Tag: Social Justice in Psychology
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Meeting Requirements for Diversity, Ethics, and History
by Kathleen W. Reardon, Ph.D, The Family Institute at Northwestern University Recent events, drawing renewed attention to racial inequities in our society, have prompted much-needed conversations about diversity and inclusion initiatives in clinical psychology training programs. Clinical Psychology programs that are accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) or the American Psychological Association…
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Student Spotlight: Alayna Park
by Molly Bowdring, M.S., University of Pittsburgh The PCSAS Newsletter will regularly feature “Spotlights,” which aim to highlight students and early career researchers from different PCSAS programs and the excellent work they are doing. The present article focuses on Dr. Alayna Park, a recent graduate from the UCLA Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. Dr. Park has just…
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Culturally Competent Psychotherapy: How We Can Do Better
by Amanda R. Arulpragasam, Emory University The recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks highlight the continued racism and discrimination experienced by Black Americans. Racist events have been linked to increased mental health risks and poor clinical course (Loeb et al., 2018; Sibrava et al., 2019). Incidents of police brutality and…
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Assessing the Integration of Sociocultural Considerations in Clinical Science Programs
by Isabelle Lanser & Alexandra S. Tanner, University of California, Los AngelesAs the field of psychology and the clinical science community in particular examine the ways our field has historically been complicit in the discrimination and oppression of marginalized groups, it is important to re-examine the structure of our current training programs to identify opportunities…
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Racism in Clinical Science and Academia Today and Ways to Enact Change
by Yehsong Kim, University of Southern California There is a social movement afoot to root out anti-Black racism in our society. Racism—the belief that someone is less than because of the color of their skin and the subsequent oppression, exclusion, limitation, or discrimination of non-dominant racial groups that occurs—has been a part of the history…