Mamta Dadlani, Ph.D.
Multicultural Consultation and Training
Mental health clinics, academic institutions, and businesses are begining to recognize the importance of the cultural diversity of their staff and the populations they serve. However, organizations are often at a loss as to how best honor and utilize this diversity to benefit all of those involved. My approach to trainings and consultations utilizes an intersectional framework that allows for the consideration of multiple social experiences across the organization. I help organizations to consider the roles of race, class, gender, and other social identities as they intersect for staff when working with leadership and with clients.
Trainings are designed to build upon organizational and participant strengths and to provide support for areas of growth. The process begins with an initial consultation that serves as an opportunity to better understand the organization's needs. From this, we will collaborate in developing short-term and long-term strategies and programs that allow for growth on individual and organizational levels.
Getting to know you: Social Identity and Community Building. Invited workshop with clinical and administrative staff at Amherst College Counseling Center, Amherst, MA. July 2015
Language and Labeling with the Littles: How the Personal Shapes the Professional. Workshop & facilitated discussion with Head Start Classroom Staff, Amherst, MA. March 2015
You, Me, & We: Restorative Justice and Social Identity in the Upward Bound Community. Trainings provided to high school students, college mentors, and teaching and administrative staff at Upward Bound Residential Summer program, Springfield / Amherst, MA. June 2013-5
Social identity assessment as a means to an end: Normalizing discussions of power and privilege. Invited workshop with clinical and administrative staff at Mount Holyoke College Counseling Service, Holyoke, MA. April 2014
Social identity from triage to termination: Therapist and student experiences. A series of 3 workshops conducted with clinical staff at the University of Pennsylvania Counseling and Psychological Services, Philadelphia, PA. Spring 2012
Cultural Conflict as Enactment: Identification and Working Through. Presentation at the 34th Annual Spring Meeting of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychoanalysis (39) Meeting, New York, NY. April 2014
Culture shock or shocking the culture?: Comparing two outreach programs that empower marginalized voices and encourage social action. Presentation at the 5th Annual Association for University and College Counseling Center Outreach Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. June 2012
Using a social justice model to implement systemic change in a training program: Voices from the edge. Workshop presented at the 29th Annual Diversity Winter Roundtable at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, NY. Feb 2012
Graduate student experiences: Integrating psychoanalytic thought in a clinical scientist program. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA. Aug 2008
Countertransference behavior and alliance quality as a function of countertransference management skills. Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Barcelona, Spain. June 2008
Dadlani, M. & Scherer, D. (in preparation). Race-in-Context: Considering the roles of skin color and childhood racial socialization on racial identity development.
Dadlani, M., Dimmet, C., & Zuniga, X (in preparation). Intergroup Dialouge (IGD) as a means of promoting multicultural competency and congruence.
Dadlani, M.B., Overtree, C., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2012). Culture at the center: A reformulation of diagnostic assessment. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(3), 175-182. doi: 10.1037/a0028152
Dadlani, M.B., & Scherer. D. G. (2009, November) Culture in Psychotherapy Practice and Research: Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills. Psychotherapy E-News. Retrieved from http://www.divisionofpsychotherapy.org/