PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar Series – Grace Under Pressure: Providing Culturally Responsive Care 6/24/25

The communities served by PROUD embody a vast range of cultures and life experiences, and many patients have experienced traumatic events. What one person may find comforting or helpful may feel invasive or uncomfortable to someone else. This training offers providers practical information to ensure that every interaction with patients is as culturally respectful as possible, so that the care offered is received as positively as it is intended.

Presenter: Mara Gottlieb, PhD, LMSW, President, Talking Changes

Dr. Mara Gottlieb is the President of Talking Changes, an anti-oppression and bias-awareness consulting firm offering trainings and individual coaching and supervision. For over twenty-five years, she has facilitated trainings across the country, including serving as a keynote speaker and conference presenter. Her programs address subjects including unconscious bias, cultural humility, anti-racism advocacy and LGBTQIA awareness and allyship. She has served as an adjunct professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work, Smith College School for Social Work, and Southern Connecticut State University, and has two published articles in the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is hosting a six-part webinar series PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care during summer, 2025. This virtual education series includes live sessions, with access to recorded sessions open for a year, designed to meet the needs of professionals working with individuals and families impacted by substance use and mental health.  Parents Recovering from Opioid and Other Use Disorders (PROUD) is a SAMHSA-funded program of DMHAS.  

Continuing Education credits are approved. These sessions are designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, quality professionals, risk managers, healthcare executives, and all healthcare professionals working with patients impacted by substance use and mental health.