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Gregory, Virgil Lee; Miller, Breena L.; Lipsey, Alexander D.
doi: 10.1177/00110000251404980pmid: N/A
There is a lack of empirical research that test theories regarding Black male mental health treatment disparities. The present study evaluates a theory that explains Black men’s beliefs, perceptions of specific structural racism, and cultural barriers to mental health (CBMH) treatment. Structural equation modeling (N = 240) was used to estimate and compare primary and competing structural models. Maximum likelihood estimation with Satorra-Bentler (SB) standard errors were used. A model showing tripartite police fear (TPF) was positively correlated to Black men’s perceptions of CBMH treatment demonstrated the best fit with the data. After adding one theoretically relevant correlated error, the model was no longer significantly different than the optimal saturated model. Policy and cognitive-behavioral practice implications of the study are discussed.
Maroney, Meredith R.; Knutson, Douglas; Matsuno, Em; Hashtpari, Halleh; Domínguez, Sergio; Gonzalez, Kirsten A.
doi: 10.1177/00110000251403604pmid: N/A
There is little known about the clinical supervision experiences of transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive (TNG) graduate students, despite supervision being a central part of the training experience for health service psychologists. In this study, we used reflexive thematic analysis informed by intersectional feminist perspectives to analyze the clinical training experiences of fourteen TNG graduate students in counseling psychology. Analysis yielded seven themes and two subthemes, which are discussed along with representative quotes: gender bias, power analysis, non-prioritization of trainee needs, evaluating safety with power holders, personal is political, balancing visibility and authenticity, and coalition building. Results reveal the importance of supervisors being proactive in their exploration of their own gender, the role of power in supervision, and creating an inclusive space to explore professional identity. Implications for advocating for social change to support TNG trainees in the context of hierarchical clinical training systems are offered.
Reynolds, Amy L.; Vera, Elizabeth M.; Myers, Linda James; Neville, Helen; Adams, Eve
doi: 10.1177/00110000251403616pmid: N/A
For some, social justice is a value. For others, it is an action verb and how they enact their values daily. For Dr. Suzette Speight, social justice was core to who she was, which was evident through her many scholarly contributions to counseling psychology, Black psychology, and beyond, through her mentoring and leadership, and through her impact on countless students, peers, and community members. If you knew Suzette, you know she did not hold back or hesitate to challenge injustice. And she definitely didn’t accept it as an inevitability. Instead, she worked to combat and dismantle injustice. She not only embodied counseling psychology and Black Psychology values, but she also helped to shape them. Writing about her legacy is not easy because she was gone too soon. Yet, in other ways, her legacy writes itself because of all she gave this profession and this world.
doi: 10.1177/00110000251408020pmid: N/A
Research suggests that there is widespread suffering in the United States, and that this suffering worsens as inequity worsens. Much suffering does not fit neatly in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The realities of the addiction crisis, for instance, do not map neatly onto the DSM framework. Similarly, phenomena like belief in conspiracy theories or becoming ensnared in romance scams or online radicalization—all of which have devastating psychological consequences—lack clear diagnostic guidance within the DSM. In this address, I argued that counseling psychology—and psychology broadly—must shift toward critical psychology and structural competence if we are to address the widespread mental health crises we are facing, and that psychological problems may best be understood as the result of anomie. I further argue that understanding the relationship between white people and whiteness through the lens of addiction can help inform how we might attend to these crises in the context of resistance to change.
doi: 10.1177/00110000251408027pmid: N/A
Psychology has systematically appropriated knowledge from Communities of Color while erasing their contributions to foundational theories and practices. This article examines historical patterns of intellectual colonialism, from Maslow’s uncredited use of Blackfoot Nation wisdom to contemporary extractive research practices. Drawing on documented examples, including Ancient Egyptian dream interpretation that preceded Freudian theory, Indigenous healing circles that informed group therapy, and African American music innovations, this analysis reveals how psychology built itself on appropriated wisdom while positioning Communities of Color as beneficiaries rather than originators of healing knowledge. The Connecting to Ancestral Wisdom Framework proposes transformation through interconnected processes: Recognition (acknowledging community origins), Restoration (returning power and resources), Relationship (moving from extraction to collaboration), and Renewal (creating sustainable systems preventing future appropriation). This framework offers concrete strategies for transforming psychology from a field that exploits community wisdom into one that honors and credits the ancestral knowledge upon which it was built.
Harris, Asianna; Louis, Claude; Jain, Kriti
doi: 10.1177/00110000251404029pmid: N/A
The Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS) was founded in 1977, and has been dedicated to cultivating community, professional development, and advocacy for counseling psychology students across the nation. As the decades have passed, SAS has grown exponentially, and the diverse representation of future counseling psychologists in SAS leadership has also grown. The purpose of this report is to highlight the leadership efforts of four pillars and three committees that align with the Society of Counseling Psychology’s values, especially, critical consciousness, radical hope, and collectivism. This report will also acknowledge outstanding scholarship, advocacy, and clinical work of counseling psychology students across the nation. The article concludes with the leadership’s vision for future SAS initiatives.
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