This reading list is intended to highlight various aspects of diversity, in all its complexity, as it arises in the psychotherapy literature. We especially hope to focus on self and relational perspectives, but other orientations are welcome as well. Please take a moment to see what’s here — browse around and try out different keyword searches!
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Green, Z. and Stiers, M. J., Multiculturalism and Group Therapy in the United States: A Social Constructionist Perspective. Group, Vol. 26, No.3, September 2002
Includes a discussion of whiteness/privilege and the (imaginary) story of being nothing — the “absent standard.” It also names social constructivism, and gives […]
C. R. Cooper, C. T. Garcia Coll, W. T. Bartko, H. Davis, & C. Chatman (Eds.) (2005). Developmental Pathwys Through Middle Childhood: Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.
Family education involvement; Gender; everyday experiences at school and home; child-care instability; immigration; […]
https://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/diversity/default.aspx
“Facing the Divide is a video series designed to bring psychological science to the conversation regarding the connections among race, racism and health. As experts on human behavior, psychologists have a unique perspective that can inform critical analysis of race relations. We can help you to […]
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.263
Yang, C. F. J., Gray, P., & Pope, H. G., Jr. (2005). Male body image in Taiwan versus the West: Yangghang Zhiqi meets the Adonis Complex. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 263–269.
Male Body Image in Taiwan Versus the West
Body image disorders […]
The nature of modern identity, however, is to be changeable. Some individuals may persuade themselves that their identity is based on their biology and is outside their control. But citizens of modern societies have multiple identities, ones that are shaped by social interactions. People have identities defined […]
“I believe we have no choice but to move forward; that those of us who believe in democracy and civil rights and a common humanity have a better story to tell.” former President Obama said in Johannesburg at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
Madiba understood that we […]
https://doi.org/10.1080/10481885.2014.870837
Offman, H. (2014). The princess and the penis: A post-modern queer-y tale. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 24(1):72-87
transgender; gender expectations and non-conformity; to a lesser degree, sexual orientation; differences between therapist and patient
Offman, a cisgender psychiatrist, describes analytic work with a person who decides […]
Gyasi, Yaa, 2016. Homegoing. Alfred Knopf, New York.
“No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.”
This chronicle covers 300 years, starting in the area that is now Ghana and coming to the US. Gyasi depicts African slavery and the European slave trade. The […]
http://www.pinktherapy.com/portals/0/CourseResources/Relationships/whatsqueeraboutsex.pdf
Iasenza S. (2010) What is queer about sex?: expanding sexual frames in theory and practice. Family Process. 2010 Sep; 49(3):291-308. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01324.x.
One of the areas she’s discussing is “queer moments” in therapy. Iasenza writes, “Queer will be used in this paper in three ways. First, it reminds […]
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