Chicanx Affirmative Approach to Therapy

In this 2-hour continuing education web conference, Dr. Manuel X. Zamarripa, LPC-S will discuss a framework of mental health and mental health services that is not only responsive to, but centers the culture and experiences of individuals from Chicanx backgrounds. A Chicanx Affirmative perspective will be the underlying foundation of this training. This is the assumption that centralizing culture and a positive perception of one’s own cultural background can and should be facilitated in psychotherapy with Chicanx/Latinx clients.

Dr. Zamarripa will discuss foundational aspects of "Browning" counseling, describe how traditional/individualistic concepts in mental health can be culturally incongruent for Chicanx/Latinx populations, and review ways to decolonize the current notion of mental health. While the mental health field continues to move toward inclusivity of diverse populations, many of the foundational concepts are still rooted in Western and individualistic worldviews. Chicanx experiences and history include a varying sense of what constitutes wellness and well-being as well as what constitutes appropriate help-seeking behaviors. If psychotherapy and the mental health field are to be responsive to this population, they must incorporate a broader view of these notions, as well as the therapist not only being responsive but also being more affirming Chicanx experiences. In this web conference, Dr. Zamarripa will identify some of these varying notions and how to incorporate them in a therapeutic context with this population. This includes understanding and attending to acculturation and generational status. Dr. Zamarripa will also discuss addressing and responding to issues of identity development, family dynamics, and spirituality in psychotherapy.

Topics covered in this presentation will include:

• Tenets of a Chicanx Psychology
• Individualistic v. Collectivistic Values
• Traditional Counseling Assumptions
• Chicanx Affirmative Therapy

This introductory instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Examine varying notions of mental well-being from a Chicanx perspective.
2. Distinguish individualistic and collectivistic worldviews.
3. Describe ways to “brown” counseling interventions for Chicanx populations.
4. Identify how traditional concepts in mental health treatment may be incongruent with Chicanx populations.
5. Discuss how a focus on identity, family, and spirituality are key in a Chicanx Affirmative approach.

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: This program presents a counseling approach that includes, but extends traditional, individualistic approaches that are the foundation of the mental health field to include more collectivistic thought and frameworks. The approach described here draws on the large body of theory and research in multicultural counseling and Latinx Psychology (e.g. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Journal of Latinx Psychology, Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development) to create a unique approach (Chicanx Affirmative approach). The approach poses questions and possible future directions for the field in serving Chicanx populations that is established on current ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association. As always, however, misapplication of psychotherapeutic interventions with mentally vulnerable populations can lead to harmful outcomes.

Declaration of conflicts of interest and/or commercial support: The presenter conducts trainings, provides clinical services, and has written articles and book chapters related to the content of this program.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety. To receive CE credit hours for an archived recording, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events are generally considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

GoodTherapy is an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within Counseling Services.

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To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

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