Assessing Mental Health Providers' Clinical Knowledge and Skills Via an Online Training on LGBTQ-affirmative Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: LGBTQ

Treatments: Behavioral: LGBTQ-affirmative CBT training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04559698

2000028914

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the proposed study is to train mental health providers (MHPs) at lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community centers across the United States in evidence-based, LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

Full description

The purpose of the proposed study is to train mental health providers (MHPs) at LGBTQ community centers across the United States in evidence-based, LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the LGBTQ-affirmative CBT training increases LGBTQ and CBT knowledge, clinical skills, and cultural humility among a sample of MHPs from LGBTQ community centers in the U.S. The proposed prospective study will follow a 2-arm waitlist randomized-controlled trial design where one group of MHPs will be randomized to receive the intervention training (i.e., the immediate training group) in LGBTQ-affirmative CBT, and the second group of MHPs will be randomized to a waitlist control group.

The proposed mixed-methods study will consist of predominantly quantitative self-report measures, as well as a qualitative self-assessment of participants' LGBTQ-affirmative CBT clinical skills. All study measures will be administered online at three time points-- baseline, 4-months post-baseline, and 8-months post-baseline (changed prior to randomization from 3-months and 6-months, respectively)-- via the secure Yale Qualtrics survey software.

Enrollment: 121 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18+ years old
• Fluent in English
• Mental health provider (including, but not limited to licensed practicing counselors, licensed clinical social workers, licensed marital and family therapists, clinical/counseling psychologists, pre-doctoral psychology interns, third-year or greater graduate practicum students/externs)
• Currently practicing in an LGBTQ community center that is coordinated by CenterLink, the coordinating hub for LGBTQ community centers in the U.S.

Exclusion criteria

• • Individuals unwilling or unable to give informed consent at the time of participation and/or not fitting the eligibility criteria outlined above

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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121 participants in 2 patient groups

immediate training group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will take part in 11-week LGBTQ-affirmative CBT training via Zoom for 1-hour per week. The participants in the immediate training group will take part in the first 11-week course.

Treatment:

Behavioral: LGBTQ-affirmative CBT training

waitlist control group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will take part in 11-week LGBTQ-affirmative CBT training via Zoom for 1-hour per week. The participants in the waitlist control group will take part in the second 11-week course.

Treatment:

Behavioral: LGBTQ-affirmative CBT training