Cultural Adaptations to Psychotherapy

Koslofsky, Shahana; Rodríguez, Melanie M. Domenech

doi:10.1177/1534650116668273

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“…These types of adaptations have been frequently included in researcher-developed cultural adaptations of EBPs (BigFoot & Schmidt, 2010; Domenech Rodríguez et al, 2011; Lau, 2012). Indeed, our results suggest that community therapists making adaptations consistent with those promoted in the literature on cultural adaptations, are much less likely to engage in adaptations that remove core content or decrease dose in ways that may compromise EBP integrity when working with diverse clients (Lau et al, 2017; Koslofsky & Domenech Rodríguez, 2017).…”

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confidence: 72%

Ethnic minority community therapists’ acculturation and reported adaptations to children’s evidence-based practices.

Saifan¹,

Brookman‐Frazee²,

Barnett³

et al. 2018

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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confidence: 72%

Ethnic minority community therapists’ acculturation and reported adaptations to children’s evidence-based practices.

Saifan¹,

Brookman‐Frazee²,

Barnett³

et al. 2018

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…Benuto, Newlands, Singer, Casas, and Cummings (2019) examined culturally sensitive clinical practices among psychologists and found that it is common for psychologists to make adjustments to treatment. Indeed, Koslofsky and Domenech Rodriguez (2016) discussed how, while in the context of the research arena (via grant-funded research), interventions are formally culturally adapted. However, this does not always translate to the manner in which clinicians adapt treatments in real-world settings.…”

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confidence: 99%

Written Exposure Therapy: The Case for Latinos

Benuto

Bennett

2019

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Despite the substantial impact of trauma and subsequent posttraumatic stress in the Latino population, Latinos often underutilize services to address symptoms. Furthermore, research is still lacking regarding the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments, specifically for Latinos. We review the case of a 29-year-old Latina diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who presented with intrusive memories, nightmares, and negative affect. The client’s progress in treatment was hindered by extreme emotion dysregulation when asked to engage in imaginal exposure, leading her to contemplate premature termination of therapy. Thus, prolonged exposure therapy (PET) was modified based on written exposure therapy to successfully treat the client. Treatment success was reflected in both the client’s self-report and PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5) (PCL-5) scores at pre- and posttreatment. From this case study, we can conclude that (a) PET can be effectively modified during treatment to include written exposures if the client cannot participate in imaginal exposure; (b) such treatment may be effective for Latinos experiencing posttraumatic stress; and (c) cultural and logistical factors affecting client participation and utilization of services should be addressed in treatment.

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“…Cultural adaptation refers to the process of making psychotherapy goals, content, language and process consistent with those of the target population to enhance treatment credibility, efficacy and relevance (Sharifian and Zamarani, 2011). Cultural adaptation of psychological treatments is important because many evidence-based psychological models have been developed and tested mainly among Caucasian middle-class Americans (Koslofsky and Rodríguez, 2017).…”

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Schema Therapy and the use of Politeness Plural in Greek-speaking populations: a need for cultural adaptation or a quest for early maladaptive schemas/modes?

Kolonia

Tsartsara²,

Giakoumaki³

2019

tCBT

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This paper is clinical practice-based, and examines the Greek cultural linguistic schema of Politeness Plural in the application of the Schema Therapy mode model. The philosophical principles of Schema Therapy and the importance the model ascribes on creating a warm therapist–client relationship as a pre-requisite for schema healing are discussed. We further explore the need for the therapist to be culturally sensitive to the linguistic use of Politeness Plural in Greek-speaking populations. We are looking into the reasons of why, whilst culturally sensitive, a schema therapist needs to remain inquisitive of potential maladaptive and/or internalized dysfunctional coping mechanisms of inter-relating that are masked by the use of the Politeness Plural linguistic schema. The implications the cultural linguistic schema of Politeness Plural can have in the therapy outcome are considered. Specifically, we argue that holding on to the Politeness Plural cultural linguistic schema may reinforce emotional distancing and compromise schema healing. The authors identify the need for more research to further understand the issues that are raised in this article. Although the focus of the article is on Greek populations, the matters under consideration may be valuable to other cultures.

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Cultural Adaptations to Psychotherapy

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Ethnic minority community therapists’ acculturation and reported adaptations to children’s evidence-based practices.

Ethnic minority community therapists’ acculturation and reported adaptations to children’s evidence-based practices.

Written Exposure Therapy: The Case for Latinos

Schema Therapy and the use of Politeness Plural in Greek-speaking populations: a need for cultural adaptation or a quest for early maladaptive schemas/modes?

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