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July Grand Rounds- Native Communities: A Holistic Approach, Undoing Colonization
July 5, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join us on Friday, July 5 at 1pm. No cost and open to all.
FREE ON-LINE WEBINAR: Native Communities:A Holistic Approach, Undoing Colonization.
By: Dr. Joseph Beltempo, Ph.D., Consultant Psychologist, Former Site Supervisor Kahnawake
Themes:
Peeling the onion, understanding trauma and depression. Psychotherapy and fertile ground for growth.
Attendees are asked to come with a written question to make the talk more interactive!
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About our speaker:
In 1984 Dr. Beltempo began as a Lecturer in the Psychology Department of Concordia University (in Montreal) teaching in a wide spectrum of clinical and research areas. His clinical training was in Cognitive and Gestalt psychology at the University of Montreal. His approach takes into account the holistic (systemic) ways reflecting Native cultural perspectives together with contemporary clinical psychology. From 1982 to 2012, Dr. Beltempo, senior clinical psychologist, worked for Kahnawake Shakotiia’takenhas Community Services, a Mohawk Community. For two years he was the Coordinator for the Kahnawake Outreach Project, which was established to deal with the after-effects of the 1990 Mohawk Crisis. His clinical work has largely focused on addiction, mental health, dual diagnosis, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and various methods of clinical intervention. He is highly trained in assessments and interventions of FASD and has received extensive training in diagnostics. He is Clinical Site Supervisor for Doctoral Interns in Psychology at Concordia University and McGill University. He is an Expert Witness and Consultant for Youth Courts of Quebec involving First Nations peoples.
He is the father of three young adults and married since 1980. Dr. Beltempo received his B.A. in Psychology from McGill University. He earned his Master’s (MA, 1979); Ph.D. (1986) and Post-Doctorate, (1990) in Research & Clinical Psychology from Université de Montréal. He is a member of the Order of Psychologists of Quebec since 1979 (Lic. 2675-80). June 1, 2024
Credentials:
• Affiliate Professor, Concordia University, Psychology Dept. Montréal, Canada
• Instructor, McGill University, Counseling Psychology Dept. Montréal, Canada
• Order of Psychologists of Quebec, Canada (OPQ) Lic/2675-80
• Association of Psychologists of Quebec, Canada (APQ) Member No: 2319
• Site Clinical Supervisor at Kahnawake for McGill and Concordia Doctoral Interns
• Consultant and Expert Witness for Quebec Youth Courts