This training will prepare professional interpreters for mental health therapy assignments and will cover the following topics:
Review of ethics and confidentiality in person, by phone, by video
Role of interpreter in therapy session, therapeutic triad, and boundaries
Clarification of interpreter protocol in therapy sessions
Mental health terminology and concepts
Review of suicide 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
Greg Niegt, Ph.D., Senior Project Manager Interpretation and Translation Nationalities Service Center
Moumena Saradar, Professional Mental Health Interpreter (Arabic), Wellness Liaison Nationalities Service Center
Gwen Soffer, MSW, Manager of Wellness Services Nationalities Service Center, Trauma Informed Practice Trainer