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Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved

Challenges and Strategies

Edited by Jeffrey Zimmerman, Jeffrey E. Barnett, and Linda Campbell

Addresses treatment issues for unique populations (i.e. those who have faced natural and man-made disasters, civilians and refugees of war, those discriminated against by religion, etc.)
Offers an overview and existing strategies for treating marginalized groups that can be replicated by readers in their own communities
Explores current research and considers additional, less often employed methodologies, like tele-health treatment, in the area of mental health disparities

Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved

Challenges and Strategies

Edited by Jeffrey Zimmerman, Jeffrey E. Barnett, and Linda Campbell

Section 1: Underserved by Systemic Factors
Chapter 1: Health Systems Issues and the Underserved
Gordon I. Herz and Charles Gaba
Chapter 2: Delivering Psychological Services to Military Members
K.C. Kalmbach and Bret A. Moore
Chapter 3: Delivering Mental Health Assistance in the Wake of Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Alec Cecil
Section 2: Underserved Due to Discrimination
Chapter 4: Serving the Underserved: Delivering Culturally Appropriate Psychotherapy to Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Changming Duan
Chapter 5: Bringing Psychotherapy to People Living in Poverty
Linda F. Campbell and Emily Selby-Nelson
Chapter 6: Out of the Shadows: Improving Health Care for Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse Individuals
Douglas C. Haldeman
Chapter 7: Delivering Psychological Services to Religious and Spiritual Clients
Gina Magyar-Russell
Section 3: People in Transition and Underserved Locations

Chapter 8: Delivering Psychological Services to Refugees Resettled in the United States
Johanna Nilsson, Sally Stratmann, Aurora Molitoris, Marcella A. Beaumont and Jessica Horine
Chapter 9: Bringing Psychotherapy to Immigrants
Hamid Mirsalimi
Chapter 10: Providing Psychotherapy in Rural Areas
Tracy J. Cohn and Pei-Chun Tsai
Chapter 11: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Underserved Latin Americans
Héctor Fernández Álvarez, Maria del Pilar Grazioso, Diana Kirszman, Meri Lubina and Rodney Goodyear
Section 4: Overlooked or "Invisible" Peoples

Chapter 12: Delivering Mental Health Services to Children and Adolescents
Ric G. Steele
Chapter 13: Psychotherapy with the Underserved Older Adult Population
Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Bruna Martins
Chapter 14: Psychotherapy for Developmental Disabilities
Jonathan M. Campbell and Angela Scarpa
Section 5: Other Challenges
Chapter 15: Ethics Issues and Challenges When Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved
Jeffrey E. Barnett
Chapter 16: From Exploratory to Experimental: Matching Method to Need in Research with Underserved Populations
Elizabeth Nutt Williams

Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved

Challenges and Strategies

Edited by Jeffrey Zimmerman, Jeffrey E. Barnett, and Linda Campbell

Author Information

Edited by Jeffrey Zimmerman, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington School of Medicine, Jeffrey E. Barnett, Professor, Department of Psychology, Loyola University Maryland, and Linda Campbell, Professor, Counseling Program, University of Georgia

Jeffrey Zimmerman has provided psychotherapy for over 35 years. In 2017 he was President of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, Division 29 of the American Psychological Association. One of his presidential initiatives was a focus on bringing psychotherapy to the underserved. Jeffrey E. Barnett is a licensed psychologist who has been in practice for 35 years. He is a distinguished practitioner of the National Academies of Practice, as well as the Associate Dean for the Social Sciences and Graduate Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences of Loyola University Maryland. Linda F. Campbell is a professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education at the University of Georgia where she is also director of the Center for Counseling training clinic, which serves a regional population. She is vice-president of the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and the chair of the APA Ethics Code Revision Task Force.

Contributors:

Jeffrey E. Barnett, PsyD, ABPP
Loyola College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
Loyola University Maryland

Marcella A. Beaumont, MA
Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Jonathan M. Campbell, PhD
Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
University of Kentucky

Linda F. Campbell, PhD
The University of Georgia

Alec Cecil, EdD
Psychologist and Volunteer in Disaster Mental Health for the American Red Cross

Tracy J. Cohn, PhD
Radford University

Changming Duan, PhD, ABPP
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Kansas

Héctor Fernandez-Alvarez, PhD
Fundación Aigle

Charles Gaba, BS
ACASignups.net

Rodney Goodyear, PhD
University of Redlands

Douglas C. Haldeman, PhD
John F. Kennedy University

Gordon I. Herz, PhD
Forward Psychology Group, LLC
Independent practice

Jessica Horine, BA
Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City

K.C. Kalmbach, PhD
Texas A & M University-San Antonio

Diana Kirszman, PhD
Fundación Aigle

Meri Lubina, MA
Proyecto Aiglé Guatemala & Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

Gina Magyar-Russell, PhD
Department of Pastoral Counseling
Loyola University Maryland

Bruna Martins, PhD
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Hamid Mirsalimi, PhD, ABPP />Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine

Aurora Molitoris, MPH, MA
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP
Boulder Crest Institute

Johanna E. Nilsson, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Maria del Pilar Grazioso, PhD
Proyecto Aiglé Guatemala & Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

Angela Scarpa, PhD
Virginia Tech Department of Psychology
VT Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research

Emily Selby-Nelson, PsyD
Director of Behavioral Health, Cabin Creek Health Systems
Sissonville Health Center

Ric G. Steele, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Child Psychology Program
University of Kansas

Sally Stratmann, BA
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Pei-Chun Tsai, PhD
Radford University

Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, ABPP
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Elizabeth Nutt Williams, PhD
St. Mary's College of Maryland

Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved

Challenges and Strategies

Edited by Jeffrey Zimmerman, Jeffrey E. Barnett, and Linda Campbell

Reviews and Awards

"An important collection of essays dedicated to highlighting systemic and contextual factors that may influence or hinder accessibility to psychotherapy as well as impact experiences in treatment. This book is a critical resource for anyone engaging in service work with individuals belonging to underserved and systemically marginalized groups." - Choice

"Too many societal groups suffer from a lack of access to adequate mental health services. Too often, practitioners and policy makers fail to recognize the nature and scope of service needs, or lack awareness of what they might do to help address the problem. This book provides an excellent guide to identifying and assisting in addressing and resolving such difficulties. A broad range of chapters by experts in systemic, discriminatory, geographical, migratory, and age-related barriers to quality mental health care offer details and guidance. I highly recommend the volume to those concerned about assisting underserved diverse populations." - Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP, Former President, American Psychological Association (2006), Provost, Quincy College

"Louis Pasteur famously said that one should not ask those who suffer what is their country or what is their religion. Drs. Zimmerman, Barnett, and Campbell emphatically endorse this commitment to treating effectively all who suffer from mental disorders regardless of their socioeconomic status, ethnic/racial identity, sexual orientation, geographic location, religious affiliation, chronological age, national origin, and the like. A brilliant book that helps us see the 'invisible' and treat the 'underserved' among us. You will not read a more important mental health book than this!" - John C. Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Scranton

"I have spent my professional life working for the betterment of marginalized, disenfranchised, and underserved people. This book speaks to the heart of my values and purpose. Veterans, sexual minorities, people living in poverty, rural, international, ethnic and racial minorities and others are given voice. Readers become aware of barriers and challenges and importantly effective treatment plans tailored to these populations. I am thrilled that this book captures the spirit and resilience of these people and gives them visibility." - Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, ABPP, Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology & Research, The University of Memphis