LGBTQ-affirmative CBT for Youth

Inclusion Criteria: * 12-17 years old * Self-identify as LGBTQ (any diverse sexual orientation and/or gender identity) * Live in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut * Fluent in English * Meet diagnostic criteria for a DSM-5 internalizing disorder (any depressive, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, or adjustment disorder) * Have consistent, weekly access to an Internet-enabled electronic device that allows for video-conferencing * Availability to attend 10 weekly 90 minute intervention sessions in summer 2021 * Access to a quiet, private place for intervention sessions * Provision of informed consent from parent/guardian and assent from the youth Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of any psychotic or bipolar spectrum diagnosis * Active suicidality and/or homicidality (defined as active intent or concrete plan, as opposed to passive ideation) or psychiatric hospitalization within the past 6 months * Significant cognitive impairment (as determined by an intellectual disability screener) or significant developmental disorder (if impairing youth's ability to participate in group therapy) * Significant behavior disorder (e.g., oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder) if impairing youth's ability to participate in group therapy * Currently in mental health treatment exceeding one day per month * Received any cognitive-behavioral therapy treatment in the past 12 months * Unstable psychotropic medications (defined as changes to antidepressant dosage in the past 3 months, or change…