Mindfulness Time for Social Workers – 2024 Dates

Brian Stefan (ASW) is a psychotherapist and proud social worker specializing in grief, suicide, romance fraud & financial exploitation, and crisis response. He works with several organizations including Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center and the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office Crisis Response Team/Suicide Response Team. He is an adjunct faculty member at California State University Los Angeles, School of Social Work. Brian was the co-founder and facilitator of InsightLA’s weekly virtual mindfulness group: Deep Suffering H.O.P.E. Affinity & Practice Group (Healing Ourselves through the Present Experience). Brian also leads mindfulness and grief retreats/workshops online and in-person for clinical and non-clinical groups. Along with Dr. Jamie Gamboa, he launched Spotlight on Suicide in 2021 with the mission of educating the general public about suicidal ideation and providing a space for people to listen, learn, and practice how to “Sit With Suicide” within themselves and for others.