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Welcome to Module 500 - Person-Centered Therapy in Spanish

INTRODUCTION

Master essential and practical Person-Centered Therapy techniques to start using right away in your practice. Gain confidence and efficiency with basic counseling and therapy skills which are culturally congruent for Spanish speaking clients.

This program is appropriate for Mental Health Professionals, Interns and Trainees with intermediate to advanced Spanish.


CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THESE OPTIONS:

NON CE HOURS:

SELF STUDY / NON CE
NON CE WITH 4 PRIVATE TELECONFERENCES

CE HOURS:

6 CE HOURS / SELF STUDY
10 CE HOURS WITH 4 PRIVATE TELECONFERENCES

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Once you have purchased the product, you will receive an invitation in your email to become a member of the website spanishformentalhealth.com.
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When you accept the invitation, log in, and enter your member area, you will be able to access the pages that contain the materials for this module. 

OBJECTIVES

Reflecting Content
Video time: 19:54 plus 39 page workbook
In this module you will practice Reflecting the Content of the client narrative.

  • Rationale for Reflecting Content as a culturally congruent therapeutic technique
  • Presentation of Common Presenting Problems
  • Listening Comprehension: Therapist-Client Dialogue and quiz
  • Key Vocabulary associated with therapist-client dialogue
  • Sentence template to form Reflecting Content statements: tu versus usted form
  • Open-ended prompts
  • Reflecting Statements construction practice
  • Troubleshooting: Re-direct and clarify


Reflecting Feeling

Video time: 28:27 plus 32 page workbook
  • Using Reflecting Feeling as a psychotherapeutic technique
  • Implement language to provide accurate and thoughtful reflections
  • Therapist Client Dialogue: Vignette - problematic home visit
  • Numerous adjectives to Reflect Feeling in masculine, feminine and neuter forms
  • Sentence template to Reflect Feeling
  • Verb constructions to form Reflect Feeling statements using parecer, estar, sentirse
  • Listening Comprehension and quiz
  • Review of vocabulary in the client-therapist Vignette
  • Vocabulary used in therapist-client dialogue




Paraphrasing

Video time: 24:06 plus 37 page workbook

  • Rationale for Paraphrasing as a therapeutic technique
  • Two-step guide for using psychotherapist Prompts and Paraphrases
  • Related Verb constructions and Vocabulary
  • Sentence templates to form therapist Paraphrasing statements: tu versus usted
  • Comprehension:Therapist-Client Dialogue and quiz
  • Troubleshooting: How to handle client resistance
  • Sentence templates: How to avoid asking too many questions
  • Comprehension: Verb Drill: Direct and Indirect Objects and Pronouns
  • Verbs commonly used in a client narrative

Reflecting Meaning
Video time: 24:47 plus 64 page workbook
In this module you will practice dialogues in which the therapist guides the client to explore meanings associated with the client narrative.
  • Learn, hear and repeat therapist statements which reflect meaning according to the client's narrative.
  • Sentence templates to practice various Reflecting Meaning statements.
  • Prepare for common Presenting Problems
  • Related vocabulary to Presenting Problems
  • Verb constructions to enable Reflecting Meaning statements
  • Listening comprehension: therapist-client dialogue, quiz and breakdown
  • Using reframing statements to provide a new perspective, frame of reference or way of thinking about issues
  • Translation and fill-in-the-blank exercises
  • Comprehension exercise: direct objects
  • Verb Drill: Uses of the Verb Decir in psychotherapy
  • Motivational prompts
  • Vocabulary from Therapist-Client dialogue
  • Translation Exercises for Reflecting Meaning Therapist statements
  • Comprehension: Direct Objects in the past tenses


CE INSTRUCTIONS
​(OPTIONAL)

Courses meet the qualifications for the specified hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Spanish for Mental Health Professionals is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP. Spanish for Mental Health Professionals maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 
To receive CE Hours,
  1. After you have purchased the module, accept your email invitation to become a member of the website Spanishformentalhealth.com
  2. Watch the videos, study worksheets
  3. Perform repetition exercises. Pronounce, rehearse and practice speaking the material on the slides for the amount of time listed
  4. Complete Verification of Hours Forms: Record the date, time, and duration of your verbal repetition practice. Make sure to complete the time requirement and document.
  5. Complete and submit Test
  6. Complete and submit Course Evaluation Form
  7. Email instructor that you have completed the course [email protected]
  8. Receive your certificate of completion by email.
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DISCLAIMER: These modules reflect tried and true methods and best practices in many cases, but their effectiveness depends very much on a variety of circumstances outside the control of Spanish for Mental Health Professionals including without limitation the context of use, and the level of training of the user.  No particular result or success can be guaranteed, and Spanish for Mental Health Professionals disclaims all liability relating to any use of the modules by any user.  Materials are suitable for licensed mental health professionals; students, para professionals and pre-licensed therapists under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional only.