Stigma…in Our Work, in Our Lives
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Congressional C
(REPEATED SESSION)
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Congressional C
(REPEATED SESSION)
ABOUT THIS SESSION
Session Description: Stigma is a pervasive and damaging influence on help-seeking behaviors, quality of behavioral health services, and service or treatment outcomes. The experiential nature of this workshop allows participants to deepen their understanding and awareness of how stigma affects everyone in the behavioral health community, including themselves, and to formulate strategies for reducing stigma personally and professionally.
Learning Objectives - Participants will be able to:
1. Identify stigmatizing behaviors and attitudes within the behavioral health system
2. Understand the impact of stigma on designing, providing, and receiving services
3. Describe two components of stigma reduction
SESSION PRESENTERS
Jennifer Brown has more than 20 years of experience as an advocate, project manager, facilitator, and trainer in the behavioral health advocacy field, specializing in areas of stigma and discrimination, recovery and resilience, trauma, and culture change. Much of her career has involved helping stakeholders to examine their own pre-conceived ideas and develop strategies for change. She has coached trainers across the country and abroad, and conducted hundreds of workshops for thousands of participants-- in Maryland, across the country and internationally. Under her leadership, The Anti-Stigma Project has become a nationally known model, and she recently concluded a pilot study with world renowned stigma researcher Dr. Patrick Corrigan to validate the model and publish the results. She has guest lectured at some of the area's leading educational institutions, and been a sought-after speaker and presenter at local, state, national and international conferences, from Hong Kong to Baltimore.
Denise Camp has worked in the behavioral health field for more than 14 years. She graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and worked as an engineer for several years before her mental health issues caused her to change course. While attending a psychiatric rehabilitation program, she began teaching computer skills and eventually became the director of the agency’s consumer wellness and recovery center. After being on disability for more than a decade, Denise returned to work and moved off of entitlements. She is now a Training Specialist/WRAP® Project Coordinator for On Our Own of Maryland, the state’s consumer advocacy and education organization. She is an Advanced Level WRAP© (Wellness Recovery Action Planning) Facilitator as well as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and Trainer. She serves on the boards of the Maryland Addictions and Behavioral-health Professionals Certification Board and Baltimore Crisis Response, and is a commissioner on the Maryland Commission on Disabilities.
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Phone: (202) 673-2200
Fax: (202) 673-3433
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Email: [email protected]
Agency Performance
Monday to Friday, 8:15 am to 5:00 pm, except District holidays
Connect With Us
64 New York Avenue, NE, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 673-2200
Fax: (202) 673-3433
TTY: (202) 673-7500
Email: [email protected]
Agency Performance