Health psychologists in Spain need good training

Currently, newly graduated psychologists and even psychologists who finish the Master General Sanitary they need to put the acquired knowledge into practice and most of the time they don't have that option.

Some of the most frequent complaints are: “we get a lot of theory but we lack practice”, “if now a patient comes to me who has depression, I don't know very well how to do the treatment "," I lack self-confidence to face a patient"...

Adequate training is needed in which psychologists can learn in a practical way how to apply what they know. And they also need to have real patients to start their first therapy sessions with. Only in this way is when they acquire self-assurance and when they become authentic health psychologists, when they put it into practice.

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How to learn to practice psychology?

It appears very well in psychology manuals on the treatment of mental disorders. what is what the psychologist has to do in each case of therapy

. The books show the techniques to apply, but the reality is that the explanations are too theoretical and far from reality to be able to apply this knowledge in the consultations real. To give an example, everyone knows that there are perfectionist patients, who continually compare themselves with others.

On this subject there is much written, but the as making the patient stop being a patient is more difficult to find in books.

What is the key to success in therapy?

The technique is important but the ability to apply it, knowing how to obtain a good bond with the patient and their adherence to treatment is what guarantees part of the success in therapy.

There are many psychologists who are knowledgeable about protocols and treatments, but when it comes to "translating it into the reality of a session with the patient" they find great barriers. Behind every effective technique is the skill of the psychologist to start it up. This is the practical training that the psychologist needs and that we offer at the Institute of Psychode Psychology in Madrid.

Unfortunately, skill, spontaneity, and flow with the patient only give you real work hours. That is when from the Psicode Institute we ask ourselves why not offer as training our years of experience as health psychologists and streamline the training of new generations?

Obviously it would be absurd to think that the same psychologist is an expert in all problems, for this reason each training has its expert in the field.

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"I have neither time nor money to do a master's degree"

Time is money and the possibility of training for two years is great. There are a large number of master's degrees and expert courses in Psychology.

What about those people who for certain reasons cannot attend continuously? And those who cannot assume the high cost of taking a master's degree? In response to this need, at the Psicode Institute we offer the possibility of taking short-term monographic courses but very intense.

What methodology does the training of the Institute of Psychode Psychology have?

The student learns a method to carry out the information return scheme to be given to the patient. When a patient comes to consultation and tells about her problem, it is essential that the psychologist explain what is happening to you to know how to change it, so we teach how to return to the patient this information.

The student obtains the necessary skills to work with the real patient, learns to do cognitive restructuring of the ideas that the patient maintains in a rigid way and that prevent him from moving forward in the change of it. You will learn to know how to apply the specific guidelines and techniques for each disorder.

Our trainings allocate a part of the module for the work of emotions. This is another of the drawbacks that our students tell us. Many of the manuals and training courses are dedicated to the work of cognitions and behaviors. But what about emotions? How to tackle them? .

We teach techniques to work and channel the emotions associated with the disorder. Our training methodology arose as a result of training proposals to the Official College of Psychologists of Madrid and of the needs and deficiencies that the students were raising us in our courses. The students saw the doubts they had with their real patients resolved. And what began as a pilot project became repeated editions and new courses to train professionals.

Subsequently, the supervision of cases to other psychologists, the training in hospitals for health professionals, the training for undergraduate and Master General Sanitary students from different universities (Nebrija, UNIR, Europea, etc) and our training internal for psychologists who want to have quality practical training.

If your concern is to be a great health psychologist and learn to put everything you know into practice, do not hesitate to contact us and attend our courses, both at the Madrid headquarters and in Alicante.