Culturally Sensitive Counseling with Latinos

Culturally Sensitive Counseling with Latinos is organized by Psychotherapy.net.

Course Description:
After introducing the viewer to her clinical model through a dynamic and enlightening conversation with Victor Yalom, Dr. Arredondo provides a masterful role play demonstration of her therapeutic techniques. Watch her skillfully and sensitively guide Marta, a Latina client, through a difficult set of life decisions impacted by her internalized culture-bound beliefs. It is as if we are sitting in the room alongside of Dr. Arredondo, watching and learning as she helps Marta to reconcile family-of-origin dynamics on her way to individuation and career satisfaction.

Whether a clinician or clinical educator, you will learn how to apply Dr. Arredondo’s lessons in your own psychotherapy practice to raise client awareness and move them towards fulfilling life changes. Finally, you will develop a clear appreciation for the complex impact of a client’s immigration status on their presenting problem.

By watching this video, you will:
• List the core clinical issues to address when working with Latino clients
• Descrive assumptions and biases that may undermine therapeutic effectiveness
• Develop culturally-sensitive insight and clinical interviewing skills

Learning Objectives:
• List the core clinical issues to address when working with Latino clients
• Describe assumptions and biases that may undermine therapeutic effectiveness
• Develop culturally-sensitive insight and clinical interviewing skills