Name: Incorporating Liberation-Focused Healing Principles to Support Student Mental Health To Affinity and Beyond
Start: 2026-04-29T10:00:00-0400
End: 2026-04-29T11:30:00-0400

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Incorporating Liberation-Focused Healing Principles to Support Student Mental Health To Affinity and Beyond

Wednesday April 29, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Hudson Ballroom

The counseling & case management team at the Hetrick-Martin Institute will present on the various ways they incorporate verbal and embodied Liberation-Focused Healing principles and techniques into their milieu-based work supporting LGBTQIA+ youth ages 13-24. The team will then lead a discussion on how these principles can be incorporated as part of mental health support in school settings by both clinicians and non-clinicians alike. Case studies will be presented with opportunities for experiential work and discussion.

Moderators

Timothy Fowler

Project Director, New York State Network for Youth Success

Timothy Fowler has worked with children and youth programs for more than 25 years. Since2002, he has been a trainer, facilitator, coach, and consultant for youth programs in Missouri, Illinois, and New York. His specialty areas are youth development, program development, quality improvement... Read More →

Presenters

Asha Alexander

Assistant Director of Counseling and Case Management, The Hetrick Martin Institute

Asha A. Alexander (She/Her), LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Liberation-focused healing praxis. She is currently the Assistant Director of Counseling & Case Management at the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York City, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ youth services agency... Read More →

Wednesday April 29, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Hudson Ballroom Hudson Ballroom

Session, Health & Well-Being Track

Empower Youth Success 2026

Timothy Fowler

Asha Alexander

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