2 Hours / 2 CEs

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Counseling with Women Applying a Mujerista, Relational Approach is presented by Patricia Arredondo, Ed.D.

Disempowered and colonized women seeking support through psychotherapy. Yet, these theories continue to be taught without particular recognition of gender role stereotyping that views women, particularly underrepresented women, through a deficit lens. The Mujerista model is about liberation and equity, preparing counselors to engage with women from a positivist position, one that recognizes societal practices that perpetuate inequities for women. The Relational feminist model recognizes women’s relationship strengths, empathy, and attention to others as assets. Counselors applying these models with women in psychotherapy create an environment of affirmation and authenticity that invites women to see themselves as relevant, confident, and capable of self-advocacy. Narrative therapy is the most culturally responsive approach, inviting women to tell their stories.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe women-centric models that empower and lead to self-efficacy
  • 2 Describe the liberating aspects of the Mujerista and Relational Feminist frameworks
  • 3 Describe ways to create an affirming and empowering counseling setting with women

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for counselors at all career stages who want to integrate culturally responsive, feminist, and empowerment-based approaches into their psychotherapy work with women, especially those from underrepresented or marginalized backgrounds. The training is highly relevant for professionals focused on counseling, psychotherapy, social justice-informed practice, and narrative or relational feminist approaches. Participants often work in settings such as counseling centers, mental health clinics, community organizations, and private practices.

  • Experience Level

    This training is applicable for all career stages: entry-level, mid-career, and experienced professionals.

  • Practice Setting

    • Counselors, therapists, and mental health professionals interested in feminist and empowerment-based therapy

    • Practitioners working with women from diverse, underrepresented, or marginalized backgrounds

    • Professionals specializing in social justice-informed or culturally responsive counseling

    • Those using or interested in narrative or relational feminist approaches

    • Staff in counseling centers, mental health clinics, community-based organizations, or private practice

Presented By

Patricia Arredondo, Ed.D, Arredondo Advisory Group

Dr. Arredondo has addressed inequities in counselor and psychology training and as a consultant, in a range of work settings. A licensed psychologist, she is known for her development of multicultural counseling competencies for the American Counseling Association and multicultural guidelines for the American Psychological Association. Her scholarship is inclusive of immigrants and their families, Latinx mental health, Latinx Immigrants, women's leadership, and organizational change through a focus on DEI. A ground-breaker, she is the first Latina president of the Association of Multicutural Counseling and Development and the American Counseling Association. She is the founding president of the National Latinx Psychological Association. Dr. Arredondo is president of the Arredondo Advisory Group and a Mujerista of Mexican American heritage.

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Patricia Arredondo, Ed.D

Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Contrasting male centric counseling models and ones that are women-centric and multicultural in orientation

  • Benefits of counseling with women from Mujerista and social-relational approaches

CE Sponsorship Information

Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).



Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.