Culturally-adapted treatments

Question 1

what is the primary goal of feminist therapy?

Answer 1

seeing self as “active agent in personal, interpersonal an political contexts

Question 2

what are some big tenets of feminist theory?

Answer 2

• de-expert: thrapist is there to collaborate, getting rid of power dynamics.
• reframe: look at society’s role in health and wellbeing. not just you.
• de-pathologize: contextualizatyion over labels. thinking more critically about labels
• advocacy: using own negative experience to create positive change around you

Question 3

What is liberation psychotherapy?

Answer 3

• The idea is to change people so they can change the world
• Leads into spiritual beliefs, like indigenous cultural healing

It’s an orientation that you can apply to your therapy with a client

Question 4

What are 2 important values of liberation psychotherapy?

Answer 4

Radical humility and empathy

Question 5

True or false: feminist & liberation therapy is incompatible with mainstream evidence-based practices

Answer 5

False. it’s an orientation. But will take some adaptation to me more inclusive of systemic-level influences (power, privilege, oppression, inequalities)

Question 6

metanalysis of 65 studies found only 4 well-established programs that work among ethnic-racial minority youth. What are they?

Answer 6

1. cognitive and behavioural interventions for anxiety in latinx children
2. multisystemic therapy for disruptive behaviour among black adolescents
3. family-based interventions for disruptive behaviours among latinx children & teens
4. family based interventions for substance use problems among latinx children & teens

Question 8

What is cultural adaptation?

Answer 8

modifications to a program that is tailored for cultural group traditional world views

Question 9

Why are mental health services underutilized in Black populations?

Answer 9

-financial
-cultural barriers
-stigma
-alternative resources
-lack of info
-mistrust of mental health care system
-few black practitioners
-focus on diagnosis
-lack of understanding of structural factors impacting client
-lack of self-disclosure

Question 10

recommendations for clinicians

Answer 10

-asses clients’ and their caregivers’ experiences with racial stressors, racial socialization practices, and racial identity
-assess spiritual beliefs
-be cautious that various ethnic and cultural groups exist within the greater black racial categorization
-explore common barriers to session attendence