The exploration of clinicians’ lived experiences in culturally adapting empirically supported treatments for American Indian and Alaska Native populations

dc.contributor.authorRides At The Door, Maegan
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-22T18:50:30Z
dc.date.available2021-02-22T18:50:30Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the lived experiences of clinicians who have culturally adapted Empirically Supported Treatments (EST) for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) populations. The central research question for this investigation was: What is the experience of mental health providers in culturally adapting empirically supported treatments for American Indian and Alaska Native populations? A guided semi-structured interview protocol was used to interview eight participants. Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological psychological method was used to develop a general psychological structure representing eight essential constituents. They are: developing an understanding of cultural adaptation, focusing on building and maintaining therapeutic relationships, immersion and engagement with community, experiencing conflict between Western and Indigenous epistemology, navigating the use of empirically supported treatments, supporting traditional and culturally developed ways of healing, clinicians’ ability to embody cultural humility and increase cultural competency, and coping with external factors. Implications for practitioners, treatment developers, funders, academic programs, clients, and the counseling field are provided. Lastly, recommendations derived directly from the data, arising from limitations of the study, based on delimitations, and those relevant to the research problem are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRides At The Door, M. (2019). The exploration of clinicians’ lived experiences in culturally adapting empirically supported treatments for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11346. University of Montana.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11346/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4995
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Montanaen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectAlaska nativesen_US
dc.subjecttreatmenten_US
dc.subjectcultural adaptationen_US
dc.subjectNative Americansen_US
dc.subjectmental health providersen_US
dc.titleThe exploration of clinicians’ lived experiences in culturally adapting empirically supported treatments for American Indian and Alaska Native populationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files