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Diversity Spotlight: Dr. Nita Tewari

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity Spotlight The current spotlight is on Dr. Nita Tewari whose work focuses on Indian American, South Asian, and Asian American mental health. Dr. Tewari is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CA) who provides psychological and consulting services to young adults, parents and diverse populations in her practice. 76, Issue 1.

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What is Schema Therapy? An overview and what to expect

Lawson Psychology

With its roots firmly planted in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and Gestalt therapy, Schema Therapy offers a comprehensive framework for understanding and healing ingrained emotional wounds. If engaged in Schema Therapy, your psychologist would be able to discuss each of these with you.

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

Society of Clinical Psychology

Then, we recommend thoughtfully incorporating cultural identity into the case conceptualization and treatment process (for specific recommendations for family-based CBT, see Sanchez et al., Her research and clinical interests center on improving access to quality mental healthcare for culturally diverse youth and families. Sanchez, A.

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Transforming the Views on OCD

MQ Mental Health

People with OCD need CBT and ERP (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention), and trained therapists should know this. As a young black man with an invisible disability, I was shocked at the reception, and since sharing my articles, a diverse range of people have reached out to me. OCD is more common than we think.

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Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies

Social Work Haven

The role of the social worker becomes increasingly important as communities become more diverse. Throughout the assessment, it is essential to engage and partner with all interested parties, in the form of multi-agency working, sharing the reasons for the evaluation, how it will be used, and the rights of those involved. .

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

CBT) than others. Symptoms of depression have been widely studied as moderators of outcomes of CBTs vs. other interventions. In our work, we have found that baseline characteristics moderate treatment outcomes when comparing CBTs to other interventions including: antidepressants (DeRubeis et al.,

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Guest blog author Dr. Torrey Creed discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology focused on implementing trans diagnostic cognitive therapy in diverse community settings with the Beck Community Initiative. Hofmann et al., Further, selecting the “right” EBP in which to invest can be complex.

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