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!
Intensely white: Psychology curricula and the (re)production of racism
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https://icpeast.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Intenselywhite_Psychologycurricula1.pdf
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At Risk in the Culture of ‘Normal’
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/learning-disability.html?searchResultPosition=3
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Monney, J. (2019). At Risk in the Culture of ‘Normal’. Retrieved 1/26/2020 from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/learning-disability.html?searchResultPosition=3.
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neurodiversity, neurotypical privilege, depression, self-harm, suicide risk of people with atypical brains
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A forcefully written article in the New York Times Disability series. Based on the author’s personal experiences […]
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-year-old boy with Autism
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Higashida, N. (2007). The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thireen-Year-Old Boy with Autism. New York: Random House.
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The author (in translation from Japanese to English) addresses common questions about what it is like for him to be on the spectrum.
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An […]
Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
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M. Rajunov & S. Duane (Eds.) (2019) Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity. New York: Columbia University Press.
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nonbinary gender identity
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This book is a series of eloquent, usually brief, memoirs by nonbinary people about their journey to their identity, how they feel different […]
As Supreme Court Hearing on LGBTQ Rights Approaches, An Activist Looks Back at 1987 SCOTUS Protests
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https://www.thebody.com/article/activist-looks-back-at-supreme-court-protests
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Davids, JD, “As Supreme Court Hearing on LGBTQ Rights Approaches, An Activist Looks Back at 1987 SCOTUS Protests.” October 7, 2019. The Body: The HIV/AIDS Resource.
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Gay rights, supreme court, HIV status: “the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments — in three different cases — that center around […]
Multiculturalism and Group Therapy in the United States: A Social Constructionist Perspective
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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
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Includes a discussion of whiteness/privilege and the (imaginary) story of being nothing — the “absent standard.” It also names social constructivism, and gives […]
Developmental Pathwys Through Middle Childhood: Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources
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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.
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Family education involvement; Gender; everyday experiences at school and home; child-care instability; immigration; […]
Facing the Divide: Psychology’s Conversation on Race and Health
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https://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/diversity/default.aspx
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“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 […]
Male Body Image in Taiwan Versus the West: Yanggang Zhiqi Meets the Adonis Complex
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https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.263
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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.
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Male Body Image in Taiwan Versus the West
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Body image disorders […]