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ALMA TORRES

Psychology, LANGUAGE TEACHER Teacher
QUITO, Ecuador

Member since: Sep 21, 2008

Last active on: Sep 21, 2008 at 02:39 PM (EST)

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Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
LANGUAGE TEACHER (Others)
Language of Instruction: English, Spanish
Teaching Experience

Spanish and English Teacher

Academia Cotopaxi, Ecuador

Sep 2007 - Present

English and Spanish, levels, One One situation or groups.


I am well known in the Language Center and I teach small groups, of different ages, as well as Executives from important companies that want to improve their level of language, be it Spanish or English. All levels.

English Teacher

Universidad SEK Ecuador, Ecuador

Aug 2008 - Present

English different levels university students

Vice Principal of the School, Psychologist and Teacher of Several Subjects

Colegio William Kilpatrick, Ecuador

Jul 2003 - Jul 2004

Literature Spanish, English 3 levels (Elementary, Intermediate, High Level), Social Studies, (Geography and History) and Philosophy


I only worked here for one school year, and even if I had these two designations mentioned above, I also gave Art Therapy classes, English for 3 different levels and Literature in Spanish.
These were too many subjects to cover and I didn't have enough time to do all this, plus my personal office, so I only worked with them for one year.

Clinic Psychologist - Counselor

Colegio Liceo Internacional, Ecuador

Feb 2000 - Jun 2003

Building Self Esteem, Emotional Intelligence, Moral Values


I had a rewarding job, where I was able to interact with children and teen agers from the school, working on those mentioned subjects above, also with parent counseling.

Professional Experience
Clinic Psychologist
Personal Private Office, Ecuador
Jul 1996 - Present

Interacting with patients (adults and children) helping them and working with them using Art Therapy which lets the unconsciouss talk beyond words, and also Logotherapy, which helps the patients understand and work in order to take ownership of their personal meaning of life. This includes taking into consideration that Human Beings are composed by Body, Mind and Spirit, and all three poles have to be balanced; Logotherapy works with these three dimensions of the self.

Education

Master for the Development of Intelligence and Creativity

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Sep 2001 - Jul 2003


This was a master degree, which had characteristics of being given on campus and also by distance and online learning. It provided me with many useful tools for Education as well as for Psychology. Development of Intelligence helps the professional to dicover school children that have been detected by their teachers as outstandingly creative or intelligent , in order to work with them in a special way, being able to give to these children special education that can help develop their minds and interests. Also for all kinds of students, in order to help them discover and use their best way for studying and learning. Development of Creativity has helped me recognize different artistic expressions on people and how to help them develop those natural gifts, in order to improve Creativity that can be used in many ways and situations of life, taking into consideration the different types of intelligences. And Ï have learned to use Art as a tool to interact with people in Psychotherapy.

Clinic Psychologist

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador

Sep 1991 - Sep 1996


Although Clinic Psychology Career involves the study of all kinds of existing Psychological Theories, tests, psychotherapy experience, and many other subjects. I especialized in Logotherapy, which is a theory that was created by Viktor Frankl, and believes that the human being is conformed by three poles: Mind, Body and Spirit and they all have to be balanced, in order to be able to front and solve problems, as well as discover the personal meaning of life.

Professional Exams & Certifications

Teaching English as a Second Languange

Academia Fullbright, Ecuador

Year Of Passing: 2002

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