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Journey to Health ECHO | June 23rd, 2022

Date of Presentation: June 23, 2022

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  Community  

Program: Journey to Health  

Keywords: #aian  #Community healing  #Culture as prevention  #health  #historical trauma  #kinship  #relationality  #resilience  #stress management  #traditional indigenous knowledge  #trauma  

In this presentation, Krista Armenta-Belen, sʰamala čumač, Licensed Therapist, DBH, highlights traditional knowledge about being in relation to others and using kinship-based practices along with existing prevention strategies to improve depth and breadth of behavioral health services in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It also focuses on experiences and practices learned through a California-based tribal wellness leadership collaborative emphasizing Indigenous behavioral health, medical, and cultural intersectionality.

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Presented by:

Dr. Krista Armenta-Belen

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Krista Armenta-Belen, DBH, LMFT, is samala čumaš from alaxulapu’ (Santa Ynez). She has worked in Tribal behavioral health for more than a decade, supporting community wellness and youth prevention in multiple roles. Krista has provided psychotherapy services to Native and underserved people since 2010. She received her BA from UCSB and MA from Antioch University before attending Arizona State University for her Doctorate in Behavioral Health. As a practicing Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, she utilizes her clinical education and personal experiences to help build whole-person wellness. Krista hopes that both the formal therapy and community support she offers will contribute to developing and maintaining the healthy, resilient Native community in which she lives and raises her future generations in.

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Date added: June 23, 2022