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social justice & public policy domain
Articles tagged "social justice & public policy domain".
18 articles
Heroes of the Heart
Listen to Dr. Gaztambide narrate the Prologue of this piece: Prologue “When are you going to stop splitting like this?” I almost spilled my coffee. I often wondered why shrinks talk like this-using words like “splitting” and “distortion” and “automatic thoughts” as if they were a part of everyday language. They’re not. But we do […]
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, Psy.D.
December 30, 2017
Public Policy Challenges
Over the past several months I have started many times to write articles for the Bulletin, and each time my thoughts have been hijacked by yet another massive assault on the collective values of our profession. The preamble to the APA Ethics Code (2010, with amendments as of January 1, 2017) makes it clear that […]
Rosemary Adam-Terem, Ph.D.
April 7, 2017
Psychotherapy and Homelessness
An area of diversity often overlooked is socioeconomic status. Homeless clients are at an extreme end of the socioeconomic status continuum and present with concerns and stressors related to poverty. People often start psychotherapy due to a major stressor in their lives. Finally, after some apprehension, they make the initial leap to get help and […]
Astrea Greig, Psy.D.
November 15, 2016
The Misuse of Psychology
The American Psychological Association (APA) has been in the press again, and once again it is bad press. The old specter of collusion between psychologists and CIA interrogators and torturers was raised in an article in The New York Times (Risen, April 30, 2015). There really should not be anything controversial about this issue. It […]
Rosemary Adam-Terem, Ph.D.
November 12, 2015
Cultural Training in Internship
Introduction In recent years, the importance of cultural training in the education of psychologists has been particularly emphasized (American Psychological Association, 2003). However, clear guidelines for cultural training have not been established. As a result, internship sites vary significantly in their notions of what makes cultural training effective (Brooks, Mintz, & Dobson, 2004; Constantine & […]
Tom Wooldridge, Psy.D. + 2 more
December 24, 2014
The Arc of the Moral Universe
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. So said Martin Luther King Jr. (1968). As I write this, on April 29, 2014, the sports world gave us proof of this. When the National Basketball League banned Donald Sterling for life from the NBA family and pressed for his removal […]
Armand R. Cerbone, Ph.D., ABPP
September 15, 2014