Integrating Cultural Sensitivity/Humility into Psychotherapy-Resource Handout

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The “APA Looking Beyond” series session, <strong>Integrating Cultural Sensitivity and Humility into Psychotherapy</strong>, features Dr. Neil Aggarwal, Dr. Helena Hansen, and Dr. Larry Merkel.

The materials point clinicians to resources on culturally responsive mental health care, including the APA’s Cultural Formulation Interview, SAMHSA guidance on improving cultural competence, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, and the Structural Competency Working Group.

Suggested scientific readings address cultural adaptations to cognitive behavioral therapy, whether cultural sensitivity is best understood as a therapeutic technique or attitude, cultural competence in psychotherapy, structural factors that contribute to health disparities, and cultural influences on mental health treatment. Together, the resources emphasize attending to patients’ cultural contexts and recognizing how social and structural conditions shape mental health and care.

Keywords

cultural sensitivity

cultural humility

psychotherapy

mental health care

APA Cultural Formulation Interview

cultural competence

SAMHSA

health disparities

structural competency

culturally responsive care