August 27, 2026
Live Webinar
Course Description: A 1.5-hour professional training examining systemic, neurobiological, and trauma?informed adaptations for psychotherapy with migration?affected individuals, families, and communities. Participants will explore how complex, relational, and systemic trauma manifest across the lifespan, with a specific focus on how children and families internalize hostile environments and chronic uncertainty. This course integrates family systems theory, attachment-based child interventions, and the MIMSE (Migration, Integration, Multisystem, and Evaluation Model) as a conceptual framework for multisystemic assessment. Attendees will learn culturally responsive practices, nervous?system?informed interventions, and collaborative, multi-agent solutions to support regulation, brain integration, and relational healing.
Presenter Bios:
Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S, EMDR-C holds a master’s degree in counseling & marriage, family & child therapy and an MBA, both from the University of Phoenix. Since entering the field, she has developed a niche in treating children and families affected by migration, abuse, and multicultural issues through an attachment lens. She brings a distinct cultural perspective to her therapy, supervision, and consultation work and is passionate about helping fellow mental health professionals embrace curiosity and discover meaning as they grow toward their full potential.
Liliana holds the following credentials: AAMFT Approved Supervisor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S), Synergetic Play Therapy Consultant, EFIT/EFCT/EFFT Supervisor, and Sandtray Certified. Her training also includes Theraplay Level 1, Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2, the Gottman Seven Principles Program, Bringing Baby Home (Gottman), and independent facilitation of the Love and Logic Parenting Curriculum.
Liliana offers workshops on mental health and cultural humility for therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and teachers, as well as consultation for agencies, schools, private practices, mental health centers, and non-profits. She works primarily with the migrant community, providing therapy and supervision in both English and Spanish.
Contact: www.lilianabaylon.com & www.healingrelationshipscounseling.com
Ana M. Gómez MC, LP is a leading expert in the field of complex trauma, dissociation, and intergenerational trauma, with a particular focus on children and adolescents. She is the founder and director of the AGATE Institute in Phoenix, AZ, a psychotherapist, author, and international speaker who has trained thousands of clinicians worldwide through her workshops, advanced trainings, and keynote presentations. With 30 years of clinical practice, Ana is a recognized authority in EMDR therapy and its application with children, adolescents, and families. She is a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and the author of EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children: Complex Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation, as well as her most recent book, EMDR-Sandtray-Based Therapy: Healing Complex Trauma and Dissociation Across the Lifespan. In addition, she is the co-editor of The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications and has contributed numerous book chapters on EMDR therapy, complex trauma, dissociation, and intergenerational trauma. Her work has been recognized with distinguished honors such as the Francine Shapiro Award (EMDRIA, 2023), the Hope Award from Sierra Tucson (2012), and the Distinguished Service Award from the Arizona Play Therapy Association (2011).
Carla R. Parola, MC, LPC, NCC has been working in the mental health field for 20 years. Her Master’s Degree focuses on Trauma, Abuse and Deprivation. She specializes in trauma work with adults, as well as with anxiety, depression and self-esteem problems. She was granted her Independent License in Arizona in 2015. At that time, she started her private practice. She obtained her Florida telehealth out-of-state license in 2023 and her independent license in South Dakota in 2025. In her practice, she provides individual counseling and Immigration Psychological Evaluations for clients in English and in Spanish, and she supervises the work of the other clinicians from her team. In 2023, she decided to expand her practice in order to be able to be able to provide the Psychological Immigration Evaluations to more people, since this is her passion.
She is an Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Approved Clinical Supervisor. She specializes in EMDR Therapy. She is EMDR Certified, an EMDR Consultant, a National Certified Counselor and an EMDR Facilitator. She also provides EMDR Consultation to other clinicians.
She has completed advanced training in Psychological Immigration Evaluations, EMDR, trauma work and dissociation. She has carried out hundreds of assessments for VAWA, U Visas, Waivers, Asylums and T Visas. She helps clients to reprocess past memories that are the root of their symptoms, providing relief and changing patterns of behavior. She enjoys seeing clients making positive changes in their lives and accomplishing their dreams and goals. Her training, experience, trauma background and the fact that she is bilingual help her to make a comprehensive assessment for the Psychological Immigration Evaluations that meet the standards required by USCIS.
Timeline:
• 0–5 min (5 mins): Welcome, Introductions, & Overview | Presenters: Carla Parola and Ana Gomez. Introduction of presenters, course objectives, and a foundational overview of the neurobiology of migration-related stress.
• 5–30 min (25 mins): Internalization of Trauma in Children and Adolescents | Presenter: Ana Gomez. How systemic oppression and chronic threat impact the child’s developing nervous system, self-esteem, and sense of safety. How children and families internalize hostile environments, and how to work within the parental system to facilitate child regulation.
• 30–55 min (25 mins): Systemic Impacts on Adults, Couples, and Parenting | Presenter: Liliana Baylón. Examining the clinical presentation of toxic stress, migration grief, and family/couple dynamics under oppressive systems. Strategies for supporting parenting and co-regulation within highly stressed family units.
• 55–70 min (15 mins): The MIMSE Model: Systemic Framing and Solutions | Presenter: Carla Parola. Introduction to the MIMSE (Migration, Integration, Multisystem, and Evaluation Model) as an integrative conceptual framework. Implementing multisystemic evaluations to assess complex, relational, and systemic trauma. Coordinating multi-agent, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive interventions to support nervous system regulation and healing across systems.
• 70–85 min (15 mins): Interactive Q&A Session | Moderator: Ana Gomez. Facilitated discussion addressing clinical questions regarding internalization, neurobiology, and systemic intervention.
• 85–90 min (5 mins): Closing, Resources, and Evaluation | Presenter: Carla Parola
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the training, participants will:
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