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Confronting Mental Health Issues
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Ebony Sloan Clarke (right), watches over a group therapy session for adolescent boys at the Leo Ni Leo clinic in northeast Portland.
Networking with various community groups and social service agencies helps Tualatin Valley Centers better serve the mental health
needs o f African Americans who may never seek help otherwise.
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problems you're told that you're
not coping and you get, ‘Be strong
and make it.” '
Wary ofthe predominately white
mental health care world, most Af­
rican Americans turn to their fami­
lies or their church for guidance
before consulting a trained profes­
sional.
“Lots o f people think, 'Hey, I'll
just pray about it,’" Sloan-Clarke
said. “ People think faith will bring
them out.”
Even when African Americans
do take the step tow ards treat­
ment they are often confronted
with traditionally European strat­
e g ie s an d a p p r o a c h e s to
w ellness. S loan-C larke said cu l­
tural sensitivity and com petency
as well as a general aw areness o f
African American history and tra­
dition is necessary to earn the
trust o f black clients.
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“Therapists need to be aware of
their own personal biases they
can’t just take one class for coun­
seling minorities and think that’s
enough," she said. “If we can con­
nect with people and teach them to
cope then w e’ II be able to break this
cycle.”
TVC works to get the word out to
the community through wellness
fairs and networking with local
agencies like the Juvenile Justice
Department and the Department o f
Corrections.
Word o f mouth is probably the
most powerful way to let people
know help is out there, Sloan-Clarke
said.
“One person tells another per­
son that w e’re culturally com pe­
tent and the word spreads,” she
said. “People come in and say, ‘Oh,
I heard this place is somewhere I
can be o pen w ith o u t b ein g
judged.’” It's important that they
know there is someone that under-
stan d s.”
Also important are a variety o f
treatment options to meet the needs
o f apopulation with a diverse list o f
mental health issues.
At T V C ’s center on Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard and
Beech Street, Clinical Supervisor
John Oda, hosts a full day treat­
ment program in addition to outpa­
tient counseling and case manage­
ment.
“ I feel like we have a one stop
shop," Oda said. “O ur clients can
pick and choose what fits their
needs.”
During day treatment, c I ients can
attend motivational exercises, take
art or fitness therapy, classes in
anger management, coping skills
and money management. They can
enroll in Duals Group, for people
with drug and alcohol problems
and a mental illness like depres­
sion, bi-polar disorder or schizo­
phrenia.
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Case managers help clients with
food and housing needs, paying
bills and enrolling for Social Secu­
rity. Counselors help people move
towards whatever desired outcome
they would like to see with their
therapy.
“We teach people how to break
through and empower themselves,”
Oda said. “We let them know that
they don't have to face things by
themselves.”
But the decision to get treatment
in the first place is a decision that
has to be made alone and ()da hopes
it is a choice more African Ameri­
cans will make.
"I tell people that knowledge is
only potential power and action is
real power,” he said. “People have
to take action and seek help.”
T hose interested in receiving
mental health or addiction ser­
vices from Tualatin V alley C e n ­
ters may call the intake line at 503-
645-9010.
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Celebrates
A ftera short hiatus, Harvey’s
I Bite BBQ is back in business
and celebrating seven years o f
Southern barbeque. H e’s host­
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Friday, June 13 at Vancouver's
Barberton Hall. 940« N.E. 72nd
Ave. Tickets are $25 and diners
should expect homemade cakes,
H arvey’s fam ous hom em ade
barbeque sauce and some o f the
healthiest and leanest meat to
ever cross their pallets.
It takes hours for Harvey to
clean his lightly seasoned meat
because he uses all-natural meth­
ods and ingredients. Harvey
continues to cater weddings,
parties and corporate events and
hopes to open a Florida-style
barbeque restaurant in the Port­
land or Vancouver area in the
near future. For more inform a­
tion, call 360-885-4546.
African Film Festival
Throughout the month o f June,
The Film Center presents films from
the African Film Festival. “ 100
Days" and "M angwana" comprise
the second day o f films Thursday,
June 12 beginning 7 p.m. at the
Whitsell Auditorium, 1219SW Park.
General admission ticketscost $6.50.
Member, student and senior tick­
ets cost $5.50.
The first film, “ 100 Days" cen­
ters on a young-Tutsi girl's family
struggle to survive the Rwandan
genocide. The film uses a church
for the sto ry 's main setting -a
church, which witnessed a geno­
cide massacre. The evening's sec­
ond film “Mangwa" is a film about
a car crash and a chance encounter.
The filming took place in Zimbabwe
and the UK.