COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-DAY WORKSHOP
See below for information about my two 1.5 day workshops; they will repeat in 2025 (dates to be announced this summer)! Make sure to sign up for the “newsletter,” so you don’t miss them: https://bookmarkconnections.com/contact#newsletter
An Intercultural and Nervous System Approach to Diversity Work
5-day workshop
For a deep dive into intercultural work and a solid way to increase intercultural effectiveness, please consider joining me for my new comprehensive workshop! This live online five-day workshop is a comprehensive foundation in an intercultural and nervous system approach to diversity work.
Intercultural communication is not generally taught in psychology, social work, or counseling graduate diversity classes. It will help you nuance and strengthen your work in this area by adding a complementary approach to diversity work in distinct ways. This is an opportunity too “fill a gap” in your training. At the end of the workshop, you will have clear and solid frameworks that you can use in practice.
Schedule is amenable to those on the East to West Coast.
26 CE hours (see NBCC statement below)
Live online workshops for synchronous learning (Zoom); no recording
NEW CERTIFICATE OPTION (separate & optional add-on; see below for details) — Applied Intercultural Frameworks Certificate
SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED:
How intercultural communication (IC) differs from traditional approaches to diversity used in psychology, and how it is complementary
The most important intercultural skill
Developmental model to approach differences more effectively (a precursor for intercultural effectiveness)
Apply the developmental model to current situations
At least 16 key cultural dimensions for an effective cultural analysis
Increase self-awareness about your own cultural perspectives
Explore culture and emotion, language, and nonverbal communication
Intercultural empathy
Developing a dynamic and process-oriented view of culture (not a static one)
Cultural adjustment
Situating intercultural work in the context of other traditional models used in psychology, and review Cheryl’s synthesis
Comments on current trends in the field
Intercultural conflict
Intercultural adaptation for more effective and relational interactions
Address how culture is embodied
Review of key Polyvagal Theory concepts and skills
Apply a nervous system approach to intercultural skills and interactions, and decreasing polarization; addressing cancel culture; increasing complexity
There are a limited number of seats
This workshops is for mental health professionals, but advanced graduate students (e.g., psychology, social work, counseling) interested in this topic are welcome. People in related fields (e.g., education, healthcare, DEIB) are also welcome, and often get a lot of value out of the material, but with the understanding that the focus will be for mental health professionals.
Intermediate Level: This workshop is intended for participants who have taken a graduate course in diversity or completed at least one diversity/multicultural/social justice training prior. You do not need to have any knowledge or background in intercultural communication to attend.
Schedule
Date:
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
April 3rd, 4th, & 5th, 2025
Friday & Saturday
April 11th & 12th
Time:
9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET
to 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 ET (3rd & 4th);
to 3:30 pm PT / 6:30 pm ET (5th, 11th, & 12th)
Location:
Live online workshop with facilitator
located in Portland, OR, USA
Registration
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Since this is the first time I am offering this workshop, I am offering much bigger discounts than usual.
Early bird discount ends March 3rd, 2025
Early bird price = $850 (save $350!)
Standard registration = $1200
Groups of 5 or more discount (nonrefundable, but transferable) = $680 (save $520!)
Student discount (limited number) = $550 (save $650!)
Past participant discounts for people who attended a 1.5 day or longer workshop (2020 or later) = Cheryl will email past participants directly by the end of January with a discount code (I will only offer this discount in 2025 & 2026)
INTERCULTURAL CERTIFICATE FEE (separate and optional) = $200
See Eventbrite page for more details about fee structure and registration
There is an option to pay via check and avoid Eventbrite fees as well (must be postmarked by March 25th, 2025). Make check out to Bookmark Connections; include your name and email address (if you are a student, include your current graduate program name); and mail to address on Contact Page. I also recommend emailing me, so I know to expect your registration.
PAYMENT PLAN OPTION with $100 non-refundable deposit. You cannot use Eventbrite to register for the payment plan option. Please contact me, I am happy to work with you on this. All registration fees must be paid by March 30th; this does not include the certificate fee.
*Please review important Bookmark Connections’ Policies regarding cancellation and refunds etc.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
26 CE Hours for Mental Health Professionals
This workshop is designed to meet the criteria for the Oregon Cultural Competency Continuing Education requirement
See NBCC statement below*
The above should work for most mental health professionals (it may not work for some psychologists in a few states (e.g., CA, OH); it should work for Oregon and Washington state psychologists)
It is the participant's responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state
Workshops must be attended in their entirety; there is no partial credit
Applied Intercultural Frameworks Certificate
Want to communicate that you completed a training that was more than just a typical workshop in this special area? — that is the goal of the new Applied Intercultural Frameworks Certificate
This is optional and separate from the CE process; there is an additional fee for the certificate — MAKE SURE TO REGISTER SEPARATELY FOR THE CERTIFICATE
In order to complete the certificate, you will need to meet with Cheryl for about 30 to 45 minutes to discuss your response to some questions (questions will be provided at the beginning of the workshop) — you must demonstrate a sufficient understanding of the material and will get feedback in real time through our discussion. You have until the end of the first day of the workshop to decide if you want to complete the certificate or not.
Please note, similar to all of Cheryl’s workshops, the certificate is not a train-the-trainer program; it is also not a certification program — those types of programs are usually very expensive and I prefer to keep my trainings more accessible
Once you complete the certificate, you are welcome to take the workshop for less than 50% of the cost in the future, as many times as you want — if you have taken a workshop with me, you know that I always work to make the next workshop better than the last one and that people enjoy repeating workshops with me in order to absorb the material more deeply
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, otherwise additional details will be provided soon after you register
1.5 DAY WORKSHOP (#1 of 2 — scroll down for the December workshop) — THESE WILL REPEAT ANNUALLY (subscribe to the newsletter, so you don’t miss when the new dates are announced)
An Intercultural Approach to Supervision and Training
7.5 CE Credits (see below for details) for mental health professionals; Limited spots available!
“Cheryl has such a beautiful way of synthesizing so many concepts to make them make sense and feel more applicable/useful — thank you!” — Participant from the March 2024 supervision workshop
One of our core responsibilities as supervisors is to contribute to our supervisees’ development of cultural effectiveness, while also attending to our own growth in this area. It is impactful work that can also be hard work. These days it can sometimes feel like we are hearing more about the challenges related to supervision and training when it comes to diversity, social justice, and multicultural counseling, than anything else. Utilizing clear frameworks can help ground our work as supervisors when these issues occur.
This workshop will explore integrating an intercultural and nervous system approach to some of these potential challenges. Intercultural communication is generally not taught in graduate programs, but can complement and serve to strengthen and nuance traditional approaches to diversity, like social justice, and multicultural counseling. The developmental model used in intercultural communication can help pinpoint more specific ways to support supervisees. Moreover, the use of a trauma-informed nervous system framework can be applied to increase effectiveness in creating more communitarian cultures and working across differences.
While this workshop may not result in the easy answers we sometimes crave when it comes to these issues, it will offer some specific concepts, models, and considerations when it comes to being mentors in these areas.
Topics covered include:
Using a developmental model to explore common ways that supervisees and trainees may present and how to meet them where they are more effectively, and a related training dilemma
A developmental interaction model to address the interaction between the supervisor and supervisee
Some key cultural dimensions that commonly impact supervision interactions; application to feedback
Addressing the use of shame and cancel culture
Applying a nervous system approach to diversity and social justice work for increased nuance and complexity
There are only a limited number of spots for this workshop
This workshop is for mental health professionals, but people in related fields (e.g., education, healthcare, DEIB) are also welcome, and often get a lot of value out of the material, but with the understanding that the focus will be for mental health professionals.
Intermediate Level: This workshop is intended for participants who have taken at least one graduate course or workshop each in both diversity/multicultural counseling/social justice and supervision prior. You do not need to have any knowledge or background in intercultural communication to attend.
7.5 CE Hours for Mental Health Professionals
Bookmark Connections has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7425. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
Bookmark Connections is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
The above should work for most mental health professionals (it may not work for some psychologists in a few states like e.g., California and Ohio; it should work for Oregon and Washington state psychologists)
It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state
Workshop must be attended in its entirety; there is no partial credit
Schedule
Date
Friday to Saturday
October 18th & 19th, 2024
Time
9:30 am to 3:30 pm PT on Friday
9:30 am to 12:45 pm PT on Saturday
Location
Live online workshop with facilitator located in Portland, Oregon, USA (no recording)
additional workshop information PDF
registration
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Early bird discount for ALL!
Early bird price is $185
I am late getting the word out about this workshop, so I decided to give the discount to everyone
Register by paying via Eventbrite link (also can use button below)
OR register by mailing a CHECK to avoid Eventbrite fees. Must be postmarked by October 8th, 2024. Make sure to include your name and email address; mail to address listed on Contact page of website.
*Please review important Bookmark Connections’ Policies regarding cancellation and refunds etc.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
1.5 DAY WORKSHOP (#2 of 2)
Core Intercultural Concepts for Therapists
8.5 CE credits (see details below) for mental health professionals
This one is filling up quickly; make sure to register soon!
Schedule
Friday to Saturday, December 6th & 7th, 2024
Time
9:00 am to 4:00 pm PT on Friday
9:30 am to 12:45 pm PT on Saturday
location
Live online workshop with facilitator located in Portland, Oregon, USA (no recording)
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Early bird discount ends November 6th, 2024
There are also group discounts for groups of 5 to 9, or 10 or more (see Eventbrite link for registration fees)
Register via Eventbrite link (or see button below)
OR register by mailing a CHECK to avoid Eventbrite fees. Must be postmarked by November 27th, 2024. Make sure to include your name and email address; mail to address listed on Contact page of website.
This workshop will cover a range of core intercultural concepts and is a great option for those who want a solid introduction to the intercultural approach to diversity work, but do not see themselves taking the 5-day comprehensive workshop/certificate.
The field of intercultural communication (IC) provides various frameworks for strengthening our ability to engage with difference and diversity across situations. The intercultural approach to diversity work is not generally taught in psychology, social work, or counseling graduate programs. Traditional diversity, multicultural, liberation, and social justice approaches are important but leave out some key components. Culture shapes what we pay attention to, so it becomes important to understand more of the cultural landscape in order for our observations, interpretations, and responses to be more meaningful. Moreover, integrating intercultural communication into our work with clients significantly increases our intercultural effectiveness.
This workshop will start with a developmental model, which focuses on intercultural sensitivity. Intercultural sensitivity is a precursor for intercultural effectiveness, as it enables us to approach differences with increased nuance and clarity. Subsequently, we will explore some key cultural dimensions that will be applied to our everyday interactions, e.g., building relationships, giving feedback, gathering information, choice, boundaries, and conflict. At the same time, we will learn how to utilize these dimensions in a way that is dynamic because culture is contextual and a process; it is not a static “thing.”
*Please review important Bookmark Connections’ Policies regarding cancellation and refunds etc. Please note, there are no refunds for the group discount.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
This workshop is for mental health professionals, but people in related fields (e.g., education, healthcare, DEIB) are also welcome, and often get a lot of value out of the material, but with the understanding that the focus will be for mental health professionals.
Introductory Level: This workshop is intended for participants who have taken at least one graduate course or workshop in diversity/multicultural counseling/social justice. You do not need to have any knowledge or background in intercultural communication to attend.
8.5 CE Hours for Mental Health Professionals
Bookmark Connections has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7425. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
Bookmark Connections is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
The above should work for most mental health professionals (it may not work for some psychologists in a few states like e.g., California and Ohio; it should work for Oregon and Washington state psychologists)
It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state
Workshop must be attended in its entirety; there is no partial credit
Make sure to sign-up for the newsletter/emails:
https://bookmarkconnections.com/contact#newsletter
Cheryl also does workshops with Lewis and Clark sometimes (CE credits will be offered but they are not eligible for NBCC credit): https://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/continuing_education/
A past workshop example: https://graduate.lclark.edu/calendars/events/event/353033-an-applied-polyvagal-approach-to-intercultural
SELECTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cheryl is the invited speaker for the Annual Multicultural Conference at Grand Valley State University in January 2025; she will do a full-day workshop for them on using a nervous system approach for intercultural interactions and decreasing polarization — she is honored and humbled to be included on this list of presitigious presenters: https://www.gvsu.edu/counsel/annual-multicultural-conference-102.htm
Cheryl will be taught a new graduate-level course entitled, The Mental Health Needs of Adult BIPOC Adoptees in August 2024 at Portland State Univeristy
Cheryl was the keynote speaker at the Association for the Coordination of Counseling Center Clinical Services’ (ACCCCS) 2024 Conference in Las Vegas in May 2024; her presentation was entitled, Using a Nervous System Approach for Intercultural Effectiveness and Our Collective Well-Being
Cheryl was an invited master workshop presenter for the SIETAR USA 2022 Conference in November 2022. Her workshop was entitled, An Applied Polyvagal Approach to Intercultural Interactions and Decreasing Polarization. She was also on a panel with fellow Asian and Asian American interculturalists from around the world that addressed Asian hate.
Cheryl was mentioned in the Japan Intercultural Institute’s Deep Culture Podcast on Culture Shock in February 2022. Listen to Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray here: https://youtu.be/lzsoboqvAYA
Cheryl presented at the CICT Fall Teaching Innovation Conference: Inclusive Frameworks for Student Success at Portland State University in September 2021
She presented at Pacific University’s School of Graduate Psychology’s Annual Diversity Conference: Resiliency in a Year of Grief and Loss in May 2021
Cheryl presented at the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, & Research (SIETAR) USA Virtual Conference in October 2020; her presentation was entitled, A Trauma-Informed and Neurophysiological Approach to Coping with the Pandemic and Decreasing Polarization
Cheryl was the Fall Colloquium speaker for George Fox University’s Graduate School of Clinical Psychology in October 2019.
Cheryl was the morning speaker for the Oregon Counseling Association’s (ORCA), The Culturally Informed Counselor event in November 2018
She was the invited speaker for the Oregon College and University Suicide Prevention Program in August 2018
Cheryl was the speaker for the Partners in Diversity, Breakfast for Champions program in July 2018
She presented on CQ at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC) in July 2018 (evening session)
In conjunction with Lewis & Clark, Cheryl completed two workshops for the Portland United Against Hate’s community initiative in 2018
Cheryl was the second keynote speaker for the Oregon Psychological Association’s Annual Conference in May 2018
Cheryl taught Introduction to Intercultural Competence at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) at Monterey in the Intercultural Competence (ICC) Specialization graduate program in the spring of 2018
Cheryl was the keynote speaker for the Northern California Training Directors’ (NCTD) Annual Conference at the University of California at Berkeley in September 2016
Cheryl presented at The Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies’ (ACCTA) Annual Conference in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018
