Afro-Latinxs: Decolonization, healing, and liberation.

Comas‐Díaz, Lillian

doi:10.1037/lat0000164

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“…It is important to consider how the results of this research would differ if more intersectional identities were examined more deeply, such as social class, queer identity, and racial identity. For example, how might colorism impact the experiences of AfroLatinx psychologists’ (Comas-Díaz, 2021; Sanchez, 2021) feminist identity development? One must also consider how results would vary if Two-spirit, Trans, and Nonbinary (2STNB) Latinas were included in this research; all participants in the present study identified as cisgender women.…”

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confidence: 99%

“The expectation was always that I was also going to be a strong woman”: Exploring the experiences of Latina feminists in psychology.

Rappaport¹,

Delgado‐Romero²,

Duran³

et al. 2023

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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Nine self-identified Latina psychologists were interviewed, and the data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research methods (Hill, 2012;Hill et al., 1997Hill et al., , 2005 to investigate how they define and understand their feminist identities. Data analysis from nine interviews yielded four domains that reveal how Latina feminist psychologists capture and conceptualize the meaning of their feminist identities. Implications are discussed, limitations are highlighted, and directions for future research are presented. Public Significance StatementQualitative findings suggest that the experiences of Latina-identified feminist psychologists are varied and diverse. While all participants identified as Latina feminist psychologists, each defined feminism differently yet all spoke to gender identity, mentorship, and family as being influential in their feminist identity development.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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“The expectation was always that I was also going to be a strong woman”: Exploring the experiences of Latina feminists in psychology.

Rappaport¹,

Delgado‐Romero²,

Duran³

et al. 2023

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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“…As well, the empathic invitation of disagreement and correction can make therapy a safer place for discussions of cultural power (Comas-Díaz, 2021; Hoffman et al, 2020), as therapists can acknowledge clients’ feelings when approaching and during these conversations. Indeed, researchers have found that the practice of empathically encouraging dissent and inviting disagreement helps to repair ruptures in the therapeutic alliance (Eubanks et al, 2018), which can be crucial when considering issues of power in therapy.…”

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“…Extending the idea of self-healing, clients can be invited to consider practices of healing that have sustained their identity and cultural groups. Traditional, familial, and affiliation-based healing activities can personalize healing by drawing on metaphors and histories that are meaningful to clients, enhancing spiritual or community connection (Comas-Díaz, 2021). The discussion of practices that would be healing for them, such as meditation, prayer, arts, dance, and ceremony, also can empower clients to be agentic in their own recovery.…”

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confidence: 99%

On the need to reconcile cultural and professional power in psychotherapy: Humanistic principles that are foundational for feminist multicultural practice.

Levitt¹,

Whelton²

2024

The Humanistic Psychologist

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Meta-analytic research has suggested that, although there are two forms of power that can be problematic in a psychotherapy context, they are rarely considered in interaction. One form, cultural power, influences the ways clients, therapists, and systems interact in relation to social identities, communities, and ascribed cultural statuses, and the other, professional power, is held by therapists by virtue of their training and the authority ascribed to them. Both forms may limit clients’ ability to be empowered in therapy. As many feminist multicultural researchers and task forces have thoughtfully explicated strategies for responding to cultural power, this paper focuses predominantly on processes for addressing professional power, which have been less well explicated. Although there is a rich body of humanistic therapy literature on maximizing clients’ agency, these core processes have rarely been framed in relation to concepts of power. This reframing contributes to prior work by feminist multicultural–humanistic therapy (FMHT) scholars by examining central humanistic principles to identify specific strategies that attenuate the misuse of this form of power. For instance, therapists teach clients to symbolize inchoate experiences (often resulting from cultural or interpersonal oppression eroding trust in oneself or one’s community), to confidently self-reference (developing resistance to stigma), and to maximize their agency within the change process (empowering them to guide their own development). Integrating these humanistic therapy principles into FMHT enhances ethical practice and holds relevance across therapies, supporting therapists’ competence, clients’ agency, and a multidimensional understanding of power in therapy.

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“…The articles signal some of the gaps or limitations within the literatures which position Latinx as a homogeneous group; yet among Latinx and in Latin America there is much diversity and heterogeneity (Jimenez Roman & Flores, 2010). Latinx live intersectional lives that go beyond ethno‐racial categories to include gender, sexuality, age, class, religion, and other identities (Comas‐Díaz, 2021; Fernández, 2021). Latinx LGBTQ+ experiences must be centered.…”

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Sembrando Semillas, sowing seeds: Reflections on Latinx representations in US community psychology's AJCP

Fernández,

Bernal,

Guzmán

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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Latinx have contributed to the foundation and formation of the United States, and as this demographic increases, overlooking their unique experiences and lived conditions can limit community psychology's potential to better support them in their wellbeing. Thus, in alignment with the call for a virtual special issue highlighting critical themes in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP), we take an exemplar approach to reviewing 15 articles published between 1979 and 2023. We highlight these articles for their unique contributions in laying the foundation or shifting the discourses of Latinx in the United States. We organize each article under one of the following themes: (1) Challenging notions of Latinx as passive victims or deficient; (2) Documenting the misrepresentation and invisibility of Latinx in community psychology; (3) Affirming Latinx as knowledge producers, protagonists, and agents of change; and (4) Centering Latin American epistemologies that foster liberatory praxis for and with Latinx. Via these themes, we illustrate where the discipline has been, and offer reflection for where it can move toward as it relates to Latinx. In doing so, we highlight perspectives grounded in Latinx communities. Our review is not exhaustive; however, it offers our subjective interpretation or curation of the articles we acknowledge as fundamental to the discipline's formation, and our learning and ongoing growth as critical community psychologists of Latin American heritage with affinities to Latinx communities in the United States. We offer this brief review as a semilla (seed) to the possibilities ahead as we remain open to reflection, dialog and learning.

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Afro-Latinxs: Decolonization, healing, and liberation.

Cited by 20 publications

References 57 publications

“The expectation was always that I was also going to be a strong woman”: Exploring the experiences of Latina feminists in psychology.

“The expectation was always that I was also going to be a strong woman”: Exploring the experiences of Latina feminists in psychology.

On the need to reconcile cultural and professional power in psychotherapy: Humanistic principles that are foundational for feminist multicultural practice.

Sembrando Semillas, sowing seeds: Reflections on Latinx representations in US community psychology's AJCP

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