Re-Visioning Immigrant Couple Therapy: Immigrant Couples in the United States and Telebehavioral Health

Abstract

This article aimed to address the following question: In what specific ways, can couple therapists improve their work with immigrant couples via telebehavioral health (TBH)? This article offers perspectives from experience working with immigrant couples via telehealth, which include key barriers to using in-person therapy for immigrant couples, the effectiveness of TBH for immigrant couples, and consideration for couple therapists as they venture into TBH with immigrant couples. With a focus on the expansion of services, one way to improve health equity for immigrant couples and bridge the gap between the traditional health care system and couples in undeserved communities is by developing TBH systems, which may lead to increase access to care for clients as well as expand provider options and resources.

Inclusion and anti‐racism work as performance or deep work? It literally is either‐or: A qualitative study in the CFT field

“…At the same time, we need to be mindful of the ethical aspects of working with marginalized populations and ensure that as we study them, we also give back to them (e.g., publishing the work and making implications out of it). In addition, we need to be mindful of how the development of diversity training and all of the different theories and models changed many years ago (Rajaei & Sahebi, 2021). Ultimately, there is not enough data to explore how it is going in our field, and the modification of current theories is essential for increasing deep inclusive work.…”