While making a name for himself as a rapper and performer on the South Side of Chicago, Chris LeMark was also fighting his own invisible battle with severe depression. After getting the help he needed, he came to audiences with a new purpose: to normalize therapy and mental health conversations. His organization, Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health, is shattering stigmas surrounding mental health care, with a specific focus on Black and Brown communities.

 

 

Integrative Community Therapy  (ICT, also known as Terapia Comunitária Integrativa or TCI) is a unique large group dialogic therapeutic modality that requires only short-term training, can accommodate groups from 15-200 people, and can be performed successfully in an online format. ICT was created by psychiatrist/anthropologist Dr. Adalberto Barreto in response to an increased need for meaningful community-based mental health services in the extremely low-income neighborhoods (also known as favelas) of Fortaleza, Brazil. This modality is based on a five-step participatory structure that elicits therapeutic community conversation and knowledge-sharing in groups of 15 or more.

 

 

 

Develop and enhance your ability to engage via telehealth! This training will teach front-line providers skill sets and tips drawn from Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care and Harm Reduction designed to establish rapport and a compassionate connection.  Whenever the pandemic ends, it's clear that telehealth will continue to be an important tool in the provider' tool-kit. What lessons have been learned during these challenging times? Will the virus inspire us?