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AIWA NEW ENGLAND PRESENTS
TRANSGENERATIONAL TRAUMA WEBINAR
Date: Saturday October 7, 2023 | 12:00PM ET
Location: Zoom Webinar
Free Admissions
DESCRIPTION:
This topic is now more important than ever as our community faces yet another tragedy. Let's all become aware of what it is, the symptoms and how it shows up in our communities and focus on how we can work to heal as a community moving forward. We'll share tools and tips for healing and coping and open up for questions.
SPEAKERS:
SETA HAIG
Seta Haig was born in Lebanon, lived in Saudi Arabia and Cyprus, and moved to the US to attend university where she decided to pursue a career in mental health. She is a Licensed Marriage and family therapist who has been working at Didi Hirsch MHS for the past 11 years as clinician, lead clinical supervisor, Program Coordinator for the Armunity Program and currently Assistant Program Director. She is passionate about decreasing stigma about mental health and addiction in the Armenian community. She has seen how effective integrated care can be in addressing the whole person and is a great advocate of integrated mental health treatment. She also has a private practice in Glendale.
TALIN KHECHOOMIAN
Talin Khechoomian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who earned her MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from UCLA. Khechoomian was born in Sweden, where she spent a significant portion of her childhood and then moved to Los Angeles with her family. After seven years of working as a School Social Worker with children and families in both New York and Los Angeles, Khechoomian made the transition to working in private practice online. This change was made to become more involved in Armenia. After the War in 2020, Khechoomian moved to Armenia to join the mental health efforts with soldiers, their families and others affected by the War. She has also spent a large amount of time training local therapists and psychology students on topics such as grief, trauma, suicide prevention and assessment etc.
MODERATOR:
LINDSEY HAGOPIAN
Lindsey Hagopian has been an active member of the Armenian community for many years and most recently serves as Chairwoman of the AIWA New England Chapter. She has spent 15 years in the advertising industry as a media strategist working on brands that include MasterCard, Dunkin', BlueCross Blue Shield, among others. She recently founded Purusha Wellness, a therapeutic yoga practice that takes a trauma informed approach to help women move past roadblocks in their careers and lives using breathwork, movement and meditation.
