Thu, Jan 05
|Ethos Society
LGBTQ+ AAMHP- Los Angeles, CA
LGBTQ+ Association of Addiction and Mental Health Professionals that are initiating change, a place for education and professional development in diversity and cultural competency, a collaborative safe space to address challenges, barriers, and needs of our communities.
Time & Location
Jan 05, 11:30 AM – 1:45 PM
Ethos Society, 3435 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
About the event
LGBTQ+ Association of Addiction and Mental Health Professionals that want to initiate change , a place for education and professional development for a collaborative safe space to address the challenges, barriers, and needs of our communities together.
Sponsors / Conscious Recovery / TJ Woodward
Presenter/ Dr. Patrick Lockwood
Topic: Delayed Adolescence: Discussing LGBTQ+ Specific Social Determinants of Health Through a Developmental Lens
Link to a paper explaining the concept, including peer reviewed research supporting the talk.
Delayed Adolescence concept and research
Bio: DR. PATRICK LOCKWOOD GREW UP IN A SMALL SOUTHERN MISSOURI TOWN, ENCULTURATED WITH CLASSICAL SOUTHERN AND MIDWESTERN VALUES LIKE HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND THE “NEIGHBORLY” WAY OF RELATING TO PEOPLE. HE COMPLETED HIS B.A. IN PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, THEN MOVED TO L.A. TO EARN HIS DOCTORATE OF PSYCHOLOGY AT TCSPP.
DR. LOCKWOOD HAS WORKED FOR NON-PROFITS, TREATMENT CENTERS, AND HAS BEEN A PART OF A NUMBER OF STARTUPS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. HIS BACKGROUND IN COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS BEGAN BEFORE HE EVEN GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY CO-AUTHORED A GRANT CREATING A VIRTUAL INTERVENTION TO HELP PARENTS ON CAMPUS BECOME MORE CONNECTED AND DEVELOPED A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY WHILE WORKING AT PARENTLINK, A DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
DR. LOCKWOOD HAS TRAINED WITH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF ADDICTION TREATMENT AND HAS WORKED AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE TREATMENT INDUSTRY. HE IS CURRENTLY AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, TEACHING FUTURE CLINICIANS ABOUT CLINICAL SKILLS, ADDICTION, AND RESEARCH ANALYSIS. HE ALSO HAS A PODCAST ON YOUTUBE ABOUT TOPICS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS, PSYCHOLOGY, AND NEUROSCIENCE CALLED “THE PSYCHOLOGY CHECKUP.” DR. LOCKWOOD IS THE AUTHOR OF “THE FEAR PROBLEM ,” A BOOK INTEGRATING THE NEUROSCIENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF OUR FEAR PROCESS TO EXPLAIN WHY WE GET TRIGGERED BY POLITICS AND OTHER “HOT TOPICS.”