Keynote Speaker, Presenters, and Workshops
Keynote speaker
Dr. Lisa Wong
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Lisa Wong, Psy.D., is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) as of February 28, 2023, after serving as Interim Director since July 2022. Prior to this role, Dr. Wong was LACDMH’s Senior Deputy Director overseeing the Department’s clinical programs and community-based services over a broad range of settings throughout Los Angeles County.
Concurrent with her Senior Deputy Director role, Dr. Wong was also the interim Chief of the Full- Service Partnership (FSP) program, a 24/7 intensive outpatient service aimed at helping clients at risk for homelessness, incarceration, and hospitalization, among other negative life outcomes.
Starting in the County as a student over 30 years ago, Dr. Wong spent more than two decades working in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles providing care to some of the County’s most vulnerable and high-risk individuals experiencing serious mental illness and homelessness. Prior to her current role, she served as the Mental Health Clinical Program Head Over Downtown Mental Health Center general outpatient services, CalWORKs/GROW, and Prevention & Early Intervention programs before becoming a Service Area Chief over Service Areas 2 and 3. Dr. Wong has also served as Acting Chief for Outpatient Services.
Dr. Wong earned her Psy.D. from the Pacifica Graduate Institute and her M.A. in clinical psychology from California State University, Los Angeles, and she is a lifelong advocate for vulnerable populations and social justice issues.
Presenters
Lizzie Rodriguez – CLIE
Charles Caldwell – Mythological Studies
Alia Aizenstat – Counseling Psychology, PGIAA Board Member
Howard Spector – Counseling Psychology (Founder, Simple Practice
Ginger Swanson – PhD, Depth Psychology
Workshops
Academia: So You Want to Teach! Key Lessons for a Completely Different Way to Think About YOUR Calling! – Dr. William Linn
What Is It You Plan to Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life? What Depth Psychology & Mythology Can Teach Us About Vocation and Why It Matters! – Dr. Jennifer Selig
Movies and Pacifica – Craig Titley, Marvel Studios
Santa Barbara CAMFT Presentation
Entrepreneur (Creator, Critic and Crusader) – Dr. John Bucher
Linked By LinkedIn – Ryan Zervakos, LinkedIn
Wealth Building – with Avalan, LLC
Check back for more updates as we get closer to September 28th!
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