Cultural Identity, Belonging, and the Experience of Learning Your Heritage Later in Life
$15.00
Description
(September 2026)
Explore the emotional and psychological impact of discovering and reconnecting with cultural identity later in life, including the challenges of belonging, grief, resilience, and navigating multiple identities. This presentation highlights the importance of preserving cultural connections for children and youth in foster care and provides foster parents, caregivers, and systems professionals with greater understanding of why culture and identity are essential to healthy development.
Leslee Webb, LCSW has provided mental health support and crisis intervention as a social worker for over 25 years. She believes that we are not created to carry burdens alone and warmly creates a safe setting to walk the healing journey together. Leslee has served diverse populations, working with issues including complex trauma, life transitions (adulthood, jobs, parenthood, relationships, housing changes), shame, grief and various mental health struggles. Leslee’s past positions included working in group home care, the foster care system, and working to keep families together who were at risk of being separated. Her most recent previous position was as a school social worker at an alternative high school for 12 years. She was part of building a trauma-informed school that effectively served students and their families. Leslee has been an educational consultant, as well as national presenter.
Leslee obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota and her Master’s degree in Social Work from Florida State University. She uses a trauma-informed, person-centered, and diversity-sensitive approach. Leslee offers support through the following modalities: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Leslee is a member of the Red River Metis, an Indigenous group in Canada. She is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. She is a Metis artisan who beads, as her ancestors the Flower Beadwork People have been doing for generations. Leslee is a woman of faith, has a natural curiosity about people’s stories, and believes each person has value and worth. She is a wife and proud mother to two children.
Watch time: 48 minutes
Eligible Certificate of Completion time: 50 minutes
expires September 30, 2031
