CTAC Flourishing Fridays

When: Friday, July 25 - 12:00 PM

Duration: 1 hours

Location: Zoom

Event Details:

Join us for a new series focused on thriving holistically as a mental health provider!

Feeling burned out on self-care? Looking for something deeper, and more sustaining?

Flourishing Fridays is a new series designed to create space for those doing the work—frontline mental health providers—to pause, reflect and connect. Grounded in a trauma-informed lens and built around peer support, this space is not about case reviews or supervision. It’s about you—your resilience, your well-being, and your growth as both a professional and a human being.

Together, we’ll explore:

• What it means to truly flourish in helping professions
  
  
• How to foster compassion, resilience, and satisfaction—so you can feel effective and engaged in your work
  
  
• What practices people in the field have created to stay grounded, supported, and creative
  
  
• How the work is impacting you, and what you need to keep moving forward

Whether you're seeking renewal, inspiration, or simply a space to feel less alone in the work, Flourishing Fridays offers a fresh approach. Come hear voices from the field, share your own wisdom, and be part of a growing community committed to thriving—not just surviving.  We’ll cultivate a flourishing community of practice where we learn from and with one another. We’ll create a space built with you—shaped by your feedback, grounded in your wisdom, and rooted in our shared commitment to flourish together.

                                                                               About the presenter: 

 

Nicole Lee, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a background in trauma-informed care. At the heart of everything Nicole does is a commitment to social justice through empathy, advocacy, and human connection. She has led programs for survivors of gender-based violence, managed school- and hospital-based mental health services, oversaw transitional housing programs, and contributed to the operations of 988, the national suicide and crisis lifeline. In private practice since 2016, she works with children, adults, couples, and families. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s in social work from NYU, along with advanced clinical training in trauma therapy and supervision. 

James Rodriguez, PhD, LMSW is the Senior Director of Clinical Initiatives at the McSilver Institute. He is a New York State-licensed clinical social worker and psychologist with over 25 years of providing mental health services to children, youth and families in a variety of service settings, including direct practice, training and research experience in the area of trauma treatment and services. 

Prior to coming to McSilver, Dr. Rodriguez was a child therapist in the School-Based Mental Health program in the Department of Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) and a research scientist with the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University.

Dr. Rodriguez received his MSW degree from Columbia University School of Social Work and his PhD in counseling psychology, counselor education and supervision, from the University of Washington in Seattle.