regarding issues of trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, psychosis, autism spectrum related issues, and ADHD.
Celeste has experience working with people of a wide range of ages, genders (or no genders), sexualities (or no sexualities), and races. She works from a client-centered, humanistic/existential, queer-affirming, multiculturally humble, and relational framework and has training in modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She also holds a certification in Anti-Discrimination Response Training.
Treshain Elerson, LCSW
Treshain Elerson, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has lived in Utah for the last 3 years. Originally from Memphis, TN, she received her MSW from the University of Memphis. Before moving to Utah, she worked as a school-based social worker for Shelby County Schools, and her team focused on the alternative schools. She primarily works as a school-based clinical therapist for Odyssey House of Utah, and previously for Valley Behavioral Health, mostly in schools within the Rose Park neighborhood. She has also worked as a Crisis Worker for the Crisis Line and the SafeUT app with the University of Utah’s University Neuropsychiatric Institute. Her therapeutic approaches include solution-focused techniques with an emphasis on empowerment skills. Her focus on supporting minority and oppressed groups is paramount, and she believes in all mental health professionals to develop and maintain cultural humility when working with clients.
Presentation Topic: Racial Equity from a Trauma Informed Perspective
Celeste and Treshain will discuss varying understandings of trauma across varying races, alongside the implications for a trauma-informed therapist dedicated to racial equity; and all from a lens of multicultural competency and/or humility.
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