We Are Many: Counselors Who Learn, Lead, and Liberate
Conference Strand
Social Change, Leadership, and Advocacy
Abstract
In her keynote address, Dr. LaTonya Summers uses nearly 30 years of professional counseling experience to inspire the audience to use what they learn at the NCCEC Conference to lead and to liberate others through their leadership.
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Format
Individual Presentations
Biographical Sketch
Dr. LaTonya M. Summers NCC, LCMHC, LMHC Dr. LaTonya Summers champions mental wellness among Black communities. She is the founder of the Black Mental Health Symposium, she publishes Black Mental Health Today magazine, and she operates Black CE Credits. Her new memoir, Black Again is her own reckoning with racial identity, whereby she lost and reclaimed Blackness. She is an award-winning assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling at Jacksonville University. There, she brings 28 years of clinical mental health and addictions counseling experience and conducts research on multicultural issues in counseling and supervision. Her most recent study was an exploration on the dynamics between Black men and their mothers that yielded implications for counselors who work with Black men. She is the program director of the Center for Men's Mental Wellness, a free counseling program for men with services provided by JU students. Summers co-authored a textbook, Multicultural Counseling: Responding with Cultural Humility, Empathy, and Advocacy. She has been featured in O Magazine on authenticity in the workplace and has given a TEDx Talk on how to process pain advantageously. To her, it is an honor to be with you for NCCEC 2024!
Location
Cone Center - Lucas Room
Start Date
3-7-2024 12:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Summers, LaTonya M., "We Are Many: Counselors Who Learn, Lead, and Liberate" (2024). National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change. 16.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccec/2024/2024/16
We Are Many: Counselors Who Learn, Lead, and Liberate
Cone Center - Lucas Room
In her keynote address, Dr. LaTonya Summers uses nearly 30 years of professional counseling experience to inspire the audience to use what they learn at the NCCEC Conference to lead and to liberate others through their leadership.
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