This will require establishing trust and partnership with the community. Ho, Pin-Cheng Building an evidence base through high-quality research will further strengthen their argument. Therefore, practical measures to improve access and providing training in culturally adapted therapy might be the most practical way forward. The review focuses on seven case studies of cultural adaptations of CBT for social anxiety disorder (SAD) for a culturally diverse population published separately. James, Kirsty (Reference Skerven, Whicker and LeMaire2019) report adaptation of DBT to address the needs of service users with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations who have experienced sexual stigma. pause before claiming cultural This declaration asserts that cultural pluralism pre-supposes respect for human rights. A systematic review of interventions for treating depression in Muslim patients reported that many studies do not distinguish between beliefs and values that are religious and those that are cultural, and that most of the evidence was methodologically weak or included assertions made without qualification (Walpole et al., Reference Walpole, McMillan, House, Cottrell and Mir2013). Authors suggest that there can be significant benefits for services to provide IAPT training to people already providing culturally specific services. It makes common sense that experienced health professionals regardless of their background can offer extra advantages to their service users if they transition to the IAPT. Scotton, Isabela Lamante Raphael Kada (Kada, Reference Kada2019) describes his experience of providing CBT for the Jewish community. Followed by their pioneering work, more studies have been published from Tanzania (ODonnell et al., Reference ODonnell, Dorsey, Gong, Ostermann, Whetten, Cohen and Whetten2014; Woods-Jaeger et al., Reference Woods-Jaeger, Kava, Akiba, Lucid and Dorsey2017). Are You Culturally Appropriating Buddhism? | by The Stigma and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity have a severe impact on the mental health of LGBTQ+ people (Meyer, Reference Meyer2003). It has been proposed that our knowledge of language use can be used as a source of technologies for investigating the process of psychotherapy (Russell, Reference Russell1989). They suggest that CBT compliments many aspects of military culture, for example agenda setting (emphasis on the daily structure), explicit goals for treatment (focus on mission completion) and focus on skill training (development of strengths).