Michael de Arellano to Talk About Culturally Modified Trauma-Focused Therapy

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Michael de Arellano

Please join members of the graduate psychology education training program as they present a talk by Michael de Arellano of the Medical University of South Carolina. The event will be held in Memorial Hall, Room 113 at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 5. The event is free and no registration is needed.

De Arellano is a professor and a licensed clinical psychologist at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, department of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1996 with a degree in clinical psychology, and he completed an NIMH-funded post-doctoral fellowship in violence and traumatic stress research at the National Crime Victims Center.

De Arellano's clinical work and research focus on developing and evaluating treatment services for child victims of traumatic events from traditionally under-served population groups (e.g., rural, economically disadvantaged, Latino, African-American). He is the director and founder of the NCVC Hispanic Outreach Program - Esperanza (HOPE) and the Community Outreach Program - Esperanza (COPE) Clinics, which provide community-based clinical services, advocacy and intensive case management to under-served children and families who have been victimized by crime or other traumatic events. His research and clinical work also have focused on evaluating and adapting evidence-based interventions for use with Latino child victims of traumatic events.

De Arellano's talk will be placing a special emphasis on providing culturally modified trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.