Resource Available: Cultural Adaptation in Psychotherapy in UK

Behavioural Activation Manuel for Depression, tailer-made for Muslim Community: https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/131/results_and_resources_for_addressing_depression_in_muslim_communities

Vietnamese community ACT program (Hackney)A culturally adapted 7‑session ACT group protocol co-produced with the local Vietnamese diaspora, designed to improve acceptability and engagement SAGE Journals.

Southampton Adaptation Framework (Dr Farooq Naeem)

This systematic framework guides cultural adaptation of CBT, used globally and referenced in NHS IAPT policy Culturally adapted CBT – the evolution of psychotherapy adaptation frameworks and evidence | the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Cambridge Core

Culturally-adapted therapy improved postnatal depression in British South Asian women

Culturally-adapted therapy improved postnatal depression

Refugees and asylum seekers

A protocol for managing dissociative symptoms in refugee populations

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-cognitive-behaviour-therapist/article/protocol-for-managing-dissociative-symptoms-in-refugee-populations/1B09AB58101DF7AD547C6B72AFD5D16F

Cultural Adaptation of CBT:

Southampton Adaptation Framework to Culturally Adapt Cognitive Behaviour Therapy An Update

Southampton Adaptation Framework to Culturally Adapt Cognitive Behavior Therapy

There are two special issues by BABCP below, there are a lot of articles regarding The cultural adaptation of CBT

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-cognitive-behaviour-therapist/special-issues/cultural-adaptations-of-cbt

Being an anti-racist CBT Therapist:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-cognitive-behaviour-therapist/special-issues/being-an-anti-racist-cbt-therapist?sort=onlinePublicationDate%3Adesc&pageNum=1&searchWithinIds=D53710D2F4DF85FA4A6CCE5E8A51A2A3&productType=JOURNAL_ARTICLE&template=cambridge-core%2Fjournal%2Farticle-listings%2Flistings-wrapper&hideArticleJournalMetaData=false&displayNasaAds=false

POLICY and GUIDE:

Ethnic Inequalities in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme: a policy review

Ethnic Inequalities in IAPT Policy Review

Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) Positive Practice Guide (IAPT, 2019)

This guide provides practical steps for embedding cultural responsiveness:

• Ensuring culturally welcoming environments: e.g., posters, information in preferred languages.

• Asking about cultural identity and background during assessment.

• Signposting to community resources (housing, income, literacy support).

• Differentiating between culturally adapted therapies (tailored by cultural insiders) and broader culturally responsive adaptations Reddit+12ResearchGate+12Nice+12.