CE Course: Developing Intercultural Skills for Effective Therapeutic Work

Description

Humintell is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Humintell maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Including the introduction, instruction, quizzes, self-assessments, and review, this course provides 7.5 hours of continuing education (7.5 CE credits) for psychologists.

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This APA approved continuing education course is multi-modal consisting of instructional videos, interactive quizzes and activities, supplemental readings, and self-assessments.

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Course Description

Although cultural competence is a mainstay standard of all doctoral programs in clinical psychology, most content in those programs focus on broad issues concerning cultural diversity and do not cover the topic of culture in and of itself in depth, nor do they provide clinicians with intercultural skills necessary for effective therapeutic work in today’s diverse world.

Concomitantly, there is a large research literature that has isolated the important psychological ingredients for intercultural communication and cross-cultural adaptation.

Reviews of that literature inform us that the key psychological ingredient to intercultural communication is emotional intelligence, and more specifically emotion regulation vis-à-vis intercultural interactions and conflict.

Based on this large research literature, our APA approved continuing education course will help psychologists prepare when interacting with others from a different culture. 

Learning Objectives

(1) Demonstrate an understanding of the four main factors that are central to an understanding of the origins of human cultures. 

(2) List key differences between objective and subjective elements of culture and examples of each. 

(3) Predict what one can expect to encounter when interacting with individuals of a different culture. 

(4) Explain one of the most important things an individual can do to regulate their emotions when dealing with people from other cultures. 

(5) Describe what a consensus based approach is in the decision making process.

Developed By

Dr. David Matsumoto is a Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University and world-renowned expert in the field of emotion, culture, and nonverbal behavior. He has published over 400 books, book chapters, and journal articles on these subjects.

Additional Information

Format and Length:

Multimodal interactive training. Includes pre-test, instructional videos, interactive quizzes and review sections. You can complete the course in multiple sittings and we recommend participants review the material more than once prior to taking the post-test.

Instructional Level:

Introductory training for psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals.

Completion Requirements:

To obtain your CE certificate, you must progress through all course segments and readings, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Users will have a maximum of 3 attempts to complete the post-test at 80% proficiency.

Post Test and Course Evaluation:

After completing the pre-test, instructional videos, interactive quizzes and review sections, the post-test will be available to complete, along the course evaluation.

Who Should Attend:

Psychologists, counselors, masters or doctoral level clinical social workers, and marriage and family therapists.

Financial Support Statement:

Humintell pays instructors for their teaching contributions. There is no other financial support for this course.

Conflict of Interest Statement:

There is no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support for this course.

Refund Policy:

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Contact Information:

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System Requirements:

Our online training was developed to be accessed with modern browsers (Edge, Safari, Chrome, Firefox). While usage may be fine with other browsers, we cannot guarantee compatibility.