A5010623016- Community Health and Development
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Representations and Identity
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
McGill University
2018-2025
University of Michigan
2010-2018
University of Washington
2017-2018
Seattle Indian Health Board
2017
Brigham Young University
2007
The American Indian historical trauma (HT) concept is an important precursor to racial (RT) theory that reflects the distinct interests of sovereign Indigenous nations but shares much same promise and challenge. Here, challenge explored by tracing HT's theoretical development in terms its anticolonial ambitions organizing ideas. Three predominant modes engaging HT were distilled form literature (HT as a clinical condition, life stressor, critical discourse), each informing research program...
This conceptual article addresses "best practices" for Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. topic is "thorny" both pragmatically (e.g., rare representation clinical trials) ethically ongoing settler colonialism).We outline four potential approaches, or "paths," conceptualizing best practices psychotherapy: (a) limiting psychotherapy to empirically supported treatments, (b) prioritizing use of culturally adapted interventions, (c) focusing on common factors psychotherapy, (d)...
Multicultural professional psychologists routinely assert that psychotherapeutic interventions require culturally competent delivery for ethnoracial minority clients to protect the distinctive cultural orientations of these clients. Dominant disciplinary conceptualizations competence are “kind person” models emphasize specialized awareness, knowledge, and skills on part practitioner. Even within psychology, this approach is controversial owing misgivings concerning its essentialist...
Given the increasing proportion of ethnic minority individuals in United States and psychology's historical reliance on theories derived from Euro American populations, it is important to monitor status cultural diversity research. We conducted a 10-year follow-up Hall Maramba's (2001) report cross-cultural (CC) (EM) publication trends. Comparing data 1993–1999 2003–2009, we found that research CC EM issues continues be underrepresented literature, particularly top-tier journals. The...
Abstract The US has witnessed significant growth among urban American Indian (AI) populations in recent decades, and concerns have been raised that these face equal or greater degrees of disadvantage than their reservation counterparts. Surprisingly little AI research community work documented the literature, even less written about influences settings on community‐based with populations. Given deep commitments psychology to empowering disadvantaged groups understanding impact contextual...
In recent years psychologists have been increasingly concerned about potentially harmful therapy, yet this discourse has not addressed issues that long voiced by the multicultural counseling and psychotherapy movement. We aim to begin bring these seemingly disparate discourses of harm into greater conversation with one another, in service placing discipline on a firmer foothold its considerations therapy. After reviewing two exploring reasons for their divergence, we argue they operate...
This commentary focuses on how some Indigenous communities in the United States (U.S.) and Canada are addressing opioid epidemic within context of COVID-19 pandemic, from perspective co-authors as researchers, clinicians, pharmacists working or among three eastern Canadian provinces two western U.S. states. The pandemic has likely exacerbated use problems communities, especially for individuals with acute distress comorbid mental illness, who need withdrawal management residential services....
The field of clinical-psychological science exists in a broader psychology that is increasingly acknowledged as embedded racist and white-supremacist history. In the production science, clinical model predominates one most influential scientific voices emphasizes value rigorous theory, training, praxis. We highlight some ways which has neglected anti-racism. By examining idiosyncratic development we outline how its failure to contend with systemic racism propagates subdiscipline. Our hope by...
Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is typically delivered in group format, but clinical research focuses on individual therapy. This exploratory study narrows this gap through a survey of 566 SUD clinicians the United States, concerning most commonly used practices, attitudes about evidence-based treatments (EBTs), and beliefs addiction. Clinicians reported high open groups, moderately utilization EBT moderate questionable practices. Clinicians' EBTs addiction were correlated with...
Many Indigenous communities are concerned with substance use (SU) problems and eager to advance effective solutions for their prevention treatment. Yet these also about the perpetuation of colonizing, disorder-focused, stigmatizing approaches mental health, social narratives related SU problems. Foundational principles community psychology-ecological perspectives, empowerment, sociocultural competence, inclusion partnership, reflective practice-provide useful frameworks informing ethical...
In its policy rationale for evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP), the APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice claims to have constituted itself with "scientists and practitioners from a wide range of perspectives traditions, reflecting diverse within field" (p. 273). We applaud this attention diversity but contend that an entire perspective debate was omitted Force's newly approved underlying report. The failure consider philosophy science led make number...
The field of clinical psychological science exists within a broader psychology, which is increasingly acknowledged as embedded in racist and white supremacist history. In the production science, Clinical Science Model predominates one most influential scientific voices that emphasizes value rigorous theory, training, praxis. We highlight some ways has neglected antiracism. By examining idiosyncratic development we outline how its failure to contend with systemic racism propagates...
This secondary data analysis explored predictors and outcomes of having a 12-step sponsor among individuals receiving treatment for stimulant use disorders, inclusive four types groups (Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Cocaine Crystal Meth Anonymous).For multisite randomized clinical trial, participants (N = 471; 59% women) were recruited adult patients in 10 U.S. community programs. Participants into as usual (TAU) or facilitation (TSF) intervention: Stimulant Abuser Groups to Engage 12-Step...
The authors present a narrative case study of an urban American Indian male college student who integrated Indigenous and professional therapies during acute period stress, loss, depression. As the first published in context, this article expands on previous clinical cases by focusing client’s perspective relative to his own conceptions help-seeking behaviors. Based qualitative analysis five audio-recorded interviews, utilizes innovative methodology portray four approaches healing...