Relationships Between Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations and Counseling Psychology

Abstract

In this rejoinder the authors respond to the three reactions to the major contribution, "Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations: Connections to Counseling Psychology," provided by Chung and Wu, Neville, Flores, and Dobson, and Yakushko, Wang, and Warrior. In their thoughtful reactions, these current and past leaders of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP) furthered the dialogue and offered additional insights into the relationship between Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations (EMPAs) and SCP. In the authors' rejoinder they focus on (a) the commonalities across these reactions and (b) the unique contribution of each reaction. Each of the reactions offered a new framework (or analogy) for how the EMPAs and SCP can work together to advance a social justice agenda.

Liderazgo: Culturally Grounded Leadership and the National Latina/o Psychological Association

“…The evolution of values from a generic commitment to diversity to articulating specific values enacted in governance, training, research, and service is a work in progress. This process has not been free from tension (see Delgado-Romero, Forrest, et al, 2012), and there are many areas in which to develop this commitment to psychologists from diverse racial-cultural backgrounds in general (see Forrest, Lau, & Delgado-Romero, 2012), and Latina/o psychologists specifically (Chavez-Korell et al, 2012).…”