This training will prepare professional interpreters for mental health therapy assignments and will cover the following topics:
- Ethics and confidentiality in person, by phone, by video
- Role of interpreter in therapy session and the therapeutic triad
- Clarification of interpreter protocol in therapy sessions
- Mental health terminology and concepts
- Critical incident protocols
- Therapy approaches (talk therapy, creative therapy, therapeutic tools)
- Self-awareness and professional boundaries
- Scenario practice and discussion
- Vicarious trauma and self-care
Facilitators
- Rebecca Asch, MA, ATR-BC, LPC,Art Therapist, Lead Therapist Nationalities Service Center
- Moumena Saradar,Professional Mental Health Interpreter (Arabic), Wellness Liaison Nationalities Service Center
- Gwen Soffer, MSW,Manager of Wellness Nationalities Service Center, Trauma Informed Practice Trainer