Table 1:

Key components of a minority stress intervention

Structure
	Brief format
	Structured and directive sessions
	Between session assignments to encourage generalization of
	skills, behavioral experiments, and tracking of events,
	thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Minority stress processes
	Discrimination/mistreatment/microaggressions
	Anticipation of discrimination or mistreatment/ hypervigilance
	Concealment or openness about identity
	Internalized stigma
Specific methods and processes
	History gathering about minority statuses and pertinent
	minority stress experiences
	Psychoeducation about minority stress and its impacts on
	physical and mental health
	Psychoeducation about the cognitive behavioral model
	Reduction of avoidance behaviors
	Identification and evaluation of cognitions
	Thought replacement
	Matching coping to the situation
	Skills for relaxation and distress tolerance
	Accurate assessment of safety in the present
	Acceptance
	Values clarification
	Conscious decision making in line with values
	Mindfulness: focused attention
	Mindfulness: thought observation
	Confrontation of others or speaking up
	Getting emotional support from others
	Reappraising events to identify positive benefits
	Attending to positive emotional experiences
	Summarization