This two-part webinar series explores the complex and influential role of spirituality and spiritual leadership in addressing alcohol use within Latino communities.
Stay tuned for Part 2, which will focus on The Role of Faith-Based Leaders to Reduce Alcohol Use Risk Factors and Increase Protective Factors in the Hispanic Latino Communities
Part 1: The Role of Spirituality in Alcohol Use Among Latino Communities: Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Support
Duration: 1 hour
This one-hour dialogue will explore the complex role of spirituality as both a protective and risk factor for alcohol use within Latino communities. This discussion will highlight how spirituality can serve as a source of resilience and healing while also addressing circumstances where it may contribute to stigma or barriers to seeking help. Through an engaging conversation, the session will consider how prevention strategies, treatment models, and recovery support services can integrate spirituality in ways that empower individuals and communities.
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Glory McDaniel
MA, LPC, LAC, NCC, EMDR Trained
In May of 2018, she earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Program from Denver Seminary. She is a bilingual (Spanish/English) therapist working with specific treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. She provides educational workshops to educate the community regarding domestic violence, trauma, substance use disorders, and so much more. She is a facilitator for Mending the Soul (MTS) groups for women survivors of violence focusing on healing from physical, psychological, emotional, financial, and spiritual abuse. In 2020, she founded Crisálida, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing bilingual (Spanish/English) case management, peer recovery coaching, and counseling services for victims of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, victims of crime and underserved populations.
Nellie M. Arrieta has been in public service as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for most of her professional life. She has extensive experience with development and implementation of mental health protocols to advance treatments addressing trauma, violence against women and children and tending to marginalized communities in the Bay Area, in California and in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nellie graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Social Work, and a Master in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. She was an adjunct faculty at San Jose State University College of Social Work, the College of Social Work and the Counseling Psychology Department at the University of Utah. She has supervised and provided mentorship to practicum students and professionals and has worked in the mental health field for over 36 years. She is a firm believer that no one heals alone and feels a deep spiritual commitment to show up for others, especially those most vulnerable.
Nellie is a native from Puerto Rico, she enjoys mountain biking, hiking, swimming in the ocean and cooking for family and friends.