Live Webinar July 26 - Delivering Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Dr. Amber Calloway, Ph.D.

Friday, July 26, 2024

11:00 AM- 12:30 PM Eastern/ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central/ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Mountain/ 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific

1.5 CE Credits Awarded

$15 Student ABCT Members / $25 ABCT Members / $35 Non-Members

Intermediate Level

All prices listed in US currency

Abstract:

Culturally responsive care is an ethical imperative and an important therapeutic relational factor.  Although disparities in mental health care outcomes are multiply determined, one potential contributor is cultural differences between clinicians and clients. One approach to bridging cultural barriers is to match clinicians to clients by cultural identity (e.g., race, ethnicity); however, given that the healthcare workforce does not reflect the diverse cultural identities of the treatment seeking population, matching may not always be feasible. An alternative to matching is to better prepare clinicians to provide therapy that is responsive to the cultural identities of each client. This webinar will highlight considerations for adapting interventions to be responsive to clients’ cultural context. Dr. Calloway will discuss the foundation of providing culturally responsive psychotherapy, how culturally-specific stressors may impact mental health, and ways that cognitive and behavioral interventions can be used to lessen distress associated with culturally-specific stressors. Throughout the presentation, Dr. Calloway will use real-world clinical examples to connect these important concepts to practical, applied approaches. The webinar aims to help clinicians feel empowered to use CBT interventions in a manner that is responsive to clients’ cultural identities and contexts.

Presenter Biography:

Amber Calloway, Ph.D (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in community mental health settings. She is faculty in The Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science, a public-academic partnership aimed at increasing access to CBT and other evidence-based practices (EBPs) in under-resourced community settings. Under this umbrella, Dr. Calloway is a training instructor in the Penn Beck Community Initiative, a program of implementation and research to foster high-quality, sustainable CBT in community mental health care services for diverse levels of care and client populations. Dr. Calloway’s research and clinical work have focused on culturally responsive approaches to the implementation of CBT. Dr. Calloway is deeply passionate about enhancing the quality of behavioral health treatments provided to marginalized populations.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this workshop, the learner will be able to:

1.  Discuss the rationale for a culturally responsive approach to CBT; 

2.  Identify ways of broaching discussions of cultural identity in CBT; 

3.  Describe how cognitive and behavioral interventions can be tailored to address culturally specific stressors

Recommended Readings:

1. Day-Vines, N. L., Wood, S. M., Grothaus, T., Craigen, L., Holman, A., Dotson-Blake, K., & Douglass, M. J. (2016). Broaching the subjects of race, ethnicity, and culture during the counseling process. Journal of Counseling & Development, 85(4), 401-409

2.  Lee, E., Greenblatt, A., Hu, R., Johnstone, M., & Kourgiantakis, T. (2022). Microskills of broaching and bridging in cross-cultural psychotherapy: Locating therapy skills in the epistemic domain toward fostering epistemic justice. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 92(3), 310–321. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000610

3.  Steele, J. M. (2020). A CBT approach to internalized racism among African Americans. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 42(3), 217–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-020-09402-0

4.  Huey, S. J., Jr, Park, A. L., Galán, C. A., & Wang, C. X. (2023). Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Ethnically Diverse Populations. Annual review of clinical psychology, 19, 51–78. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-080921-072750

5.  Pan, D., Huey, S. J., Jr, & Hernandez, D. (2011). Culturally adapted versus standard exposure treatment for phobic Asian Americans: Treatment efficacy, moderators, and predictors. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 17(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022534

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All attendees will receive a certificate of completion when the course requirements are satisfied. Certificate of completion is included in the cost of the webinar

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For more information, contact:

Rachel Lamb, ABCT Membership and Marketing Manager
212-647-1890 ext. 209
rlamb@abct.org

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