Grief and Loss in the Latinx Community
Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we speak with Paulina Isabel Almarosa who is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Founder of Latinx Grief. We discuss what grief and grieving is, how grief causes changes within us, how to help a loved one grieving and resources for those grieving.
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Resources Mentioned in Episode:
- Book: It’s Ok that You’re Not Ok- Megan Devine (available in Spanish)
- The National Grief Center for Children & Families: dougy.org
- Groups in SoCal: ourhouse-grief.org (free groups & education for children & adults)
- Nationwide: Google your state’s Victims of Crime program for free counseling (for victims of crimes)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Latinx Therapy. |
| 0:05.2 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed |
| 0:09.3 | mental health professional and is not a substitute for psychological diagnosis or treatment. |
| 0:14.6 | I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandro, licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:20.9 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode here with Latinx therapy. |
| 0:26.5 | My name is Adriana Alejandra, and today we are going to be talking about grief, grief within |
| 0:32.9 | our own community. |
| 0:34.8 | This, I have done an episode, I don't know if any of you remember or heard this |
| 0:40.9 | for those that have been with me since 2018. The episode was with Vivian Nunez, who did a |
| 0:48.2 | break the stigma segment on her organization on her brand, too Young, after Vivian lost her grandmother. |
| 0:56.7 | And today's episode, I'm going to be talking with a licensed clinical social worker. |
| 1:02.0 | Before I introduce her, I just want to say that we are recording during COVID and experiencing |
| 1:07.6 | grief globally here in L.A. County, one person here in L.A. County dies from COVID |
| 1:15.0 | every eight minutes. And that is absolutely terrifying. So let's go ahead and bring on our guest |
| 1:22.2 | so that we can learn more about grief, el duelo, in the Latinx community. |
| 1:34.2 | Paulina Isabel Alma Rosa is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker and a certified grief counseling specialist in the state of California. |
| 1:37.1 | She was born in Morelos, Mexico, and lived most of her life undocumented, an experience that |
| 1:42.4 | has greatly shaped and influenced her work as a mental health |
| 1:45.3 | therapist. Valena holds a master's degree in social welfare from UCLA and has over 10 years of |
| 1:51.2 | experience in the mental health field serving a wide range of populations, including children and |
| 1:56.7 | families, residents of the community of Skid Row, incarcerated men and women, and end-of-life |
| 2:02.9 | patients and hospice. |
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