Applying Liberation Psychology in your Clinical Practice

People of Color in Psychology

For decades, mainstream psychology has focused on the individual, treating problems like anxiety or depression within a personal context. But what if your struggles aren't just about you? What if they're connected to bigger social issues like poverty, racism, or discrimination? That's the central question liberation psychology asks. Dr. Natalia Báez-Powell shares how she applies liberation psychology in her own clinical practice and discusses insights to how we might do the same as well to help empower ourselves, our clients, and our communities.

Dr. Báez-Powell’s Contact:

Email - [e-mail]

Website - https://drbaezpowell.wixsite.com/inhealing

Previous Podcast Episode - Hispanic Heritage Series: Reimagining Conversations about Professionalism

Research:

Báez-Powell, N.N. Decolonizing my therapeutic identity: Going beyond the surface. Psychoanal Cult Soc 28, 476–486 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-023-00376-7

Báez-Powell, N.N. Ramifications of client’s use of projective identification, racism, and enactments of otherness: A nascent clinician’s struggle inhabiting her identities in the therapy room. Psychoanal Cult Soc 28, 232–249 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-023-00378-5

Recommended Book:

Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice - Jennifer Mullan

Continuing Education:

The Multicultural Counseling Institute courses - https://www.tmcinstitute.org/continuing-education

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Music Samples:

Intro 1 by Alejandro Piñero Amerio - Caminando (reggaeton)

Intro 2 by Mikhail Smusev - Heroic Quest
Outro by Alex Kizenkov - Inspirational Cinematic Adventure