A Cup of Hope: Webinar Series
February 9, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Free
A CUP OF HOPE [ Episode #28 ]
Wed, February 9th, 12:00 pm
Sex Trafficking and the Hidden
Wounds of Trauma
Join us as we take a deeper look into the complexities of sex trafficking with behavioral health counselor, Felicia Berry. She will be sharing about the types of trauma often experienced by survivors of sex trafficking, the hidden bonds that keep them enslaved to the life, and the informed and focused care required to help treat the debilitating PTSD that inevitably affects survivors once they’ve escaped the life.
Featured Guest: Felecia Berry
Behavioral Health Therapist,
Ascension Southeast MI Community Health
Felecia Berry is a Behavioral Health Therapist with Ascension S.E. MI Community Health -Open Arms Division. Open Arms provides supportive services on behalf of Victims of Criminal Acts. Felecia provides therapeutic interventions, resources, and support on behalf of women impacted by Human Trafficking, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Abuse. Felecia’s 23-year career trajectory has focused exclusively on behalf of women, teens, and children impacted by mental, physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, psychological, spiritual, and financial abuse in a host of settings. These settings include. Hospitals, Clinical, Schools, Faith-based, Residential and Community Settings. Felecia was a member of the Ascension S.E. Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force which developed and implemented a hospital protocol to identify victims of Human Trafficking. Felecia has been an adjunct professor in the Wayne State University School of Social Work and a Continuing Education Instructor with Core Learning. Felecia is a member of the HAVEN Advisory Board and provides community service on behalf of cats and kittens at a local pet store.
This series of live-streamed conversations was created in partnership with Hope Against Trafficking in an effort to bring perspective and build awareness on all things human trafficking.