Continuing Development Training (CPD) is a vital part of my job as a public service interpreter, throughout the years I have been given the opportunities to attend different trainings around Immigration, Trauma and Mental Health.

I strongly believe that interpreting is not only about interpreting the words, it is also about conveying the feelings and the mindset of the person we are interpreting for. For example, I can’t stress enough about the importance of being trauma informed when it comes to interpreting in trauma focused psychological sessions. Here is an overview of some of the training sessions and resources I had access to recently, that have been very helpful in terms of delivering the best interpreting service:

• Responding to Mental Health Crisis

• Suicide intervention

• Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

• Prevent programme ( Home Office)

• Trauma dissociation

• Befriending