Affirmative Family and Individual Psychotherapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents

Description

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).

Conditions

Mental Health Issue, Parent-Child Relations

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Study overview

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).

Affirmative Family and Individual Psychotherapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents

Affirmative Family and Individual Psychotherapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents

Condition
Mental Health Issue
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New York

Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative with the Yale School of Public Health Office, New York, New York, United States, 10001

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility 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 disorder (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, Connecticut, or Israel.
  • * report current mental health treatment ≥1 day/month (except for medication management ≤1 day/week)
  • * report beginning a new medication within the past 30 days
  • * exhibit active psychosis or active mania, as assessed by the DIAMOND.
  • * exhibit active suicidality or active homicidality, as assessed by the SIDAS and DIAMOND
  • * be currently legally mandated to attend treatment
  • * demonstrate gross cognitive impairment, as assessed with the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
  • * do not have a parent willing to participate

Ages Eligible for Study

20 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

John E Pachankis, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University

Gary M Diamond, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Study Record Dates

2027-06-30