Affirmative Family and Individual Psychotherapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents
Yale University
124 participants
Aug 13, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- 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, Connecticut, or Israel.
Exclusion Criteria7
- 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 SCID-Psych Screen.
- exhibit active suicidality or active homicidality, as assessed by the SIDAS
- 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
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Interventions
16-session LGBTQ-affirmative psychotherapy using cognitive behavioral techniques
16-session attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents
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NCT05766592