What is Reflective Training?
Reflective Training (RT) is a proven method for learning counseling and psychological intervention skills.
It uses strategic practice that is based on objective, performance-based feedback, modeling of techniques and peer-to-peer consultation.
Currently RT offers training in the following areas:
- Motivational Interviewing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Crisis Response Planning (Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning)
- Crisis Counseling (Living Room Model)
- Reflective Psychotherapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Social Cognition & Interaction Training (Social Cognition Play)
How Reflective Training Works
Upon signing up, you are paired with a human coach who ensures you stay on track to complete your course. Throughout the program, the coach engages in 7-minute roleplays with you and provides objective, practice-based feedback to enhance your skills.
Learners choose our Intro, Short or Full course and complete the bulk of the training through 1-hour online Teams/Zoom sessions that are scheduled at times that work for you. During each session, a coach guides learners through two of the three types of RT learning activities (Practice, Feedback and Integration).
You train at your own pace, but we recommend completing a training session at least every two weeks. You can do all of your training through online coaching sessions, or you can speed up course completion by doing Feedback activities on your own time.
| Course | CEU/ CME Hours |
Average # of 1-hr Sessions |
# Learning Activities | Practice* | Feedback | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intro | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 (rr: 1) |
3 | 3 |
| Short | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 (rr: 2) |
6 | 6 |
| Full | 12 | 9 | 27 | 9 (rr: 3) |
9 | 9 |
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
PRACTICE
In RT, practice means either doing a roleplay with a coach or fellow learner and uploading it into our video library OR doing an exercise with other learners during a training session.
FEEDBACK
View a roleplay from the Video Library and complete a 10-min Feedback Form. Review Feedback Forms others have completed on your practice.
INTEGRATION
Meet with your coach and other learners to review concepts in your Training Area and discuss application. If your basic knowledge feels shaky, this is the time to review the concepts and procedures of the approach you are studying.
How to get started
Click Sign-up at the upper right. Pick the Training Area that you want to practice.
You will land on your Dashboard page. Click on More Info to review the learning materials for your chosen Training Area. If you want to join more Training Areas, go to My Account > Edit Profile and add as many as you want.
Next, connect with a coach and get rolling. If you already have a coach, email them and say you are ready to start. If you do not have a coach, join a General session from the Calendar or shoot us a message using the form below and we will have a coach reach out to you.
The Reflective Training Network
The Reflective Training Network is a non-profit service of the Division of Community Recovery, Rehabilitation and Training (CRRT) in the UT Health San Antonio Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry. RT is provided free of cost to all UT-affiliated learners and learners who sign up without institutional affiliation.
You may join as many Training Areas as you wish through this website. Membership is free of charge. You are an “Active Member” as long as you have participated in any RT learning activity within the past two months. You can reactivate yourself at any time by getting involved. Please see our Research section for information on how the Reflective Training Network uses feedback data and how you can get involved.
If you join with a class or other cohort, you will follow that group’s structured training curriculum. If you join on your own, you may elect to follow a curriculum or to follow your own schedule. In either scenario, you are eligible to receive Continuing Education. See the CEU page for more info.
