Category: Dissemination & Implementation Science
Noah Triplett, M.S.
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Giovanni Ramos, M.A.
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Anna S. Lau, Ph.D.
Professor
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Alayna Park, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Noah Triplett, M.S.
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Giovanni Ramos, M.A.
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Stephanie Yu, M.A.
University of California, Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, California
Emma PeConga, M.S.
Graduate Student
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Significant racial and ethnic inequities exist in mental health services and outcomes. These inequities are driven by both individual and contextual factors, which lead Clients of Color to be less likely to benefit from therapy and more likely to prematurely terminate services than their White counterparts. Ensuring access to culturally robust, evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for Clients of Color is one element of addressing these mental health inequities. Qualitative and mixed-method research may be powerful tools to understand the experiences of those providing care to Clients of Color and improve treatment acceptability, adherence, and ultimately, outcomes. These approaches can contextualize clinician experiences and provide greater depth on potential barriers to providing culturally robust care.
This symposium will present results from recently conducted qualitative and mixed-method studies that explicitly examine community providers’ experiences working with Clients of Color, including how they define “diversity,” approach conversations regarding race and racism, adapt EBPs to better serve Clients of Color, and perceive supervision when working with Clients of Color. Aligned with this year’s theme of using cognitive and behavioral science to make an impact and its goal to examine evidence-based CBT approaches within different cultural contexts, our symposium will examine how research can inform training of mental health providers and adaptations of EBPs to better serve Clients of Color.
Talks will highlight a variety of research relevant to training and supporting clinicians, beginning with results from a qualitative study of how community mental health providers define diversity. Understanding clinician conceptualizations of diversity is crucial to support clients who hold diverse or marginalized identities. This talk will be followed by qualitative data on community mental health providers reported barriers and facilitators to discussing issues of race and racism with Clients of Color. Together, these two talks validate providers’ experiences and offer actionable steps to support clinicians in better serving Clients of Color. Next, two separate talks will review mixed-methods data on how community providers adapt EBPs when working in diverse communities. The first will explore how community therapists from different racial and ethnic backgrounds use and adapt EBPs for Clients of Color, and the second will examine concordance between therapist and observer reports of session-level adaptations to trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. Both talks will focus on how adaptations are often made to enhance fit for diverse clients. The final talk will include mixed-method data regarding supervision of lay health workers delivering prolonged exposure to immigrants and refugees. Our discussant will facilitate a conversation among all presenters on how to translate these findings into actionable recommendations for providers and supervisors.
Taken together, these talks will broadly review important considerations related to training and supporting therapists to use and adapt EBPs for Clients of Color. Our goal is to equip attendees with knowledge and guidance on how to better serve such clients.
Presenter: Alayna Park, Ph.D. – University of Oregon
Co-author: Alejandra Torres Sanchez, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Co-author: Clarissa Velez, B.S. – Palo Alto University
Co-author: Dana Saifan, Ph.D. – UCLA
Co-author: Andrea Letamendi, Ph.D. – UCLA
Co-author: Cameo F. Stanick, Ph.D. – Sycamores
Co-author: Jennifer Regan, Ph.D. – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Co-author: Gina Perez, Psy.D. – Hillsides
Co-author: Debbie Manners, MSW – Sycamores
Co-author: Bruce F. Chorpita, Ph.D. – University of California Los Angeles
Presenter: Noah S. Triplett, M.S. – University of Washington, Seattle
Co-author: Jasmine Blanks Jones, Ph.D. – Johns Hopkins University
Co-author: Minu Ranna-Stewart, LICSW – Puget Sound ESD
Co-author: Nathaniel Jungbluth, Ph.D. – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Co-author: Shannon Dorsey, Ph.D. – University of Washington, Seattle
Presenter: Giovanni Ramos, M.A. – University of California Los Angeles
Co-author: Lauren Brookman-Frazee, Ph.D. – University of California, San Diego
Co-author: Tamar Kodish, M.A. – University of California Los Angeles
Co-author: Adriana Rodriguez, PhD – Children and Youth Behavioral Health, Health Care Agency
Co-author: Anna S. Lau, Ph.D. – UCLA
Presenter: Stephanie H. Yu, M.A. – University of California, Los Angeles
Co-Author: Caroline E. Shanholtz, Ph.D. – University of California, Los Angeles
Co-author: Joanna Kim, PhD – Arizona State University
Co-Author: Lauren Brookman-Frazee, Ph.D. – University of California, San Diego
Co-author: Anna S. Lau, Ph.D. – UCLA
Presenter: Emma PeConga, M.S. – University of Washington, Seattle
Co-author: Alexandra Klein, MA – Case Western Reserve University
Co-author: Ash Holloway, PhD. – University of Washington
Co-author: Alexandra Bowling, B.S. – Case Western Reserve University
Co-author: Momin Egeh, PhD – Ma’alin Haruon Masjid, Hargeisa, Somalia
Co-author: Dega Egeh, PhD – University of Washington
Co-author: Jacob Bentley, PhD. – Seattle Pacific University
Co-author: Norah Feeny, PhD. – Case Western Reserve University
Co-author: Lori Zoellner, PhD – University of Washington