Recovery Through Inhibitory Learning, Self-Efficacy Building, Problem Solving, and Community Building

NCT07217795 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-12-09

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Summary

This is a two-part study to develop and test a brief, virtual therapy program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people who have experienced trauma and use alcohol.

Phase 1: You'll be invited to share your perspective to help make the program relevant, inclusive, and affirming.

Phase 2: You may have the opportunity to try the adapted program by receiving free virtual therapy with LGBTQ+-affirming therapists.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
  • PTSD

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CBT + expressive writing

This study will test a remotely delivered intervention combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Expressive Writing (EW) to address unhealthy alcohol use and traumatic stress among sexual minority women (SMW; e.g., lesbian, bisexual women) and transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals. The intervention, called Recovery through Inhibitory Learning, Self-Efficacy Building, Problem-Solving, and Community Building (RISE), integrates CBT modules on assertiveness, problem-solving in high-risk situations, and building social connections with a brief EW program tailored to SMW and TGD participants. Four modules from the Unified Protocol (UP), a transdiagnostic CBT approach, will be adapted: (1) psychoeducation, goal setting, and motivational enhancement; (2) mindful emotional awareness; (3) cognitive flexibility; and (4) countering emotion-driven behaviors.

BEHAVIORAL

Wait-List Control

Participants assigned to the wait-list will not receive active treatment during the study period but will be offered the RISE intervention afterward.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rhode Island Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Rhode Island

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-30
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2028-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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