5 face-to-face and streaming psychology courses for this summer

Short training programs that you can take during the summer in person or online.

Summer is always a good time for training: beyond the hospitality sector, economic activity tends to slow down, so we have more free time to learn without losing economic opportunities.

Entities that carry out training programs know this, and that is why many of them design courses designed to last no longer than the summer, making them accessible to most people.

If you want to be trained in the field of behavioral sciences and mental health, read on, because here you will find a selection of face-to-face and streaming psychology courses for this summer that will help you make the most of your free time.

Face-to-face and streaming psychology courses to make the most of your summer training

These are several psychology courses recommended if you want to invest some of your free time in specializing and expanding your knowledge and your resume.

1. Course of Practical Methodology in Sports Psychology and Coaching (UPAD Psychology and Coaching)

The center UPAD Psychology and Coachinglocated in Madrid (Argüelles neighborhood) has been combining its psychological intervention services with several training programs in the field of behavioral sciences for years.

This recommended sports psychology course offers a face-to-face format with another by streaming, has a duration of 5 days and starts on Monday July 6; it is aimed at psychologists and students in their final year of psychology who want to train to be able to master direct intervention with athletes both individually and at team level. In addition, having very limited places (both in-person and online students), places emphasis on personalized counseling.

Learning here is both theoretical and applied, with case studies to become familiar with the use of psychological intervention techniques in sport. Among the contents taught in this training program are the prevention and coping with injuries, counseling parents as support figures for younger athletes, the professional methodology used in the practice of sports psychology, the management of motivation and expectations, and more.

You can find more information about this and other UPAD Psychology and Coaching courses on this page.

2. Couple and Sex Therapy Course (UPAD Psychology and Coaching)

Couples therapy and sex therapy services are among the most demanded in psychology centers. And no wonder; the lack of information and the taboos that still prevail in this area of life, among other things, cause many people to develop problems in it.

That is why many people who are training in psychology decide, at some point in their professional or academic development, to train in sex and couple therapy, to train in sex therapy and couples therapy, two complementary forms of intervention complementary and overlapping in many aspects. This course offers an overview of this field in which to become a professional, and is an excellent option as an introduction to sexology and couples support.

The Course of Sex and Couple Therapy of UPAD Psychology and Coaching is developed over 6 days in the second half of July, and presents face-to-face and online format through Zoom. It allows to know the general aspects of the theoretical framework of sexology, as well as its fields of intervention: sexological counseling, sex therapy and sex education.

In addition, it also focuses on developing the fundamental therapeutic skills in this field, understanding the dynamics of couple communication and its possible failures, becoming familiar with the tools of sexological intervention, and more. Places are limited to a maximum of 20 students.

3. Basic Skills of the Therapist Course (UPAD Psychology and Coaching)

Beyond the theory contained in psychological intervention manuals, there are the therapeutic skills developed by psychotherapy professionals. This course is designed to make the task of mastering these skills easier for the practice of psychological intervention with patients..

This training program has very limited places in order to offer a personalized treatment that adapts to the doubts of each student, and it is possible to attend it both in person and online (through live classes). In addition, it includes 3 individual 30-minute sessions.

In this course there are many practical exercises, and it is based on role-playing and the development of soft skills applied to therapy work, such as modulation of non-verbal language, knowledge of the different styles of relationship between therapist and patients, conflict management, self-analysis, and more. Starts July 13.

4. Music Therapy, Emotions and Technologies (UNED)

From July 1 to 3 takes place this interesting course promoted by the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). can be taken online or in person in the town of La Roda, Albacete..

This training program consists of 20 teaching hours (one ECTs credit) and allows to learn about such interesting aspects as the way in which music influences the functioning of the brain and its effects on the nervous system from before birth to old age, or the way in which music participates in the cognitive development of children and influences the well-being of people with disorders such as Multiple Congenital Arthrogryposis, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.

5. Mindfulness Course (Psicotools)

The psychology center Psicotools, located in Barcelona, offers one of the Mindfulness courses in Barcelona.offers one of the Mindfulness courses to take into account if you are interested in training in this versatile form of intervention.

Its team of professionals has been using Mindfulness techniques for years, both in patients and in training programs for individuals and companies, and offers the possibility of learning to use them by applying their theoretical and practical principles in oneself and in others.

You can see more information about Psicotools, as well as their contact details, on this page.