Homegirls with Degrees

Homegirls with Degrees

by Elsie De Marie and Liliana Michelle
Season 1
School Psychologists as Mental Health Providers
Today’s episode will focus on how school psychologists can also practice as mental health providers in the school setting. This podcast episode intends to highlight mental health and school psychologists. Articles Used: https://www.casponline.org/pdfs/position-papers/ERMHS-final.pdf https://casponline.org/pdfs/positionpapers/CASP%20ERMHS%20Resource%20Paper%2010-21.pdf https://casponline.org/product/ab114-educationally-related-mental-health-services-ermhs-advocacy-legal-practical-perspectives-how-school-psychologists-may-be-best-positioned-to-provide-mental-health-services-for-students-at/ https://casponline.org/pdfs/position-papers/CASP%20ERMHS%20Resource%20Paper%2010-21.pdf https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/dialectical-behavior-therapy https://neurolaunch.com/brief-intervention-therapy/
Cafecito y Cuentos w/ Denise Serrato (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) M.A from Fordham University
Denise Serrato is a mental health clinician/psychotherapist residing in New York. Denise obtained her bachelor of arts degree in Behavioral Science and a minor in Ethnic and Women’s studies with an emphasis in Chicano Studies from Cal Poly Pomona. Denise moved to New York for graduate school and obtained a master's degree in clinical social work from Fordham University. Denise eventually opened up her private practice and business. In terms of her therapeutic framework, she practices through a decolonial approach with her clients. We hope that our listeners gather valuable information from her story! This episode aims to increase awareness and healing practices for mental health clinicians and clients! Visit her private practice website: https://www.colibriwellness.info/
Cafecito y Cuentos with Esther Roh, B.S., M.A. CSU Fullerton & National University
Esther Roh is a school psychologist, mother of twins, and wife! Esther navigates many roles. In this episode, Esther shares her experience as a Korean American woman and first-generation college student. Additionally, she shares about motherhood and working professionally and how she incorporates self-care in her busy life!
Cafecito y Cuentos with Dr. Natalie Ramirez, PhD Harvard University
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Today, we have the honor of welcoming Dr. Natalie Ramirez. Dr. Ramirez earned her PhD at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her research is on 19th-century Latin American literature, and she teaches Spanish at Harvard. For this episode, our goal is to highlight Dr. Ramirez’s educational journey.
Cafecito y Cuentos with Miriam Delgado: Navigating Higher Education as an Undocumented person, Mother, and as a Latina
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This episode features Miriam Delgado (M.A) and focuses on her educational journey while identifying as an undocumented individual, mother, and Latina scholar. Miriam is currently enrolled in a PhD program focusing on Higher Education. Listen to her inspiring story and be prepared to have a tissue it gets emotional! *Please excuse the technical difficulties in the beginning of the episode.
Talking about Motherhood and Professional Duties with Liliana
This episode will focus on Lili's journey in being a twin mom while also being a working professional!
My Journey as a School Psychologist
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This episode will focus on Elsie's experience as a school psychologist. Additionally, Elsie speaks of other opportunities school psychologists may consider if thinking of eventually leaving the school setting.
Check-in & Updates with Homegirls with Degrees
For today’s episode we want to do a quick check-in and update! We will also go over what you should expect from our upcoming episodes!
Preventing Burnout: Self Care Practices for Professionals
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Today’s topic will be about Burnout prevention by using self-care strategies for educators! As professionals, we often struggle with following a self-care routine and developing a work-life balance.
EP 2: Surviving Academia and Learning How to Thrive
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In this episode, we discuss our own academic journeys. We share our struggles as students of color often dealing with imposter syndrome, racism, classism, and low self-esteem. Lastly, we shared ways we navigated these systems and how we learned to thrive.
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