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SUMMARY:Disaster Relief Management
DESCRIPTION:SCPS Presents: \nDisaster Relief Management: \nCommunity Resiliency Model (DRM–CRM®) Preparation Program\nA Trauma-Informed\, Community-Centered Framework for Disaster Mental Health Response\nONLINE: Thursday\, February 19th | 7pm – 8:30pm \nFeaturing our Speakers:\nElaine Miller-Karas\, LCSW\nMichael Sapp\, PhD \nPurpose \nThe Community Resiliency Model (CRM) equips communities with biologically based\, trauma-informed skills that support nervous system regulation and emotional stabilization before\, during\, and after disasters. As a public-health model\, it strengthens community capacity when professional mental health resources become overwhelmed. \nWhat CRM Provides: Practical Skills Across the Lifespan \nA Biological\, Skills-Based Approach \nCRM teaches survivors to: \n\nRecognize common biological responses to disaster\nIncrease interoceptive awareness (“body literacy”)\nNotice sensations of well-being\nUse simple wellness skills to reduce autonomic reactivity\n\nThis helps shift the internal narrative from “I’m weak and not coping” to “I’m having a normal biological reaction to an abnormal event.” \nTrauma-Sensitive Conversation Tools for Clinicians \nCRM integrates into psychiatric and psychotherapeutic encounters through strength-based\, regulating questions such as: \n\n“What is helping you get through right now?”\n“Can you remember the moment you realized you would survive?”\n“Can you remember when help first arrived?”\n\nThese questions reduce physiological distress and help survivors reconnect with internal resources—summarized by one participant who said\, “Thank you for reminding me of what I already knew but had forgotten.” \nHow Psychiatrists Can Apply CRM – Psychiatrists can: \n\nIntegrate CRM language and skills during evaluations and follow-up\nNormalize biological responses to trauma and stress\nCoordinate care with CRM-trained community partners\nSupport prevention-focused disaster mental health strategies\nEncourage family use of CRM through the iChill app (English\, Spanish\, Hebrew\, Arabic; Korean and Simplified Chinese coming soon) or through Community Resiliency Model workshops being offered in the community and through LA County Department of Mental Health.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\nElaine Miller-Karas\, LCSW\nElaine Miller-Karas\, LCSW is a trauma therapist\, author\, international lecturer\, and social entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Executive Director Emerita of the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) and the key developer of the Community Resiliency Model® (CRM) and Trauma Resiliency Model® (TRM)\, biologically based approaches to trauma healing used worldwide. She is a contributor to Psychology Today\, the host of Resiliency Within on VoiceAmerica\, and a consultant in trauma- and resilience-informed care to international organizations. She is also a founding member of the International Transformational Resiliency Coalition\, advancing trauma-informed responses to climate change and global adversity. The second edition of her book\, Building Resiliency to Trauma\, the Community and Trauma Resiliency Models (2023) was published by Routledge. Committed to global equity\, Elaine has launched community-based healing projects to support populations during and after natural and human-made disasters. She fosters culturally responsive trauma-recovery and capacity-building initiatives\, empowering local leaders to develop sustainable\, grassroots solutions. \nMichael Sapp\, Ph.D.\nMichael Sapp\, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and serves as Executive Director of the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI)\, where he has been actively involved since 2010. As a member of TRI’s Senior Faculty\, he has taught the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® to clinicians\, educators\, first responders\, and community leaders across the United States and around the world. A notable aspect of Dr. Sapp’s work lies in his keen interest in neuroscientific approaches to trauma healing\, having co-authored “The Nervous System\, Memory\, and Trauma” in Building Resilience to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Models and the peer-reviewed article “The Body Can Balance the Score.” His work spans domestic and international settings\, including humanitarian initiatives for communities in Angola\, Ukraine\, Nepal\, the Philippines\, Turkey\, and Northern Ireland\, advancing culturally responsive\, community-based pathways to resilience and healing. \n SCPS Members: Please register from the link in your email. 
URL:https://www.socalpsych.org/event/disaster-relief-management/
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SUMMARY:Immigration Justice and Reform: Do Psychiatrists Play a Role?
DESCRIPTION:SCPS Presents: \nImmigration Justice and Reform: Do Psychiatrists Play a Role?\nONLINE: Monday\, February 23\, 2026\n6:30pm – 8:00pm \nwith our speakers:\nKevin Gutierrez\, MD\nand\nErica Lubliner\, MD \nDr. Kevin Gutierrez – UCR\, Clinical Professor – Social Movement Psychiatry\, group psychotherapy for activists and organizers. He will cover the topic – ” Social Movement Psychiatry.”\nDr. Erica Lubliner – UCLA\, Director of Spanish speaking mental health clinic. She will cover how to support patients and families who have experienced ICE encounters. \nSCPS Members – Please Contact Us for the link to attend.
URL:https://www.socalpsych.org/event/immigration-justice-and-reform-do-psychiatrists-play-a-role/
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