Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy: In Person Training
$555.00
2 DAY, In Person Training, Austin, TX
Nov. 7th & 8th
Dates of IN PERSON Training Session
November 7th & 8th
Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm Central
There will be a subsequent, asynchronous 3 hour recording of the final training module that will be provided to participants after Nov. 8th. Participants will have 4 weeks to review and submit an evaluation of the final module to receive their Certificate of Training Completion.
15 CEUs will be provided for those who attend the full training - This includes 3 hours of Ethics, 3 hours of Supervision and 3 hours of Cultural Diversity & Competence.
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.
After completing the training participants will receive:
Certificate of Training Completion
On-going support and consultation for 6 months after training
Listing on our Clinician Directory
Annual group check in sessions and case scenarios
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.
15hr Training
Location:
2000 Thrasher Ln., Austin, TX 78741 - Resistencia Books/Red Salmon Arts
“This training modeled how to hold and nurture space in a indigenous affirming and centering way”
— Participant
“It was helpful to have a space to continually be reminded of collectivist values and the gifts of ancestral knowledge and wisdom that is not included in western psychology. ”
— Participant
“it gave me the opportunity to value collectivism just as much as individualism. This space simply doesn’t exist anywhere else, except when we intentionally make space for it!”
— Participant
“my ancestors brought me into alignment with this community and with the land. This training really helped me spiritually and feeling held by the elements, my ancestors, my maestros, my classmates, and my corazon”
- Participant