A pilot trial of an LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for transgender and gender expansive individuals’ mental, behavioral, and sexual health
Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Filimon M, Chiaramonte D, Leonard S, Dogaru B, Pana E, Pruneanu C, Pachankis J. A pilot trial of an LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for transgender and gender expansive individuals’ mental, behavioral, and sexual health. Behavior Therapy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive-behavioral therapyMinority stressAnxiety symptomsPreliminary efficacyTGE individualsCisgender sexual minorityTherapeutic allianceTrained psychologistsEvidence-based interventionsBaseline to follow-upTreatment relevanceRisk mechanismsImprove psychosocial healthGender-expansive individualsTGE youthSexual minoritiesAnxietyNorth American contextDepressionRandomized controlled trialsContext of RomaniaPsychosocial healthHealth outcomesFollow-upExit interviewsSexual Orientation Microaggression Rating Scale (SOMRS): Development and Association With Alliance Ruptures
Sergi J, Babl A, Warren J, Pachankis J, Eubanks C. Sexual Orientation Microaggression Rating Scale (SOMRS): Development and Association With Alliance Ruptures. Psychotherapy 2024, 61: 191-197. PMID: 39115920, PMCID: PMC11315359, DOI: 10.1037/pst0000536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual minority clientsWithdrawal rupturesMinority clientsRating ScaleIn-session behaviorCognitive behavioral treatmentGood interrater reliabilitySexual orientation microaggressionsSexual minority individualsAlliance rupturesTherapeutic allianceBehavioral treatmentSessions of treatmentReducing depressionSubstance useSelf-reportObservational measuresMinority individualsInterrater reliabilityMicroaggressionsBisexual menSexual orientationSessionsClientsAnxiety