The movement to establish uniform standards for the identification of empirically supported
treatments (EST) has contributed to an impressive growth in the number of treatments …

Forehand and Kotchick (1996) issued a wake-up call to the field to develop culturally
responsive interventions. Since that time, 11 meta-analyses on culturally adapted …

The dual influence of culturally sensitive therapies (CSTs) and empirically supported
treatments (ESTs) on clinical practitioners has grown quickly in the United States. While CST …

Highlights•Face concern and acculturation level negatively impact client disclosure in
treatment.•Minority clients preferred to be racially/ethnically matched with their …

There is a growing interest in whether and how to adapt psychotherapies to take into
account the cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic context of diverse ethnocultural groups …

The purpose of this chapter is to critically examine whether the factors that lead to becoming
an empirically supported treatment (EST) challenge the development of culturally relevant …

The need for cultural competence and the need for evidence-based practice in mental
health services are major issues in contemporary discourse, especially in the psychological …

Psychotherapy research guidelines have a profound impact on research, training, and
practice, and they also influence reimbursement decisions that can have ethical and legal …

There is a pressing need to enhance the availability and quality of mental health services
provided to persons from historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups. Many previous …

Taking cultural context into account when developing interventions for populations outside
of those for whom they were developed is considered competent (American Psychological …