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About the speaker

Erica Tatum-Sheade is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Registered Play Therapist who utilizes Adlerian Play Therapy and the co-owner of Integrated Mental Health Associates a private practice located in Scottsdale, Arizona whose mission is to provide open, professional, and above all effective mental health services to those in need. Erica provides individual sessions to children, adolescents, and young adults specializing in Shame Resiliency, CBT, EMDR, and Play Therapy. In addition to individual sessions, Erica provides Daring Greatly and Rising Strong groups for women and she also created a group curriculum called G.E.M.S. ® (Girls Empowered, Motivated, and Strong), where she teaches concepts of confidence, empowerment, self-esteem, and authenticity to girls from elementary through high school. In addition to providing psychotherapy, Erica also provides training to other professionals and speaks regularly about mental health to the general public. Named one of the 2021 Women of Vision by the National Association for Women Business Owners-AZ (NAWBO), 2022 Social Worker of The Year by NASW-AZ, and one of the 2024 Phoenix Titan 100 award winners, and the first recipient of the Frances Young Trailblazer award from Scottsdale Leadership Erica is a strong advocate for children and families. Starting her career as a Senior Social Worker for the Salt River Indian Community before transitioning into private practice Erica continues to advocate for children and families as an Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for Maricopa County Superior and as an active member of organizations such as the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Erica currently serves on several boards including Vice President of Black Therapists in Arizona, Immediate Past President of the Arizona Association for Play Therapy, Board Member for Kid in The Corner a suicide prevention nonprofit as well as Regional Co-Lead for Rocky Mountain Southwest States Daring Way Facilitators.

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Erica Tatum-Sheade, LCSW, RPT, CDWF, reports that she has 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. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All relationships have been mitigated through review.

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