Liberation psychology : theory, method, practice, and social justice / edited by Lillian Comas-Días and Edil Torres Rivera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Comas-Díaz, Lillian, editor.

Torres Rivera, Edil, editor.

Series:

Cultural, racial, and ethnic psychology book series

Cultural, racial, and ethnic psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Liberty.

Social justice.

Race discrimination.

Psychology, Social.

Social Justice.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Social.

Social Justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 314 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington : American Psychological Association, 2020.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Liberation psychology challenges traditional Western-based psychology by offering an emancipatory approach to understanding and addressing oppression among individuals and groups. This book guides readers through the origins, development, and key concepts of liberation psychology; its methods, including participatory action research; its manifestation in clinical practice; its potential future applications; and its relation to social activism and social justice movements. It discusses liberation psychology, a discipline that encourages empowerment, healing, and transformation. Liberation psychology refers to the use of psychological approaches to understand and address oppression among individuals and groups. Liberation psychologists view oppression as the interaction of intrapsychic factors with systemic factors, such as sociopolitical injustice. Liberation psychology emerged as a reaction to dominant Eurocentric psychology's limitations to impart collectivistic, holistic orientations and social justice activism into psychological knowledge, research, and practice. Consequently, liberation psychologists advance dominant psychology by offering pluralistic perspectives, recognizing the multiple contexts of reality, nurturing critical thinking, cultivating creative solutions, and fostering emancipatory actions. The book offers diverse forms of knowledge, method, practice, and activism to enhance one's effectiveness as a psychologist, nurture one's social justice consciousness, and promote (and other people's) liberation. It aims to advance dominant psychology by expanding its focus, scope, inquiry, and application. The book offers liberation psychology's innovative applications while envisioning future developments. It is composed of six main parts: Introduction, Theory, Method, Clinical Practice, Special Populations, and Social Justice. The book includes conclusion chapter in the Social Justice section to expand liberatory social justice into diverse contexts.--Creator. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Contributors

Series foreword / [by] Frederick T.L. Leong

Foreword : how APA has promoted social justice / [by] Melba J.T. Vasquez

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Edil Torres Rivera and Lillian Comas-Dias

I. Liberation psychology theory: Liberation psychology : origins and development / Mark Burton and Raquel Guzzo ; Concepts of liberation psychology / Edil Torres Rivera ; Liberation psychology and racism / Ral͠ Quiǫnes-Rosado

II. Liberation psychology method: From Freud to Fanon to Freire : psychoanalysis as a liberation method / Daniel Gaztambide ; Liberation psychology of and for transformative justice : centering in participatory action research / Jesica Siham Fernǹdez ; Feminist participatory action research : coconstructing liberation psychological praxis through dialogic relationality and critical reflexivity / M. Brinton Lykes and Gabriela Tv̀ara

III. Liberation psychology clinical practice: Testimonios / Alejandro Cervantes ; Urban liberation : postcolonial intersectional feminism and developing a socially conscious therapeutic practice / Chakira M. Haddock-Lazala ; Liberation psychotherapy / Lillian Comas-Da̕z

IV. Liberation psychology and special populations: Black minds matter : applying liberation psychology to Black Americans / Thema Bryant-Davis and Shavonne J. Moore-Lobban ; Liberation psychology and LGBTQ+ communities : naming colonization, uplifting resilience, and reclaiming ancient his-stories, her-stories, and t-stories / Anneliese A. Singh, Brean'a Parker, Anushka R. Aqil, and Falon Thacker ; Transnational feminist liberation psychology : decolonizing border crossings / Kathryn L. Norsworthy and Ouyporn Khuankaew

V. Liberation psychology social action: Liberation psychology, creativity, and arts-based activism and artivism : culturally meaningful methods connecting personal development and social change / Ester R. Shapiro ; Liberation, inspiration, and critical consciousness : preparing the next generation of practitioners / Carrie L. Castaęda-Sound, Daryl M. Rowe, Nahaal Binazir, and Marlene L. Cabrera ; Conclusion : liberation psychology-Crossing borders into new frontiers / Lillian Comas-Da̕z and Edil Torres Rivera

Glossary

Index

About the editors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2020.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Liberation psychology

ISBN:

9781433832086

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.