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2025 UBHWF Schedule
We are excited to welcome speakers from various sectors to provide an engaging experience for all visitors. The forum will offer guests some of the most well-regarded clinicians and trainers in the upstate during our plenary sessions and break-out sessions throughout the day.
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:05
Welcome and Acknowledgements
9:05 - 10:05
Plenary 1: "988: Hope Through Innovation"
Jennifer Piver
10:05 - 10:10
Break
10:10 - 11:10
Plenary 2: "Innovation, Stabilization, and Integration: How Our Brains are Wired for Progress"
James Campbell, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC, EOLD
11:10 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 12:15
Plenary 3: "The Werther Effect vs the Papageno Effect"
Dr. Casey Berson
12:15 - 12:45
12:45 - 1:45
1:45 - 2:05
Lunch and Networking
Breakout Session One
Session A: "Beyond Protocol: Reclaiming Creativity in Mental Health Care"
Justine Dunnavant
Session B: "Culturally Adapted Interventions to Support Marginalized Youth"
Dr. Anita Abure and Dr. Gabe Clark
Session C: "The Art of Breaking Stigma: Innovative Approaches to Changing the Conversation on Mental Health"
Tiffney Davidson Parker
Break
2:15 - 3:00
Breakout Session Two
Session B: "Hope Connects You: Reaching Communities in the Age of the Internet"
Maranda Beaver, LMSW
Session C: "Creativity in Treatment"
Timothy Cunningham
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