Martin La Roche, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Martin La Roche, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
Undergraduate School
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
1987
Caracas
Venezuela
Graduate School
University of Massachusetts at Boston
1996
Boston
MA
Internship
McLean Hospital
1996
Belmont
MA
Certifications
American Board of Professional Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
Professional History
I have worked at the Boston Children's Hospital at the Martha Eliot for the last 28 years. I also have maintained a private practice in Cambridge for 27 years.
Approach to Care
I believe in providing families and youth with excellent comprehensive care that includes families and communities that can improve a child's well-being. To do so I not only help children by using the most advanced and effective treatments available, but I also help families learn behavioral strategies to most effectively manage their child. I have often found that enhancing families' strengths rather than solely addressing a child's dysfunctional behavior leads to better outcomes. In addition. I am able to provide culturally competent care, Finally, I am bilingual and can speak Spanish fluently.
Publications
Person-Centered Cultural Assessment Can Improve Child Mental Health Service Engagement and Outcomes. View Abstract
Examining the effectiveness of the Cultural Formulation Interview with young children: A clinical illustration. View Abstract
Intersectionality in psychotherapy: The experiences of an AfroLatinx queer immigrant. View Abstract
Patient-Provider Therapeutic Alliance Contributes to Patient Activation in Community Mental Health Clinics. View Abstract
Activation, self-management, engagement, and retention in behavioral health care: a randomized clinical trial of the DECIDE intervention. View Abstract
A culturally competent relaxation intervention for Latino/as: assessing a culturally specific match model. View Abstract
A content analyses of guided imagery scripts: a strategy for the development of cultural adaptations. View Abstract
Changing Paradigms from Empirically Supported Treatments to Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Practice: A Cultural Perspective
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Changing Paradigms from Empirically Supported Treatments to Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Practice: A Cultural Perspective View Abstract
Stop the Violence: An Empowerment Model for Adolescents View Abstract
A Contextual Model to Treat Ethnic Minorities View Abstract
Assessing the Cost Efectivness of a Culturally-Competent Relaxation Interevetnion with Latinos View Abstract
Cultural Competencies and Social Justice: Are they the same? View Abstract
Culture and Empirically Supported Treatments: On the Road to a Collision? View Abstract
Stop the Violence: An Empowerment Model for Culturally Diverse Adolescents View Abstract
Assessing the Medical Cost-Offset theory on a Culturally-Competent Relaxation Interevetnion with Latinos View Abstract
Guided Imagery with Latinos: Using relational Strategies View Abstract
Culturally sensitive guided imagery for allocentric Latinos: A Pilot Study View Abstract
A culturally competent asthma management intervention: a randomized controlled pilot study. View Abstract
Culturally sensitive guided imagery for allocentric Latinos: A pilot study. View Abstract
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study: A Culturally Competent Asthma Management Intervention View Abstract
The cultural context and the psychotherapuetic process: Towards a culturally-sensitive psychotherapy View Abstract
The committee on ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) Today View Abstract
A culturally competent psychoeducational intervention for ethnic minorities children with asthma and their families View Abstract
Guidelines to address cultural differences in psychotherapy View Abstract
Towards A Culturally Diverse Voice: Using our Cultural Strengths View Abstract
High stake exams and Latino students: Towards a culturally competent education for Latino children in the United States View Abstract
Writing and empowerment of mental health professionals View Abstract
Ethnic Minority Psychology: Connecting Possibilities View Abstract
Addressing Cultural Differences in Psychotherapy View Abstract
Committee on Ethnic Minorities Affairs of Massachusetts View Abstract
Ten Considerations in addressing cultural differences in psychotherapy View Abstract
Ethics and managed care companies with companies View Abstract
At the crossroads: managed mental health care, the ethics code, and ethnic minorities. View Abstract
Psychotherapeutic considerations in treating Latinos. View Abstract
Psychotherapuetic reccomendations in treating Latinos View Abstract
At the crossroads: The code of ethics, managed mental health care and minorities View Abstract
The asthma family program: New directions for urban children View Abstract
Psychotherapy recceomendations in treating Latinos View Abstract
The association of social relations and depression levels among Dominicans in the United States View Abstract
Culture, transference, and countertransference among Latinos View Abstract
Self-orientation and depression levels among Dominicans in the United States View Abstract
The impact of social intereactions on the depression levels of Dominicans View Abstract
Can men be relational? A study with Latino men View Abstract
Self orientation and depression levels among Dominicans in the United States View Abstract
Self-definition and depressive levels among Latinos View Abstract
Latina Mothers' and their toddlers' difficult behavior View Abstract
Latina mothers and their toddlers' difficult behavior View Abstract
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