When you’re tired of adulting but you remember that your mami said que sana sana colita de rana y vaporu heals all wounds y si no sano hoy, sanaré mañana 😅🐸 🩹

I take my @vicks_us Vaporub everywhere porque uno nunca sabe. Love DIYing my Halloween costumes. This one particularly was therapeutic and healing to create. 💚

Enjoy the Halloween weekend comunidad!

Con cariño,
Dra. Hernández @palantetherapy

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On this second presentation, we discussed the social-cultural factors impacting diabetes management and care in Latine youth and families, specifically highlighting how systemic barriers and lack of cultural responsive care can impact our gente from accessing appropriate treatment and support.

This topic not only hit personal for us but also we know how prevalent diabetes is among our gente. We can’t speak about diabetes management and care among our gente without noting how our cultural foods are often policed by western/eurocentric medical practices and how inequitable systems impact accessibility to health and mental health support. This is why representation matters. Having bilingual Latine medical professionals that can affirm our gente’s experiences is important for collaboration with care. I couldn’t help and think about my parents’ and the trauma experienced navigating health systems as undocumented immigrants. May we continue to hold these infrastructures accountable with providing equitable linguistically and culturally responsive care to our gente. 🤎

Shoutout to all my Latine mental health professionals working with our gente with chronic health conditions. You are valued.✨

Con agradecimiento,
Dra. Hernández @palantetherapy

#diabetes #diabetesawareness #culturallyresponsive #chronichealth #latine #latinementalhealth #latinxmentalhealth #firstgenlatina #latinatherapist #nlpa #puertorico #palante #palantetherapy

Just two doctoras, eldest daughters of immigrants from South Central LA having brave discussions on reclaiming nuestras identidades using intersectionality lenses and deconstructing the imposter phenomenon through critical lenses and naming the experience for what it is… racism. It was important to center the diverse voices of Latine mental health professionals and place responsibility on systemic oppression and colonization. My corazoncito was so full hearing many resonate with our topic and was so appreciative of folx willingness to share their lived experiences. ❤️

I live for these conversations and profoundly enjoy hearing peoples lived experiences on how their uplifting their voices in academic and professional settings. Many of us are in continuous resistance and en la lucha in these spaces. ❤️

Also we unintentionally match and later realized I was wearing Mexico 🇲🇽 colors… when everything aligns✨

En comunidad y agradecimiento,
Dra. Hernández @palantetherapy

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Amazing start to @1nlpa conference in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷! My last NLPA Conference was in 2019. Today I attended great presentations and discussions on intergenerational trauma and ancestral wisdom, supporting undocumented/immigrant families, and decolonizing clinical supervision. I’ve met colegxs doing amazing work in the field of psychology and mental health. I look forward to a soulful weekend of more connection y Boricua sazón!

Tomorrow my bestie and I present on the imposter phenomenon among Latinx mental health professionals and improving diabetes management among Latinx youth and families. ❤️

En comunidad y saludos desde la isla del encanto 🇵🇷❤️,
Dra. Hernández @palantetherapy

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During Latine Heritage Month I had the absolute honor of presenting to KIPP SoCal Public Schools Counseling Team on the importance of supporting Latine children in system-impacted communities through culturally-affirming, trauma-sensitive interventions in schools. ❤️

Not only did we call out “evidenced-based interventions” that were not initially designed with our gente in mind, but we looked at how we can implement intersectionality, lived experiences, and provider authenticity in therapeutic spaces in schools. Best part, was presenting on my “Pa’delante en Comunidad: Newcomer Youth Support Group” I created while working in schools. Mi corazoncito was fully overjoyed by the feedback, connections I made with counselors, and receiving messages about how they felt inspired to implement their own newcomer group. De veras que estoy tan agradecida 🥹.

Also, when I officially left schools this summer to pursue full time private practice I knew my work with schools and education wasn’t over. However, this time, I get to reclaim and design trainings I wished I had as a school social worker and on my own terms. To anyone navigating the imposter phenomenon and doubting their abilities, this is your sign to go for it! Somos chingones! 🤎

Como siempre mi gente, sigamos Pa’delante!
Dra. Hernández @palantetherapy

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