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• The Friendship Care Space: Supporting Clients In Building Lasting, Healthy Connections

  • When
    05 Sep 2025
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    50 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX 77007

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  The Friendship Care Space:

  Supporting Clients In Building Lasting, Healthy Connections

  
  

  Presented by

  Kristyn Crowder, LMFT

  
  

  When and Where
  Friday September 5th, 2025

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  United Way

  50 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX 77007
  
  Workshop Description:

  The Friendship Care Space is a thoughtful and real world workshop for mental health professionals who want to better support clients in navigating their friendships. Friendships are a key part of emotional well-being, but they’re often overlooked in therapy. This session brings friendship into focus, highlighting how connection, identity, and communication show up in the therapeutic space.

  
  

  You’ll walk away with tools to help clients reflect on the quality of their friendships, process friendship loss, and build relationships that feel safe, mutual, and emotionally supportive. We’ll also explore culturally responsive ways to talk about friendship and mental health, especially for clients whose social connections are shifting through life transitions.

  
  

  By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the key elements of a healthy friendship and their impact on emotional well-being.

  2. Help clients explore their identity and how it shows up in their friendships.

  3. Use Narrative Therapy, EFT, and Solution-Focused strategies to support friendship work in session.

  4. Discuss culturally responsive ways to support clients through friendship loss, life transitions, and connection-building.
  

  
  About Our Presenter:

  Kristyn Crowder is a Marriage and Family Therapist and the owner of Relationship Care Space, a private practice based in Katy, Texas. She specializes in individual and relationship therapy, creating space for clients to build emotional safety, strengthen communication, and connect more deeply in their relationships. Kristyn is making her mark in the area of friendship and friendship therapy, supporting clients as they navigate the complexities of making, keeping, and sometimes grieving friendships. In addition to her clinical work, she leads workshops and speaks on topics such as friendship, self-care, and the role of connection in mental health.
  

  
  

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• Foundation of Immigration Evaluations

  • When
    10 Oct 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    50 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX 77007

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  Foundation of Immigration Evaluations

  Elevate your skills: A Workshop for Clinicians Interested in Serving the Global Community

  
  

  Presented by:

  JereMy J. Rankins, MA

  Claudia Pasillas, Esq.

  
  

  When and Where:

  Friday, Oct 10, 2025
  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  
  

  Location:

  United Way of Greater Houston

  50 Waugh Dr

  Houston, TX 77007

  Meeting Room EF

  
  

  Workshop Description:

  Join immigration attorney Claudia Pasillas, Esq. and Licensed Professional Counselor Jeremy J. Rankins, MA, LPC, in this dynamic workshop designed to equip professionals with the tools to create impactful immigration psychological evaluations. Claudia will provide expert insights into what attorneys and immigration officials, including TAs, look for in these evaluations to build compelling legal cases. Jeremy will share his proven strategies for conducting thorough and effective evaluations, addressing key areas like trauma, PTSD, and cultural considerations. Together, they’ll demonstrate how collaboration between legal and clinical professionals can lead to stronger, client-centered outcomes in immigration cases.
  
  About Our Presenters:

  Jeremy Rankins is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over five years of experience providing psychological evaluations and therapeutic services to the global immigrant community. As the Clinical Director of Minor to Major LLC, Jeremy has conducted numerous evaluations for immigration cases, including those under VAWA, U visa, and asylum petitions. With a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Texas Southern University, his expertise lies in trauma-focused therapy, PTSD assessments, and forensic evaluations. Jeremy is passionate about advocating for immigrant families and individuals, helping them navigate the complexities of the immigration process with compassion and professionalism.

  Claudia is a highly experienced immigration attorney with nearly a decade of dedicated practice in immigration law. Her career has been marked by a commitment to advocating for immigrant families, survivors of domestic violence, and asylum seekers. Claudia’s expertise includes navigating complex cases under VAWA, U visas, and asylum petitions. Known for her thorough preparation and empathetic approach, Claudia has successfully represented clients in immigration courts across the country. She is passionate about empowering her clients and ensuring they have access to fair representation in their pursuit of safety and stability in the United States.

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• ASK about Suicide to Save a Life

  • When
    21 Nov 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    50 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX 77007

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  ASK about Suicide to Save a Life

  Presented by

  Carroll Campion Prasad, LPC-S

  
  

  When and Where
  Friday, Nov 21st

  9:00am- 12:00pm
  50 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX 77007
  
  Workshop Description:

  This workshop is for adults who interact with youth or adults at risk of suicide. The program provides participants with an overview of the basic epidemiology of suicide and suicidal behavior, including risk and protective factors. Participants are trained to gather more information about a person’s risk and act consistent with that risk if they identify a person who is not acutely suicidal.

  
  

  About Our Presenter

  Carroll Prasad is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and is currently the Manager of the Community Training Department at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD. Carroll is currently serving on the Harris Center’s Resiliency Team which assist the community following a crisis such as a shooting or suicide. Carroll facilitates evidenced-based training such as Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid, safeTALK, ASK about Suicide, and is a Master Trainer in Applied Suicide Intervention and Skills Training (ASIST).  The focus of these trainings is suicide prevention, intervention, and mental health education.   She is passionate about teaching community members to become gatekeepers of hope for those struggling with thoughts of suicide. Her wish for the future is to decrease the stigma of mental illness by facilitating open, honest, community conversations about all types of health. She has more than 16 years of experience of counseling in K-12 education and more than 24 years of experience as a clinician. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Masters in Counselor Education, and she received an Educational Specialist degree.  She lives in Acres Homes with her husband Bill, and their favorite place is under the sea. They are both Certified Rescue Scuba Divers.

  
  

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