Health psychologists in Spain need quality training.

There are options for training without having to attend classes for many months at a time.

At present, recently graduated psychologists and even psychologists finishing their Master General Sanitario need to put their acquired knowledge into practice and most of the time they do not have that option.

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

There is a need for adequate training in which psychologists can learn in a practical way how to apply what they have learned. how to apply what they know in a practical way. And they also need to have real patients with whom to begin their first therapy sessions. Only in this way is when they acquire self-confidence and when they become authentic health psychologists, when they put it into practice.

How to learn to practice psychology?

In the manuals of psychology on treatments of mental disorders it appears very well what is what the psychologist has to do in each case of therapy.. The books show the techniques to be applied, but the reality is that the explanations are too theoretical and far removed from reality to be able to apply this knowledge in real consultations. To give an example, everyone knows that there are perfectionist patients, who constantly compare themselves with others.

Much has been written on this subject, but the how to how to get the patient to stop being a perfectionist 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, to know how to obtain a good bond with the patient and his or her adherence to the treatment is what guarantees part of the success in therapy.

There are many psychologists who know the protocols and treatments but when it comes to "translating them into the reality of the session with the patient" they encounter great barriers. Behind every effective technique is the psychologist's ability to implement it. to put it into practice. This is the practical training that the psychologist needs and that we offer at the Psicode Institute of Psychology in Madrid.

Unfortunately, the ability, spontaneity and flow with the patient only come from hours of real work. That's when we at the Psicode Institute asked ourselves why not offer our years of experience as health psychologists as training and streamline the training of the new generations?

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

"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 masters and expert courses in Psychology.

What about those people who, for certain reasons, cannot attend on a continuous basis, and those who cannot afford the high cost of a master's degree? In response to this need, at the Psicode Institute we offer them the possibility of monographic courses, of short duration but very intense. but very intense courses.

What is the methodology of the Psicode Psychology Institute's training courses?

The student learns a method for the return of information to be given to the patient. When a patient comes to consultation and tells his problems, it is essential that the psychologist explains what is happening to him to know how to change it, so we teach how to give this information back to the patient.

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

Our trainings allocate a part of the module to work on emotions. This is another of the drawbacks that our students tell us. Many of the manuals and training courses are aimed at working on cognitions and behaviors. But what about emotions, and how to deal with them?

We teach techniques to work on 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 the needs and deficiencies that students were raising in our courses. The students saw their doubts solved with their real patients. And what started as a pilot project became repeated editions and new courses to train professionals.

Subsequently, we started supervising cases to other psychologists, training in hospitals to health professionals, training to students from different universities (Nebrija, UNIR, Europea, etc.) and our internal training courses for psychologists who want to have practical training. for psychologists who want to have quality practical training..

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