Transitar: Building Resilient Transitions through Self Narratives and Character Strengths for Latin American Immigrants

This capstone explores the possibility of increasing resilience among Latin American immigrants in the United States by integrating narrative reframing and character strengths framed within a culturally attuned lens. The Transitar program aims to foster resilience by enhancing self-efficacy and community support, drawing from positive psychology. Further, this paper contextualizes the challenges and cultural values inherent to Latin American immigrants. The proposed program involves the creation of a guided conversation program, Transitando Juntos Conversation Group. The program includes a facilitator's guide with psychoeducational concepts and prompts for reflection based on a game. During the conversations, participants will use the Transitando Juntos Card Game for cohort discussions to recognize and spot character strengths within their narratives and their peers, building self-efficacy. The program's methodology aims to reframe immigrants' self-narratives, leverage character strengths, and make meaningful social connections conducive to community support, ultimately fostering a resilient adaptation process during migratory transitions. Most importantly, this capstone highlights the importance of cultural competence in designing and applying effective psychological interventions and offers future directions for expanding and adapting the proposed program to diverse immigrant populations.