A Culturally Informed Clinical Interview: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning with Diverse Populations

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Description: 
The workshop will train clinicians how to enhance their current clinical interviews with culturally informed questions. The clinician will learn how to interpret responses to such questions and use these responses to navigate the decision tree of diagnosis determination and differential diagnosing. Additionally, clinicians will learn to create treatment plans that are culturally informed and culturally applicable, taking into account, but not limited to, immigration history, language fluency, code switching, cultural brokerage, cultural attitudes towards psychotherapy, cultural values and/or traditions, and culture specific family roles.

Category of Education: D1.1 Assessment/ Evaluation, Intervention

Intended Audience: 

• Students
• Psychologists
• Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors
• Clergy/Religious
• Medical professionals, M.D., P.A., Nurses

Content Learning Level: Beginner

Learning Objectives:

1. Clinicians will be able to apply culturally informed questions to their clinical interviews.
2. Clinicians will be able to identify cultural components that affect differential diagnosing.
3. Clinicians will be able to design a treatment plan that includes cultural topics such as, but not limited to, cultural identity development, immigration trauma, etc.

Schedule:

• 45 minutes: Lecture
• 15 minutes: Model Clinical Interview, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning with Case Example
• 15 minutes: Cultural Identity Development Overview 15 minutes: Question and Answer

Cancelation Policy: 
Refunds will not be offered for this event. However, registrants who cannot attend live are able to select the option to watch on demand and complete the home study to receive CE credits (if offered) at a later date. Any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to Mary Hanys at mhanys@catholicpsychotherapy.org for more details

The Catholic Psychotherapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Catholic Psychotherapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.