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

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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. when both the client and therapist identified as Black) was associated with more sessions attended.

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The Promise of Data Informed Patient-Therapist Matching: Context Matters

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It may come as no surprise to patients and therapists to hear that the therapist matters when it comes to the quality of psychotherapy. Findings from psychotherapy outcome research have “caught up” to anecdote and patient and therapist intuition. What Do We Think We Know about Therapist Differences? 2011; 2016).

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Diversity Spotlight: Beverly Greene, PhD

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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. Beverly Greene , board-certified (ABPP) in Clinical Psychology and tenured Professor of psychology at St.

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Diversity Spotlight: Sannisha K. Dale, PhD

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Dale , a dual licensed clinical psychologist (MA/FL) and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. in Clinical Psychology at Boston University in 2014. Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contribution to Diversity Research in Clinical Psychology, the 2019 Melba J.

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Locking the Door? The Social Work Licensing Exam

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Cassandra Walker , LCSW, CCTP, is a Black queer social worker, trauma therapist, writer, gamer and activist. They earned their MSW and bachelor’s degree in psychology and comparative human development at the University of Chicago. They are the owner of their practice, Intersections Center for Complex Healing PLLC.

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Clinician and client political values in culturally-competent psychotherapy

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The ways in which client and therapist political values affect the therapeutic process has been a neglected factor in clinical practice, with many clinicians committing “culturally-competent malpractice” in this area (Redding, 2020). Develop evidence-based best practices for working with socio-politically diverse clients.

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Women of Color in Tech and/or Futures/Foresight Work

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” In a previous post, I shared a couple of fine reviews specifically concerning the lack of diverse representation in the film – particularly when it comes to breakthrough thinking, practicing, research and imagining about the future in tech and beyond. Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University.