The Intercultural Counseling course, lasts one year, is held one weekend a month (Saturday and Sunday) and is programmed to develop a deeper intercultural context regarding the issue of care relationship with respect to the migrant population.
The specialisation is designed for graduate counselors and is recognized by AssoCounseling; it can also be accessed by professionals who work with migrant population and are interested in exploring this field both theoretically and practically, working also on the self (prejudices, knowledge of their culture, etc.).
This course introduces the pluralistic systems approach in an intercultural context, starting from the research and the work experience carried out over 30 years by Cecilia Edelstein and her staff: clinic, local projects and partnerships with the public sector, mostly qualitative research, but also research-action that has led to the development of specific methods and various techniques.
For further information about the topics addressed in previous years please refer the to intercultural national network.
Specializzazione in Counseling Interculturale
Course is recognised by AssoCounseling
Definition
DEFINITION
Intercultural Counseling
Intercultural Counseling is a professional activity aimed at people (individuals, groups, families, communities) that belong to minority groups, in order to encourage the inclusion, the accommodation / adaptation and integration, to improve mental health and to provide support in potential crises of cultural transition that are typical of migration processes. The intercultural counseling is a transverse action as it can be applied into all areas: educational, psychological, social, legal, etc.
Bibliography:
Edelstein 2007. "Il counseling interculturale. Un modello di intervento pluralista" in Connessioni, vol. 19, pp. 121-140.
Edelstein 2004. "Il counselor interculturale - Un'introduzione" in Il Counselor, vol. 1, pp. 13-19.
Edelstein, 2013. "Cornice epistemologica e metodologica del modello sistemico pluralista" in m@gm@ - Rivista Elettronica di Scienze Umane e Sociali – Osservatorio di Processi Comunicativi, 11 (3). http://www.magma.analisiqualitativa.com/1103/articolo_02.htm
Edelstein, 2013. "L'epistemologia del 'Noi' nel modello sistemico pluralista: il riconoscimento dell'Altro come processo circolare, dinamico e riflessivo nei percorsi di aiuto", in Riflessioni sistemiche, volume 8, rivista elettronica ad accesso libero.http://www.aiems.eu/files/edelstein_8.pdf
2013. "Towards a Pluralistic Systemic Approach in Intercultural Therapies with Migrant People". in Human Systems, vol.24, pp. 124-137. http://www.humansystemsjournal.eu/library/Istanbul-Congress-I
AIMS
AIMS
Following Shinui’s pluralistic systemic approach, the intercultural counseling course aims to encourage the reflection and debate on topics as:
- intercultural communication
- psychological aspects of migration processes and gender differences
- human rights, anti-oppressive practices and non-violent conflict resolution
- appreciation of differences
- promotion of dialogues and conversations
- mixed couples, multicultural families and migrant families
- models of integration in a multi-ethnic society
- the network on the territory and professional networks in interculture
- mediation between services and with colleagues
In particular, the Postgraduate Course in Intercultural Counseling intends to:
- offer a range of models in intercultural counseling, using systemic family mediation in intercultural environment and on:
- ethnopsychiatry approaches
- transmit tools and work techniques into the field
- deepen their knowledge on the Edelstein’s pluralist systemic model in intercultural context
- work on prejudices, attitudes to diversity, opportunities to meet the '' Other” in a context of help
Structure
STRUCTURE
The courses have a duration of 180 hours each, of which:
- 100 hours of theory;
- 50 hours of practice and supervision;
- 30 hours of individual practical work.
The courses will take place one weekend a month: Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00; Sunday from 9.30 to 17.30.
Training
The internship is carried out in structures, including private ones, identified by the students, after having drawn up a project together with the tutor, approved by the scientific manager.
At the end of the course a final report will be requested that intertwines practical experience with theory.
Destinatari
TARGETS
Target audience Specialization in Intercultural Counseling
The intercultural counseling course, based on the pluralist systemic approach, is aimed at graduates of the Counseling Schools. At the end of the course, after the delivery of a written paper, the "Specialization in Intercultural Counseling" diploma will be awarded, recognized by AssoCounseling.
OTHER ADDRESSEES
The intercultural counseling course is also aimed at professionals working in the intercultural field who have not previously obtained a diploma in mediation and / or counselor.
Psychotherapists, doctors, psychologists, family mediators and operators with work experience in the intercultural field can enroll. At the end of the course, always after the writing of a written paper, the title of "Professional with Skills in Counseling and Intercultural Mediation" will be achieved. Recognition as a specialization is foreseen for graduates in Family Mediation (see Specialization course in intercultural family mediation).
Teachers
TEACHERS
- Cecilia Edelstein - Responsabile
- Tiziana Mantovani
- Orietta Sponchiado
Contents
CONTENTS AND METHODOLOGY
Theoretical contents:
- psychological aspects of migration processes and gender differences
- basic concepts in the field of interculture
- give birth elsewhere. Motherhood in distant lands
- educational contexts: reception, insertion, integration
- linguistic-cultural mediation
- mixed couples, migrant couples and immigrant family
- mixed identities: socio-evolutionary and clinical implications
- second generations: ties in the family, ties with the surrounding environment
- Italian carers and families: possible mediation
- immigration and work
- migration and prostitution
- interdisciplinary networks in multicultural contexts
- refugees and asylum seekers
Methodologies and approaches
- self-construction in intercultural communication (universalism, constructivism, socio-constructionism and ethnopsis models)
- the narrative approach
- the team work model
- narration in non-verbal expressive techniques
Guidelines exposed in the specialization in Intercultural Counseling
- the pluralist intervention model in counseling, mediation and intercultural therapies
- the work on war trauma in an ethnosystemic narrative perspective
- pragmatics of differences: bodies, disease and cure between culture and history
- the ethnopsychiatric device
Iscrizioni
REGISTRATION AND COSTS
The application form must be accompanied by a curriculum vitae with photos, a photocopy of the counselor's diploma, a short written on the reasons for carrying out the intercultural counseling course and the payment of € 100 + VAT.
Admission interviews will be conducted, also via Skype, for candidates who live far away.
The total participation fee for the course is € 1,900 + VAT with the possibility of payment by installments.
Groups of 4 or more enjoy a discount of € 400 + VAT per person.
It is possible to pay by bank transfer:
IBAN: IT 71 C 03336 11109 000000001701
Support bank: Credito Bergamasco - Upper Town Agency.
For further information, contact the secretariat.
Calendar
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Start: May 2020