When
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
(Registration opens 8:30 AM)
Helping professionals practice within the same uncertain and rapidly changing social landscape as the people they serve. This interactive training will explore how values, professional ethics, and the use of self shape clinical practice when perspectives and circumstances are complex. Participants will consider the concept of survivance, examine the role of the clinician as a human and emotionally engaged participant in the therapeutic relationship, and identify practical strategies for sustaining grounded, ethical, and relationally responsive practice during times of profound change.
Training Objectives
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Clarify how professional ethics and personal values inform clinical practice when navigating differing perspectives and social circumstances
- Describe the concept of survivance and identify ways it can inform responses to complex situations in which broader social conditions create tension
- Identify at least one burnout-prevention strategy to support grounded, ethical, and relationally responsive practice during periods of significant social change
Program Agenda
8:30am-9am: Registration
9am-9:15am: Opening Remarks and Welcome
9:15am-10:30am: Presentation and Conversation
10:30am-10:45am: Break and Transition
10:45am-11:40am: Breakout Session
11:45am-12:30pm: Debrief and Closing
Continuing Education
RAMS is approved by the California Psychological Association (CPA) to provide continuing professional education hours for psychologists. For this event, RAMS is offering 3 hours of continuing education for psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs. RAMS maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. In order to receive CE credit, participants must attend the entire training. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credit. Sign in and out will be required.
WHERE
SF LGBT Center
1800 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Panelists
Helen H. Hsu, Psy.D
Director of Outreach at Stanford University CAPS
Dr. Helen H. Hsu is a clinical psychologist, educator, consultant, and mental health advocate with more than two decades of experience advancing culturally responsive care. A former President of the Asian American Psychological Association and APA Division 45, Dr. Hsu currently serves as Associate Professor at Stanford School of Medicine. Her work centers on multicultural mental health, trauma, grief, Asian American psychology, and community healing. Dr. Hsu is also author of The Healing Trauma Workbook for Asian Americans.
Sal Núñez, PhD, MS
Sal Núñez, PhD, MS, is a licensed psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, educator, researcher, and community advocate. He is a tenured faculty at City College of San Francisco, founding director of their Community Mental Health Certificate Program, and co- founder of Crossing Edge Consulting and organizational psychology firm. His work centers on community health, organizational consultation, Indigenous medicine, and ceremonial drumming as approaches to healing and wellness. Dr. Núñez developed the Medicinal Drumming Praxis, an innovative model that integrates Indigenous healing traditions, behavioral health, and Afro- Puerto Rican rhythms. For 30 years, he has explored the healing power of rhythm, medicinal plants, song, storytelling, and ceremony.
About
About Evelyn Yee-Wai Miu Lee Fong (1944-2003): This training has been named in honor of Evelyn Yee-Wai Miu Lee Fong, Ed.D., L.C.S.W., who was widely respected in the mental health field and the Asian American community, as a clinician, administrator, teacher, author, community advocate, and humanitarian. Dr. Lee served as the Executive Director of RAMS (1990-2003) as well as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, Vice President for the Board of National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA), and she received numerous community service and teaching awards throughout her career, in recognition for foresight and innovation in the mental health field.
Still have questions? Please contact:
Dennielle Kronenberg, LCSW, PPSC
Director of RAMS Training Institute
denniellekronenberg@ramsinc.org
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