Training courses organized by the Basque Youth Observatory in 2025

Training courses organized by the Basque Youth Observatory


NOVEMBER

Workshop on bullying and cyberbullying: case studies.

Bilbao

  • Date: 11, 18 and 25 November.
  • Place: OVJ headquarters, Huertas de la Villa, 11, bajo. Bilbao.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Sara González Muro, psychologist, psychotherapist, mediator and trainer.

Vitoria-Gasteiz

  • Date: 12, 19 and 26 November.
  • Place: El Campillo Civic Centre. Calle Santa Maria, 4 A. Vitoria-Gasteiz.
  • Language: Spanish.
  • Teachers: Saioa Magunazelaia González. Health and educational psychologist. Systemic trauma therapist, mediator and trainer.

Experiential workshop and shared reflection: challenges of working on masculinity with adolescents. Strategies and pedagogical resources.

Vitoria-Gasteiz

  • Date: 7, 14, 21 and 28 October.
  • Place: El Campillo Civic Centre. Calle Santa Maria, 4 A. Vitoria-Gasteiz.
  • Language: Spanish, promoting the use of Basque. Each participant will be able to choose the language in which he/she will speak.
  • Teachers: Juan Manuel Feito Guerrero, social educator and member of ‘Piper Txuriak’, an association of men for equality.

Donostia-San Sebastián

  • Date: 10, 17, 24 and 31 October.
  • Place: CRAJ headquarters, Anoeta 28. Donostia-San Sebastián
  • Language: Spanish, promoting the use of Basque. Each participant will be able to choose the language in which he/she will speak.
  • Teachers: Juan Manuel Feito Guerrero, social educator and member of ‘Piper Txuriak’, an association of men for equality.

Suicide prevention: Gatekeeper level 1 programme.

Vitoria-Gasteiz

  • Date: 6 and 13 May.
  • Place: El Campillo Civic Centre. Calle Santa Maria, 4 A. Vitoria-Gasteiz.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Jon García-Ormaza. Psychiatrist at Osakidetza; head of suicide research at the Bizkaia Mental Health Network; member of the Biobizkaia Mental Health research group; Doctor in Neurosciences and associate lecturer in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Alexander Muela, PhD in Psychology and lecturer in the Faculty of Psychology at the UPV/EHU. He has participated in several research projects related to suicide prevention and has published several papers related to this field of research.

Bilbao

  • Date: 7 and 14 May.
  • Place: OVJ headquarters, Huertas de la Villa, 11, bajo. Bilbao.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Jon García-Ormaza. Psychiatrist at Osakidetza; head of suicide research at the Bizkaia Mental Health Network; member of the Biobizkaia Mental Health research group; Doctor in Neurosciences and associate lecturer in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Alexander Muela, PhD in Psychology and lecturer in the Faculty of Psychology at the UPV/EHU. He has participated in several research projects related to suicide prevention and has published several papers related to this field of research.

Donostia-San Sebastián

  • Date: 9 and 16 May.
  • Place: CRAJ headquarters, Anoeta 28. Donostia-San Sebastián
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Jon García-Ormaza. Psychiatrist at Osakidetza; head of suicide research at the Bizkaia Mental Health Network; member of the Biobizkaia Mental Health research group; Doctor in Neurosciences and associate lecturer in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Alexander Muela, PhD in Psychology and lecturer in the Faculty of Psychology at the UPV/EHU. He has participated in several research projects related to suicide prevention and has published several papers related to this field of research.

Digital technology and mental health: how to weave a network of digital wellbeing and health in society and, in particular, in adolescents.

Bilbao

  • Date: 2 and 9 April.
  • Place: OVJ headquarters, Huertas de la Villa, 11, bajo. Bilbao.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Maitane Ormazabal Esnaola. Health psychologist and psychotherapist. Member of the external expert committee of the Ministry of Childhood and Youth.

Donostia-San Sebastián

  • Date: 4 and 11 April.
  • Place: CRAJ headquarters, Anoeta 28. Donostia-San Sebastián.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Maitane Ormazabal Esnaola. Health psychologist and psychotherapist. Member of the external expert committee of the Ministry of Childhood and Youth.

Emotional self-care skills for people working with adolescents and young people: how to manage anxiety.

Vitoria-Gasteiz

  • Date: 24 and 31 March, and 7 April.
  • Place: El Campillo Civic Centre. Calle Santa Maria, 4 A. Vitoria-Gasteiz.
  • Language: Spanish, promoting the use of Basque. Each participant will be able to choose the language in which he/she will intervene.
  • Teachers: Ernesto Gutierrez Crespo, psychologist and pedagogue. President of the Basque Psychopedagogy Association and collaborating lecturer at the University of Deusto and the Basque Country.

Knowing, accepting and enjoying our bodies as a basis for good relationships.

Bilbao

  • Date: 12, 19 and 26 March.
  • Place: OVJ headquarters, Huertas de la Villa, 11, bajo. Bilbao.
  • Language: Spanish.
  • Teachers: Maider García de Vicuña Quintana, sexologist and psychologist; and Miren Lopez de Arregi Lakuntza, sexologist and social worker at EMAIZE Sexología Zentroa Sexology Centre.

Substance and behavioural addictions.

Donostia-San Sebastián

  • Date: 30 January, 4 and 11 February.
  • Place: CRAJ headquarters, Anoeta 28. Donostia-San Sebastián.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Estibaliz Ansotegi Guruziaga, graduate in Psychology and coordinator of the Ortzadar health and addiction prevention programme.

Bilbao

  • Date: 5, 12 and 19 February.
  • Place: OVJ headquarters, Huertas de la Villa, 11, bajo. Bilbao.
  • Language: Basque.
  • Teachers: Estibaliz Ansotegi Guruziaga, graduate in Psychology and coordinator of the Ortzadar health and addiction prevention programme.