An archived past event.
New Year, New Ideas — What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Join Dr. Deirdre Logan, the chair of the trauma-informed care committee of USC Student Health, and Dr. Michelle Dexter, Counseling and Mental Health Services clinician and instructor of “The Science and Practice of Building Resilience” undergraduate course at USC, in an exploration of how we build resiliency as we recover from traumatic events.
We’ll use the book, “What Happened to You?” by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey as a starting point for an engaging community discussion.
Learn more about the common experience of toxic stress, understanding adverse childhood experiences (or ACEs, for short), and the movement to build trauma-informed practices in our college environment.
February 29, 2024
4 PM – 5 PM Pacific Standard Time, Online Webinar
Thank you to our panelists and attendees! If you missed this presentation or would like to re-watch or share, the recording is available online:
“Through this lens we can build a renewed sense of personal self-worth and ultimately recalibrate our responses to circumstances, situations, and relationships. It is, in other words, the key to reshaping our very lives.”
Oprah Winfrey
About the Speakers:
Deirdre Logan, MD is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, a double alumna of USC, and an assistant professor of clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, practicing at USC Student Health where she chairs the trauma-informed care committee
Prior to returning to USC, Dr. Logan served as chief physician of an OB/GYN department in a federally qualified health center located in South Los Angeles for 10 years. Years of providing care to women in marginalized communities have heightened her awareness of trauma and complex issues affecting many individuals. This has strengthened her resolve to be an innovative change agent, and to provide and advocate for trauma-informed, compassionate, and equitable women’s health care.
Michelle Dexter, PhD completed master’s in physiology and biophysics at USC and her doctorate in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology – Los Angeles. Her professional interests include anxiety disorders, OCD, stress management, diversity, emotional regulation, mindful self-compassion, group therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. She is a clinician in practice at Counseling and Mental Health Services in USC Student Health, and teaches “The Science and Practice of Building Resilience,” a spring semester undergraduate course at USC.
Additional videos about ACES:
The Power of Positive Experiences; What is a Number Story? from mynumberstory.org. Both videos are referenced in the ACEs presentation from USC Student Health.
Learn about the Office the California Surgeon General‘s support in raising awareness about, screening for, and education on ACEs and Toxic Stress, including the videos listed below:
- Understanding ACEs (English video)
- Understanding ACEs (Spanish video)
- ACEs: How to Manage Stress (English video)
- ACEs: How to Manage Stress (Spanish video)