Affirmative Family and Individual Psychotherapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents
Yale University
Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of an LGBTQ-affirmative individual cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) and LGBTQ-affirmative family therapy (attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults; ABFT-SGM) delivered via telehealth to a sample of sexual and gender minority adults with nonaccepting parent(s) in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Israel. The investigators will assess whether both treatments are associated with significant decreases in depressive and anxiety symptoms. The investigators will also assess whether and how each treatment achieves reductions in mental health symptoms through specific mechanisms (e.g., rejection sensitivity, internalized stigma, emotion dysregulation, parental rejection and acceptance).
Description
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and purported change mechanisms in an LGBTQ-affirmative individual cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) and LGBTQ-affirmative family therapy (attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults; ABFT-SGM) delivered via telehealth to a sample of sexual and gender minority adults in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Israel. In this 2-arm randomized clinical trial (RCT), participants will receive 16 weekly sessions of either LGBTQ-affirmative CBT or ABFT-SGM. Investigators will assess whether both treatments ar…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 20+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * be 20 and older * be fluent in English * self-identify as lesbian, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or other non-heterosexual identity * currently experience elevated depressive or anxiety symptoms (screened initially using a cutoff of ≥ 2.5 on the Brief Symptom Inventory-4 and further confirmed by the BDI and BAI). * report at least moderate levels of parental rejection or low levels of parental acceptance, as measured using the PARSOS. * have at least one rejecting/nonaccepting parent that agrees to participate in the therapy. * live in New York State, Pennsylvania, Connect…
Interventions
- BehavioralLGBTQ-affirmative CBT
16-session LGBTQ-affirmative psychotherapy using cognitive behavioral techniques
- BehavioralABFT-SGM
16-session attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents
Locations (2)
- Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative with the Yale School of Public Health OfficeNew York, New York
- Ben-Gurion University Psychotherapy Research LabBeersheba