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ACEs Connection Central Florida Launches at First Annual Conference

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Carey Sipp Carey Sipp 4/4/1910:25 AM

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Raising yellow “Visions & Commitments” cards, 550 attendees at yesterday’s Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference pledged their enthusiastic support to create a more resilient Central Florida.

The standing-room-only crowd heard Dr. Vincent Felitti deliver a morning keynote address detailing the findings of the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study). He also shared moving testimonials of people who are realizing the effects of the toxic childhood stress they reported more than 20 years ago.

The event, presented by the Peace and Justice Institute of Valencia College, the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, and the Florida Department of Health Orange County, was spearheaded by Rachel Allen, director of the Peace and Justice Institute.

Event sponsors included Orlando Health; Central Florida Foundation; the National Association of Social Workers, Florida Chapter; and the Kamran Farid Foundation.

A panel of speakers included Clayton Lodes, president of First National Bank & Trust of Ardmore, OK; Lucy Morse, executive director of Family Hui in Sacramento, CA;

Robin Saenger, founding director of Peace4Tarpon, the first trauma-informed community in the nation; and Candice Jones, a practicing general pediatrician in Orlando, FL.

As a part of the day’s events, Allen introduced the community’s new ACEs Central Florida community site on ACEs Connection and let all attendees know they would be receiving an  invitation to join. The site is described as: “A network for community members, professionals and leaders to collaborate across sectors in a movement to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), heal from trauma, and build resilience in Central Florida. We encourage the use of this network to collaborate across sectors and communities and to transform our region into one of hope, healing, and resilience for all..”

Within 18 hours of the invitation being sent, more than 100 people have joined the group’s online community. They can post events, ask questions of the community, and share what they are learning about ACEs science and creating resilience in their all parts of their community.

For more information about the event, please see the event program posted below.

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This week’s History. Culture. Trauma. podcast features stigma-breaking “therapreneur” Yunetta Smith

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Yunetta Smith, one of the few African American EMDR-certified therapists in the nation, will talk this week with History. Culture. Trauma. podcast hosts Ingrid Cockhren, CEO of PScreen Shot 2022-09-27 at 4.11.33 PMACEs Connection, and Mathew Portell, director of communities. The podcast airs on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET.

Smith describes herself as “a thriving therapreneur—a therapist + entrepreneur. She is the CEO and founder of Spring Forth Counseling and Ground Breakers Coaching and Consulting of Clarkesville, Tennessee. She specializes in helping Black and Brown clients navigate childhood trauma.

EMDR, which stands for “eye motion desensitization and reprocessing”, is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories, according to the EMDR Institute. It is a well-studied and highly effective treatment for those who have experienced trauma or have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

Smith is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in three states— Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. She is also a nationally certified counselor, clinical trauma professional, and EMDR therapist/approved consultant.

She specializes in helping people work through childhood trauma that manifests in adulthood. Her clientele comprises public figures, professionals, pastors, and practitioners. She also works to raise awareness about childhood trauma and the effectiveness of EMDR as a healing modality through various media platforms including the weekly “Talk it out Tuesday” segment on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, co-hosting the Deeper than the Diet Podcast, and self-publishing her self-care workbook, “Take the Struggle out of Self Care”.

Calling herself a groundbreaker, a stigma breaker, and a cycle breaker, Smith says she “cultivates spaces for healing, wholeness, compassion, and change,” in hopes that her clients will be better able to “stand in their truth.”

This week’s episode airs on Thursday, October 6 at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET, and can be heard at by clicking this link.

To hear prior episodes via your favorite podcast service, use the links below.

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This week’s History. Culture. Trauma. podcast features stigma-breaking “therapreneur” Yunetta Smith

Carey Sipp Carey Sipp 10/4/223:25 PM

Yunetta Smith, one of the few African American EMDR-certified therapists in the nation, will talk this week with History. Culture. Trauma. podcast hosts Ingrid Cockhren, CEO of PScreen Shot 2022-09-27 at 4.11.33 PMACEs Connection, and Mathew Portell, director of communities. The podcast airs on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET.

Smith describes herself as “a thriving therapreneur—a therapist + entrepreneur. She is the CEO and founder of Spring Forth Counseling and Ground Breakers Coaching and Consulting of Clarkesville, Tennessee. She specializes in helping Black and Brown clients navigate childhood trauma.

EMDR, which stands for “eye motion desensitization and reprocessing”, is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories, according to the EMDR Institute. It is a well-studied and highly effective treatment for those who have experienced trauma or have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

Smith is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in three states— Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. She is also a nationally certified counselor, clinical trauma professional, and EMDR therapist/approved consultant.

She specializes in helping people work through childhood trauma that manifests in adulthood. Her clientele comprises public figures, professionals, pastors, and practitioners. She also works to raise awareness about childhood trauma and the effectiveness of EMDR as a healing modality through various media platforms including the weekly “Talk it out Tuesday” segment on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, co-hosting the Deeper than the Diet Podcast, and self-publishing her self-care workbook, “Take the Struggle out of Self Care”.

Calling herself a groundbreaker, a stigma breaker, and a cycle breaker, Smith says she “cultivates spaces for healing, wholeness, compassion, and change,” in hopes that her clients will be better able to “stand in their truth.”

This week’s episode airs on Thursday, October 6 at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET, and can be heard at by clicking this link.

To hear prior episodes via your favorite podcast service, use the links below.

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