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03/08/2025

02/08/2025

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01/08/2025

Mental and physical health are closely connected. Taking care of your mental health can boost happiness and overall well-being. Simple steps like exercising, getting enough sleep & connecting with loved ones can make a big difference!

28/07/2025

19/07/2025

14/07/2025

✨ Meet our speaker — none other than the Chair of the PAP LGBT Special Interest Group! 🏳️‍🌈✨

Registration is now closed! Thank you to everyone who signed up! Please stand by for the instructions and Zoom link, which will be sent to your registered email.

📅 Date: July 18, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM

We look forward to seeing you at this important webinar/ learning series. Let’s continue to create safe, inclusive, and informed spaces together. 🌈💙

12/07/2025

Last Chance to Register!

If you haven't yet, there's still time! Registration is open for the free webinar on Creating Inclusive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Individuals. It's a crucial discussion for anyone in the mental health field. 🤩🤗

07/07/2025

🌈💙 We’re just getting started — and you’re invited!

Last month, the Psychological Association of the Philippines CALABARZON–MIMAROPA Regional Chapter gathered for our first assembly and now we’re excited to bring you our very first Webinar Learning Series!

In collaboration with the LGBT Psychology Special Interest Group, we invite you to join us for:

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 — a 2-hour session designed to help mental health professionals build safer, more inclusive spaces for all.

By the end of this session, you’ll be able to:
1. Understand the basics of SOGIESC and the unique mental health needs of LGBTQ+ clients.
2. Recognize biases and barriers that may impact LGBTQ+ clients
3. Learn simple, practical ways to create safe and affirming spaces
4. Identify one concrete action to better support LGBTQ+ clients in your practice

🗓️ July 18, 2025, Friday, 6:00 PM
🖥️ https://forms.gle/YKxMgbK5Nv2tokybA

👉 Strictly first come, first served! We will only be accepting 100 participants. Registration will close once we reach full capacity, or on July 14, 11:59PM, whichever comes first — to give us enough time to send the Zoom link and instructions.

Together, let’s grow, reflect, and take action toward more inclusive mental health care. 💙🌈

05/07/2025

On June 26, 2025, our psychologist was invited to speak on Psychological First Aid (PFA) during a special training session titled "Navigating Minds: Exploring Psychological First Aid Towards Resilience," organized in collaboration with Ugmasiko.

Held at the Francisco Balagtas Auditorium, the training was designed to equip students from Mapúa-PTC’s College of Maritime Education and Training (CMET) with essential skills to support mental well-being in times of crisis and disaster.

30/06/2025

Our proposed organized symposium for the PAP Convention x ARUPS Congress 2025 has been accepted! 🎉 Huge thanks to our amazing team! Congratulations to us all! See you in September!

29/06/2025

📣 Call for Volunteers – Be a Provincial Representative!

The PAP CALABARZON-MIMAROPA Chapter is extending the submission of Letters of Intent until July 5, 2025!

We’re looking for active PAP members from Laguna, Rizal, Quezon, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan who are ready to help strengthen local coordination and representation.

If you’re passionate about uplifting our profession and communities in your province, we invite you to serve as Provincial Representative for the 2024–2026 term.

✅ How to apply:
Send your name, current affiliation, and a short letter of intent to:
📧 pap.calabarzonmimaropa@gmail.com
📅 New Deadline: July 5, 2025

Let’s keep growing a chapter that acts with heart, uplifts our communities, and leads with purpose. 💙✨