Liberation Psychology :Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice - Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Psychology Series
Liberation Psychology :Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice - Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Psychology Series
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28 July, 2020
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Liberation psychology challenges traditional Western‑based psychology by offering an emancipatory approach to understanding and addressing oppression among individuals and groups. This book provides an understanding of liberation psychology that enhances the work of all students, researchers, and practitioners in psychology by raising awareness of discrimination, inequality, and issues related to intersectionality affirming cultural identities fighting oppression and promoting social change to help alleviate human suffering and support fairness, equality, and justice.
The insights provided into liberation psychology's concepts of critical consciousness, empowerment, and social justice action can enhance the well‑being of individuals and improve lives.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781433832086 |
| ISBN10 | 1433832089 |
| Number Of Pages | 314 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | American Psychological Association |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
This volume is a stunning antidote for the current moment-an edited volume of radical social theory, participatory methods, and critical practice rooted in the courageous history of liberation theory: a decolonizing of psychology and ethical re-imagination of psychotherapy. This book is a reparation gift to those that psychology has harmed and a resource for those of us who believe that social justice and psychology must embrace. Lillian Comas-D amp iacute az and Edil Torres Rivera are treasures to psychology. This volume will radicalize graduate and undergraduate education in precisely the ways we need. Thank you, Lillian and Edil! - Michelle Fine, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Critical Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York The coeditors are liberation psychology scholar amp ndash practitioners, continuously broadening multicultural perspectives about systems, individuals, and communities. This book is a testament to the centrality of liberation psychology and social justice consciousness in all of psychology. - Patricia Arredondo, EdD, NCC, President, Arredondo Advisory Group, Phoenix, AZ Liberation Psychology: Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice will make you pause, reflect, and envision a psychology that views the experience of the oppressed through the eyes of their ancestors instead of the prism of their colonizers. This impressive volume is grounded in science, practice, and the power of activism. Truly a timely, comprehensive, and indispensable resource for professionals and students in and outside of psychology. - Hector Y. Adames, PsyD, Associate Professor, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL; Co-Director, IC-RACE (Immigration, Critical Race, And Cultural Equity) Lab This exciting book weaves together a compelling set of critical, decolonial perspectives that represent a major intervention in psychology while also having important implications for other fields. Social scientists and their students interested in theory, method, and practice for promoting community engagement, healing social suffering, and inspiring intersectional action for social justice should definitely read this book. - Faye V. Harrison, Professor of African American Studies & Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Editor of Decolonizing Anthropology: Moving Further Toward an Anthropology for Liberation and author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology for the Global Age
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Author's Bio
Lillian Comas-Diaz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice and a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University. The author of over a hundred publications, Dr. Comas-D amp iacute az is also the coeditor of Latina Psychologists: Thriving in the Cultural Borderlands, Womanist and Mujerista Psychologies, and Psychological Health of Women of Color. Dr. Comas-D amp iacute az is the founding editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45 of the American Psychological Association). She is an associate editor of the American Psychologist.
Edil Torres Rivera, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology and Director of the Latinx Studies program at Wichita State University, Kansas. His primary research focuses include complexity and the use of indigenous healing techniques as a necessary element in psychological work with ethnic minority populations in the United States. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology and is the editor of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology.