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Apple QuickTime movie  |  2002-08-17  |  21.4 MB  |  320x240  |  15fps  |  4 minutes, 18 seconds
Transcription: I specialize in doing interpreting in mental health settings. I am also currently completing a second doctorate, and this one in psychology and counseling. So that helps me. I bring a lot of understanding around psychology and, more importantly, around the goals of the therapist. When they ask a question a certain way, what is it they're trying to get at? I find mental health interpreting to be incredibly challenging. The nuances are very important. And there are a number of places where I don't make a complete linguistic and or cultural adaptation from what the deaf person says to the therapi ...