Alyssa Mancao | Healing Your Inner Child + Social Justice in Mental Health

Alyssa Mancao | Healing Your Inner Child + Social Justice in Mental Health
“Social media is overrun with ‘Productivity Porn’ right now…telling us we need to use this time to ‘do something’, launch or create something, use this time wisely. Instead, we need to listen to our bodies to hear what we really need."
~ Alyssa Mancao
What You'll Learn:

* Productivity Porn: Why it’s crucial for us to unplug from our cultural addiction to productivity and what to do instead
* Two of the most important tools for your mental health
* The key to “Shattering Shame”
* What is Dual Awareness and how to cultivate it
* How social stratification and systemic oppression directly contributes to mental health issues
* The importance of addressing community mental health in juvenile justice systems and marginalized communities
* How to address privilege and educate yourself on the systems of oppression including the prison-industrial complex
Alyssa Mancao


Alyssa Lia Mancao, LCSW is a psychotherapist located in Sherman Oaks, CA. Alyssa received her clinical training at the University of Southern California in 2011. Her breadth of clinical work includes providing therapy in the outpatient and residential setting. Currently, Alyssa is in in private practice and specializes in treating anxiety, depression, trauma and helping her people connect with their inner child. Her experience and understanding in attachment help support her clients in understanding how the past impacts the present. She utilizes a combination of psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and EMDR to support her work with clients. In addition to her private practice Alyssa has also written and contributed to various online magazines discussing topics surrounding mental health.