Strong Mental Health and ​Equitable Care For All

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Linda McGhee is a clinical psychologist, attorney and nationally ​recognized mental health expert and speaker. McGhee has been ​featured in the Washington Post, Forbes, New York Times, Huffington ​Post, and Grown and Flown. She is a compassionate leader who ​seeks to bridge differences and shed light. Dr. McGhee is a ​consultant with corporations, trade groups and government. She ​trains, moderates and speaks on equity-related topics, diversity, ​education, parenting and mental health awareness. Her strength lies ​in her ability to promote healthy discussions on sensitive issues.

She is the resident psychologist to the SonRise Project, an Oprah ​Winfrey Network podcast that supports families of teenagers and ​young adults with mental illness. McGhee also acts as a mental ​health expert and facilitator for the Steve Fund, an organization ​devoted to mental health for college students of color. She is ​currently an adjunct professor in the Forensic Psychology program at ​George Washington University. She previously served on the clinical ​faculty at the Washington School of Psychiatry and taught with the ​Professional Psychology programs at both George Washington ​University and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Dr. ​McGhee is the President-Elect of the Assessment Section of Division ​12 of the American Psychological Association. She is a Past President ​of the Maryland Psychological Association.

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Book:

Psychological Assessment of ​Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

Dr. McGhee is the chapter author

(on multicultural assessment) in the book ​Psychological Assessment of Bipolar Disorders.

Speaking

From Birth To Trauma:

The Intersection Race and Mental Health Treatment

During this Presentation, your ​audience will discover:

• The cycle of racial awareness to ​racial trauma

• The distinction of racial trauma ​from conventional forms of ​post-traumatic stress
  

• How helping professions have ​historically failed to center such ​trauma
  

• Ways for individuals to change ​using growth models
  

• Ways for individuals to ​effectuate institutional change
  

Multicultural Assessment:

Equitable Care For All

During this Presentation, your ​audience will:

• Identify how culture impacts ​diagnosis, testing and assessment

• Learn about the impact of bias, ​both unconscious and covert
  

• Discover the appropriate use and ​misuse of assessment instruments, ​covering topics of test bias, the ​impact of racial trauma and ​instruments that over-pathologize ​behaviors
  

• Address ways to improve the ​testing process from interview to ​feedback
  

• Focus on how to use testing to ​advocate for clients
  

Understanding Racial Bias

During this Presentation, your ​audience will learn:

• The origins of bias and how it ​forms

• How these biases can ​manifest in work situations
  

• What are microaggressions ​and the impact on those ​affected
  

• Concrete goal setting and ​next steps
  

Self-Healing ​and Self-Care ​for Challenging ​Times

Ten Ways To Support Mental Health and Wellbeing At Work

During this Presentation, your ​audience will learn how to:

During this Presentation, your ​audience will learn:

• Identify stressors plaguing ​society at present

• The impact of these stressors ​on the mind, body and spirit
  

• Societal impediments to self-​care
  

• How to Start a path toward ​self-care
  

• Set goals and a system of ​accountability
  

• About the scope of the ​mental health care crisis

• To disseminate how ​companies are faced with ​employees coping with ​mental health stressors
  

• How to augment traditional ​ways to support mental health
  

• Ten ways to bolster mental ​health and wellness programs
  

Dr. Linda McGhee is also available to speak on the following topics:

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Culturally Competent and Equitable ​Mental Health Care is possible.

Together, let's transform the mental health ​and treatment in your company, practice, ​school, or organization.