Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved examines the challenging problem of providing psychotherapy services to underserved, often marginalized populations, both within and outside of the US. The book begins by addressing systemic factors that prevent certain populations from accessing services (health system issues, issues relating to the military, and natural and man-made disasters). Expert contributors then addresses those underserved due to discrimination (ethnic minorities, the economically disadvantaged, sexual and gender minorities, and so on). The following section of the book focuses on populations in transition and in undeserved locations (civilians and refugees of war, immigrants, and those in rural areas). Next are addressed those people who are often overlooked, such as children, older adults, and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each of these chapters discusses the scope of the problem, barriers to service delivery, creating cultural competency, effective strategies and empirically-supported treatments, and future steps. The book closes by addressing ethical and research challenges relevant to bringing psychotherapy services to these groups.

Section 1: Underserved by Systemic FactorsChapter 1: Health Systems Issues and the UnderservedGordon I. Herz and Charles GabaChapter 2: Delivering Psychological Services to Military MembersK.C. Kalmbach and Bret A. MooreChapter 3: Delivering Mental Health Assistance in the Wake of Natural and Man-Made DisastersAlec CecilSection 2: Underserved Due to DiscriminationChapter 4: Serving the Underserved: Delivering Culturally Appropriate Psychotherapy to Racial and Ethnic MinoritiesChangming DuanChapter 5: Bringing Psychotherapy to People Living in PovertyLinda F. Campbell and Emily Selby-NelsonChapter 6: Out of the Shadows: Improving Health Care for Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse IndividualsDouglas C. HaldemanChapter 7: Delivering Psychological Services to Religious and Spiritual ClientsGina Magyar-RussellSection 3: People in Transition and Underserved LocationsChapter 8: Delivering Psychological Services to Refugees Resettled in the United StatesJohanna Nilsson, Sally Stratmann, Aurora Molitoris, Marcella A. Beaumont and Jessica HorineChapter 9: Bringing Psychotherapy to ImmigrantsHamid MirsalimiChapter 10: Providing Psychotherapy in Rural AreasTracy J. Cohn and Pei-Chun TsaiChapter 11: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Underserved Latin AmericansH?ctor Fern?ndez ?lvarez, Maria del Pilar Grazioso, Diana Kirszman, Meri Lubina and Rodney GoodyearSection 4: Overlooked or "Invisible" PeoplesChapter 12: Delivering Mental Health Services to Children and AdolescentsRic G. SteeleChapter 13: Psychotherapy with the Underserved Older Adult PopulationSusan Krauss Whitbourne and Bruna MartinsChapter 14: Psychotherapy for Developmental DisabilitiesJonathan M. Campbell and Angela ScarpaSection 5: Other ChallengesChapter 15: Ethics Issues and Challenges When Bringing Psychotherapy to the UnderservedJeffrey E. BarnettChapter 16: From Exploratory to Experimental: Matching Method to Need in Research with Underserved PopulationsElizabeth Nutt Williams