Connecting Cultures: A training model promoting evidence-based psychological services for refugees.
Connecting Cultures: A training model promoting evidence-based psychological services for refugees.
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连接文化:促进为难民提供循证心理服务的培训模式。
DOI:
10.1037/tep0000071
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发表时间:
2014
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2
通讯作者:
Harder,ValerieS
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文献类型:
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作者:
Fondacaro,KarenM;Harder,ValerieS
Training clinical psychology graduate students in providing effective psychological services to refugees can be extremely complex. The training approach requires a culturally sensitive framework, potential modification of empirically validated techniques, and flexibility on the part of trainees and supervisors. Connecting Cultures is a program that creates a culturally sensitive context from which trainees can learn to effectively work with refugees within a social justice framework and the ecological model of human development. Connecting Cultures graduate students provide both community-based outreach and direct clinical services to meet the mental health needs of refugees in the Northeast region of the United States. The primary aim of this manuscript is to provide an overview of Connecting Cultures’ training and supervision model; highlight the importance of working with cultural consultants, interpreters, and community elders; and discuss the impact this work has on clinical psychology graduate students. A secondary aim is to describe our method for evidence-based psychological assessment and to present preliminary outcome data from our graduate students. Strengths of the Connecting Cultures program include its clinical and research efforts with refugees from over 20 countries and its ability to flexibly incorporate alternative therapeutic frameworks such as acceptance and commitment therapy. Finally, the manuscript concludes by providing the implications of our work in attempting to meet the mental health needs of refugees after resettlement.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)