Mexico City Immersion Program
THE WORLD NEEDS CLINICIANS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Saludos! The Counseling Psychology Program at Alliant International University’s
Mexico City campus invites you to join us for this summer’s CSPP 2013 Spanish Language,
Class and Cultural Immersion program at Alliant International University’s Mexico
City campus.
DATES: JUNE 30-AUGUST 3, 2013
This program is designed and implemented on the foundation of five educational pillars:
- Critical Pedagogy
- Liberation Psychology
- A Self of the Therapist Focus
- A Pointillism Approach to Culture
- Spanish Language Training for Mental Health Workers
The program will run from June 30th (arrival day) to August 2nd (departure day). For those taking academic classes, this in-person component will follow 5 weeks of online coursework. Prepare now to be part of this life impacting educational experience! It will also be a chance to meet faculty and future colleagues (from multiple campuses and universities) who share your passion about social-justice oriented mental health approaches from an international perspective!
Here is a small sample of what this year’s program will include:
- The option to earn a Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy.
- Helping facilitate a camp for and learn from children who have been living on the street.
- Learn Latin American originating approaches to mental health from leading Latino and International experts.
- Two within country trips to different regions in Mexico
- Exposure to indigenous healing practices and the opportunity to
- participate in a Temezcal.
- Clinical theories and ideas for serving impoverished and oppressed
- communities.
- Increased awareness of how U.S. culture shapes mental health
- approaches and opportunities to gain international clinical competencies.
ACADEMIC COURSES
A number of academic courses will also be offered, three of which will help you meet the requirements for the Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy. We will have outstanding faculty joining us this summer who draw on ideas from Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy and you have the experience of being co-creators of knowledge with them! The classes offered for Summer 2013 are:
- PSY 6643 Critical Issues in Latin America (3 units) with Dr. Oliva Espin*
- PSY 6317 Parent-Child Therapy (3 units) with Dr. Leticia Gonzalez Pileski
- PSY 6303 Group Therapy (3 units) TBA
- PSY 6311 Introduction to Psychopathology (3 units) Dr. Danny Wedding
- PSY 6654 Latin American & Liberation Psychology (3 units) with Dr. Jason Platt*
- PSY 7312 Sex Therapy (2 units) with Dr. Jason Platt
*Required for those interested in earning the Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Applicants must be currently enrolled and in good standing in (a) An undergraduate psychology program; (b) A graduate mental health training program; or (c) have graduated from an accredited mental health training program.
- Applicants must submit a 1-2 page essay describing their reasons for being interested in being part of an immersion program focused preparing clinicans to work with Latino communties. Essays should be sent via email to Ms. Vania Quiroz
- Applicants need to arrange for a brief phone interview with Dr. Jason Platt.
PROGRAM FEE: $3,500
There is a $500 discount for those who complete the application process and enroll in the program before November 15, 2012
This fee includes all of your housing, Spanish coursework and materials, the majority of breakfasts and suppers for the first four weeks and some meals during the travel week, lectures, entrance fees to program activities, and two travel to other regions in Mexico.
The fee does not include your flight to Mexico City or tuition for any of the classes in which you choose to enroll. Typically financial aid is available. Please meet with your local campus financial aid office to make arrangements.
NEXT STEPS
1. Email Dr. Jason Platt and confirm that you are interested in participating in this year’s immersion program.
2. Please arrange a time for an interview with Dr. Platt.
3. Secure your spot for the 2013 program by submitting a non-refundable deposit of
$250 by November 15, 2012 for the discounted rate or by March 15, 2013 for the standard
rate. Please make the check payable to Alliant International University and put "Mexico
Summer Immersion Program" in the memo section and mail it to the address below:
Trudy Blackmon
Alliant International University
10455 Pomerado Road, M-18
San Diego, CA 92131-1799
4. Apply for a passport if you do not already have one. For more information, please
consult the State Department website at:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
5. Consult with your home campus program director about the possibility of attending
the program and to confirm whether academic courses can be used to meet existing
program requirements in your home program.
6. If you wish to earn the Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy, please contact Ms. Ashley Carter at to request an application.
7. Contact your local financial aid office to learn about financial aid options for this program.
8. Buy a journal and your plane ticket!
For any additional questions, please contact the program director:
Jason Platt, PhD, Program Director
Counseling Psychology Program
Alliant International University-Mexico City Campus
jplatt@alliant.edu
Take care, and we look forward to having you visit beautiful Mexico soon!