This is a 6 session On-line Training on a clinical approach to working successfully with Chicanx & Latinx clients. Participants will gain a foundation for culturally responsive therapy from a Chicana/o/x Affirmative approach. Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy is an approach that assumes centralizing culture and a positive perception of one’s own culture background can and should be facilitated in psychotherapy with Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x clients.
As a result of this training participants will understand the framework for a Chicana/o/x Affirmative approach, understand how a focus on identity, family, and spirituality are key in a Chicanx Affirmative approach, learn to be culturally responsive to Chicana/x/o culture in clinical interactions, gain an understanding of varying notions of mental well-being from a Chicana/o/x perspective, and apply these concepts with case scenarios in each training session.
Features of the training series are: Constructing Chicana/o/x wellness & well-being, the roles of identity, family, and spirituality for Chicana/o/x mental health, facilitating a reconnection to current and ancestral cultural strengths in clinical practice, aspects of Chicana/o/x culture that complements the practice of counseling & therapy, values & assumptions of the mental health field that are not congruent with Chicana/o/x wellness culture, the impacts of marginalization and discrimination on Chicana/o/x well-being on an individual and community level, and the inclusion of historical trauma in the treatment of Chicana/o/x populations.
As a result of participating, the attendee will be able to:
Identify varying notions of mental well-being from a Chicana/o/x perspective
Describe how a focus on identity, family, and spirituality are key in a Chicanx Affirmative approach
Define the difference between individualistic and collectivistic worldviews in therapy
Identify 5 aspects of Chicana/o/x culture that complements the practice of counseling & therapy
Describe the 3 foundations and 3 principles of a Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy
Identify at least 3 clinical interventions that center Chicanx/Latinx cultural values or experiences.
After completing the training participants will receive:
Certificate of Training Completion
On-going support and consultation for 6 months after training
Annual group check in sessions and case scenarios
Registration Fee for Training Series
Registration Fee-
$200
Additional Purchase- Optional CEs
$155