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About the speakers

Dr. Shumilina is a dedicated and compassionate mental health professional, with expertise in both clinical social work and psychology. As a Co-Director of Aspire Psychotherapy, Dr. Shumilina provides outpatient psychotherapy services to individuals across New York State, helping to improve the mental health and well-being of her patients. Holding both an LCSW from Columbia University and a PsyD from LIU Post, she brings a unique and comprehensive approach to her work. She is particularly passionate about serving members of the LGBTQ and immigrant communities, and is committed to exploring the impact of societal issues such as power/privilege and -isms on mental health. In 2019, Dr. Shumilina served as the Co-Director of the PRIDE Healing Center at LIU Post University, where she provided low or no cost mental health services to the LGBTQ community. This ignited her commitment to improving patients’ experiences by enhancing therapists' skills and knowledge in working with LGBTQ population, as well as exploring the intersection of social work and psychology. Dr. Shumilina is a strong advocate for affirmative care in her clinical work and is committed to reducing health disparities experienced by the LGBTQ community.

Brie Scolaro, LMSW (they) is a queer identified licensed social worker and the Co-Director of Aspire Psychotherapy, which delivers outpatient psychotherapy to individuals across New York State. They are currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from The Graduate Center, CUNY, where they are focusing on advancing research in LGBTQ+ practice and policy issues and bridging the micro-macro divide. Brie received their Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Delaware. They believe that advocating for policy and societal  change is essential in addition to individual level work to alleviate the health disparities faced by LGBTQ+ clients.

Disclosure Statements

Sheppard Pratt holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. In accord with Sheppard Pratt's Disclosure Policy, as well as standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association (AMA), all planners, reviewers, speakers and persons in control of content have been asked to disclose any relationship he /she has with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. All planners, reviewers and speakers have also been asked to disclose any payments accepted for this lecture from any entity besides Sheppard Pratt Health System, and if there will be discussion of any products, services or off-label uses of product(s) during this presentation.

Anya Shumilina, Psy.D., LCSW, BCN, & Brie Scolaro, LMSW, report that they have no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. They will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All conflicts have been mitigated through review. 

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Octavia Coit, MN, Heather Billings, RN, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.