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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

OUR STUDY Our team at Florida State University (FSU) sought to study differences in access to, retention throughout, and effectiveness of therapy across gender, ethnic, and racial groups in our local community of Leon County, Florida. Ethnoracial status, intersectionality with gender, and psychotherapy utilization, retention, and outcomes.

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Diversity Spotlight: Beverly Greene, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

John’s University. John’s University. in Psychology from New York University in 1973 and received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner Institute of Adelphi University in 1977 and 1983, respectively. During my time in graduate school, I had initially prioritized my training in psychotherapy.

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Clinician and client political values in culturally-competent psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Half of therapists said that their political beliefs influenced how they practiced psychotherapy, and 23% identified the client’s political preferences as being among the top three demographic and cultural factors that affect them the most when working with clients who are different from them. Reference/Target Source. Redding, R.E.

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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. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 1992. In 2000, she completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Southern Illinois University.

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Knowledge about adult development and aging for psychologists

Society of Clinical Psychology

Psychologists must strive to understand diversity among older adults in terms of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, country of origin, ethnicity, language, religion, socioeconomic status, and urban–rural residence. The structure of families is increasingly diverse; 20.3% There is much variability in late-life development.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Cultural Formulation Interview, APA, 2013; University of Connecticut Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey, Williams et al., at Florida International University. Amanda Sanchez earned her PhD in Clinical Science at Florida International University. We recommend using psychometrically sound surveys (e.g., La Roche (Ed.)

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

massed treatments for trauma-focused interventions) to increase successful engagement and retention in these trauma-focused treatments is critical, it is also important to consider novel strategies to address PTSD, in order to have a broader range of effective treatment options for trauma survivors. 2017; Leiner et al., 2007; Hauer et al.,