Interpreting Mental Health Services
The first part of this training will serve as an introduction to mental health services, and will lay the groundwork for an understanding of what to expect in mental health appointments. This will include topics such as: the vocabulary of mental health providers (decoding lingo), various types of providers (what do all the acronyms mean), what to expect in mental health sessions and how this varies between young people and adults, as well as the interpreter’s role in the therapeutic relationship. The second half of this training will be dedicated to education and understanding of vicarious trauma. This will include education around ways in which interpreters in mental health settings are exposed to trauma narratives, why this is so challenging to hear and experience in the therapy room, and how to manage the feelings that arise as a result.
PRO TIP: Allow yourself 2 hours to watch the entire video in one sitting to more easily receive your certificate upon completion.
PRO TIP: Allow yourself 2 hours to watch the entire video in one sitting to more easily receive your certificate upon completion.
Instructor Bio: Katie Azarow
Katie Azarow is a licensed clinical social worker in Oregon and Washington, and a certified alcohol and
drug counselor in the state of Oregon. Katie has providing mental health services to children, teens and adults for the past 15 years. She has worked in a variety of treatment settings and has supervised new clinicians entering the field for the past six years.
Katie’s career began in Omaha, Nebraska, where she spent five years working in dual-diagnosis treatment with teenagers, before moving to Oregon. In the variety of settings she has worked and trained, Katie has been privileged to work alongside interpreters of multiple different languages. It is only through these lived experiences (the successes and the failures) with other helpers in the room, that she has developed strategies for successful use of interpreter services within mental health sessions.
drug counselor in the state of Oregon. Katie has providing mental health services to children, teens and adults for the past 15 years. She has worked in a variety of treatment settings and has supervised new clinicians entering the field for the past six years.
Katie’s career began in Omaha, Nebraska, where she spent five years working in dual-diagnosis treatment with teenagers, before moving to Oregon. In the variety of settings she has worked and trained, Katie has been privileged to work alongside interpreters of multiple different languages. It is only through these lived experiences (the successes and the failures) with other helpers in the room, that she has developed strategies for successful use of interpreter services within mental health sessions.
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