Spanish for Mental Wellness (SMW) is a training program to improve mental health practitioners' Spanish language skills. Translators, interpreters, students, and other interested parties can also participate in the online training workshops.

Rooted in the concept of language justice, SMW is a training school founded in 2021 in Austin, Texas, by Wilfredo José Burgos-Matos, an educator who became interested in researching Spanish speakers and accessibility to mental health due to his own experience navigating the system in search for therapy and psychiatric services. SMW’s services have been used by practitioners in New York City, Austin, Texas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, St. Kitts and Nevis, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico.

Workshops/Services

• Basics of Mental Health in Spanish

• Intermediate Spanish for Mental Health

• ADHD in Spanish

• Bipolar Disorder in Spanish

• Talking Anxiety and Depression in Spanish

Clients: The University of Texas at Austin; University of Wisconsin-Madison; and VIP Mujeres