MISSION & VALUES

CETA Global envisions a world where everyone can access effective, holistic, and affordable behavioral and mental health care.

CETA Global provides a system of evidence-based, cost-effective, and culturally appropriate behavioral and mental health care proven to be sustainable and scalable throughout the world.

Development funded by USAID Victims of Torture fund.

Our Story

After almost 10 years studying and implementing behavioral and mental health programs in low-and middle-income countries, our team realized that bringing existing single-focused approaches to scale would be time-intensive, costly, and unsustainable. With the mission to provide access to evidence-based care for all individuals world-wide, we embarked on developing a multi-problem approach, the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA). Based on existing evidence, trends in practice, interviews, and a lot of customer exploration, CETA incorporates the principals we found critical to scalability, including:

• The ability to address multiple problems with one approach in a short time frame.

• A shorter manual – not a book – to allow for easy translation and comprehension.

• Direct guidance, without scientific or professional jargon, for ease of comprehension and application by both professional and lay providers.

• Versatility to address problems across the lifespan and all levels of need.

• Flexibility in delivery method (e.g., in person or via phone, individual or group, etc.).

• Training to competency for providers to achieve optimal behavioral and mental health outcomes.

• Cost effective training and services.

MEET OUR LEAD CLINICAL Team

We have worked together to develop the CETA manual, and continue to write (and rewrite) it together based on new scientific advances, field learnings, and feedback. We are currently expert trainers in the CETA approach.

CETA SupervIsors & Trainers

Across the globe, we work with some amazing people helping to better their local communities.

GLOBAL RESEARCH PARTNERS

We regularly work with scientists, researchers, and implementers around the world who study and use CETA. We are a close-knit (yet decentralized) team, helping to gather evidence on and spread the uptake of CETA—both in the past and ongoing today.

Key Funders & Partners

Our work around the world has been possible in part by funding from international grant organizations, allowing us to work with top-notch partners that share our purpose and passion for effective, sustainable, and scalable mental health services to local communities. Some of our network of global supporters are listed below and continue to grow.