
CHANTAL FIGUEROA PHD
Educator, Researcher & Consulting services for Latinx Mental Health

ABOUT ME
My name is Chantal Figueroa, PhD. I am a Guatemalan Femme specialized in critical mental health awareness.
I believe mental health is a political issue, especially for the Central American community that continues to be systematically traumatized.
I design educational programs for educators, social workers and mental health professionals looking to support the mental health of the Central American Refugees they work with.
WHAT IS CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS?
Critical Mental Health Awareness is a concept developed by Psychologist Ignacio Martín-Baró that refers to the ability to be critical about the political, social and emotional issues that affect our mental health.
Critical Mental Health Awareness is the ability to define what mental health means by recognizing what symptoms are a response to oppression and which ones stem from mental illness. The ability to differentiate between the two makes mental health a political issue that centers social justice as a form of mental health care.
I believe that mental health is an educational issue. That is why my goal is to educate for critical mental health awareness by centering on recognizing patterns of violence we have normalized in our everyday lives.
OFFERINGS
Fomenting Critical Mental Health Awareness
RESEARCH & EVALUATIONS
Participatory Research
I design participatory assessments to evaluate the culture of mental health of an institution or community. Together with co-participants, we provide recommendations that foster a culture of critical mental health.
TRAININGS
Critical Mental Health Awareness
I train educators and mental health professionals to develop a critical lens, to recognize gender violence and understand the history of systemic violence of Central America in order to better serve their Central American students and clients.
WORKSHOPS
Are you interested on taking a workshop?
I provide workshops on Guatemalan cultural believes of mental health for anyone interested in learning more about critical mental health awareness or the intersection of gender violence and mental health.



GET IN TOUCH
Email:
contact@chantalfigueroa.com
Instagram:
@chantalfigueroaphd