Welcome to Module 600 - Motivational Interviewing in Spanish

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Module 600 Motivational Interviewing in Spanish. This module is designed for Mental Health Professionals, graduate students and interns with intermediate to advanced Spanish.

In this module, therapists will learn vocabulary, statements and questions to implement the four stages of the psychotherapy technique, Motivational Interviewing: Open, Affirm, Reflect and Summarize

TO STUDY THE MODULE MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THESE OPTIONS:

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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

​Part 1 - Open Stage 
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In the Open stage, therapists practice open-ended statements and questions to enable the client to express the presenting problems, what they have tried to do so far to solve the issues, and what was the result. Clinicians master statements to open the session, provide active-reflective listening, maintain the therapist-client dialogue.

​Objective #1: implement the "O" Open Stage of the OARS acronym.
​Objective #2: Practice therapist statements in Spanish that help the client express the Presenting Problems.
Objective #3: Practice therapist statements that enable client to express prior attempts to solve problem.
​Objective #4: Implement active reflective listening statements
Part 3 - Reflection Stage 
The therapist communicates and expresses empathy by simple reflections of what the client has said. Accurate and intuitive reflections fall into three main categories:

  • Reflecting Content: Fill-in-the blank templates combined with vocabulary lessons to form reflecting statements that relate to the Content of the client's narrative. Therapists master content-reflecting statements in the past and present tense.
 
  • Reflecting Feeling: Using simple templates paired with verbs and adjective lessons, the clinician is enabled to provide effective and customized reflection of feeling statements.
 
  • Reflecting Meaning: In this section, clinicians practice language to interpret the meaning embedded in the previous stages. 

Objective #1: implement the "R" section of the OARS acronym to conduct Motivational Interviewing with a psychotherapy client in Spanish.
​Objective #2: Practice at least four therapist Reflecting Feeling statements.
​Objective #3: Practice at least four therapist Reflecting Content statements.
​Objective #4: Practice at least two therapist Reflecting Meaning statements in Spanish
 Part 2 - Affirming Stage 
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In the Affirming stage, the therapist reinforces client strengths and abilities. Clinicians practice accurate and congruent supportive statements focused on reinforcing clients self-esteem, coping abilities, and problem solving skills.

​Objective #1: implement the "A" section of the OARS acronym to conduct Motivational Interviewing with a Client with a client.
​Objective #2: Practice at least four ways in Spanish to affirm a client's strengths.
​Objective #3: Practice therapist statements in Spanish to discuss self-esteem
​​Objective #4: Practice language to affirm client coping skills
Part 4 - Summarize Stage

In this section, the therapist will learn to provide a congruent and empathic summary of the client's narrative. A three step template is presented that enables therapists to effectively form summarizing statements which may be customized to the client's narrative.

​Objective #1: Implement the "R" section of the OARS acronym to conduct Motivational Interviewing with a psychotherapy client.
​Objective #2: Practice pronouncing at least four therapist summarizing statements in Spanish.
​Objective #3: Practice therapist summarizing statements using a three-part template.
​Objective #4: Learn at least four new vocabulary words related to providing a Motivational Interviewing intervention in Spanish.

CE INSTRUCTIONS
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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.