Developing Therapists' Multicultural Orientation Using Web-Based Deliberate Practice: An Initial Feasibility, Usability, and Acceptability Study.

ABSTRACT: The value of skillfully adopting a multicultural orientation (MCO) in psychotherapy has been increasingly recognized. Deliberate practice methods may be helpful in developing this capacity, but limited opportunities for practice and feedback exist. The current study provided an initial test of the feasibility, usability, and acceptability of a self-guided, web-based deliberate practice tool designed to support the development of therapists' MCO: MCO Deliberate Practice Online (MCO-O). This tool included brief didactic instructions along with opportunities to practice responding to video vignettes of actors portraying clients discussing cultural topics in psychotherapy. A sample of therapists and trainees (n = 287) visited the MCO-O website and consented to the study. Recruitment thr

SUBMITTER: Williams CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11573355 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature