Table of Contents
Series Foreword
Frederick T. L. Leong
Foreword: How APA Has Promoted Social Justice
Melba J. T.
Vasquez
Introduction
Edil Torres Rivera and Lillian Comas-D amp iacute az
Part I. Liberation Psychology Theory
. Liberation Psychology: Origins and Development Mark Burton and
Raquel Guzzo 2. Concepts of Liberation Psychology Edil Torres
Rivera 3. Liberation Psychology and Racism Ra amp uacute l Qui amp
ntilde ones-Rosado
Part II. Liberation Psychology Method
4. From Freud to Fanon to Freire: Psychoanalysis as a Liberation
Method Daniel Gaztambide 5. Liberation Psychology of and for
Transformative Justice: Centering Acompa amp ntilde amiento in
Participatory Action Research Jesica Siham Fern amp aacute ndez .
Feminist Participatory Action Research: Coconstructing Liberation
Psychological Praxis Through Dialogic Relationality and Critical
Reflexivity M. Brinton Lykes and Gabriela T amp aacute vara
Part III. Liberation Psychology Clinical Practice
7. TestimoniosAlejandro Cervantes 8. Urban Liberation: Postcolonial
Intersectional Feminism and Developing a Socially Conscious
Therapeutic Practice Chakira M. Haddock-Lazala 9. Liberation
Psychotherapy Lillian Comas-D amp iacute az
Part IV. Liberation Psychology and Special Populations
. Black Minds Matter: Applying Liberation Psychology to Black
Americans Thema Bryant-Davis and Shavonne J. Moore-Lobban .
Liberation Psychology and LGBTQ+ Communities: Naming Colonization,
Uplifting Resilience, and Reclaiming Ancient His-stories,
Her-stories, and T-stories Anneliese A. Singh, Brean amp rsquo a
Parker, Anushka R. Aqil, and Falon Thacker 2. Transnational
Feminist Liberation Psychology: Decolonizing Border Crossings
Kathryn L. Norsworthy and Ouyporn Khuankaew
Part V. Liberation Psychology Social Action
3. Liberation Psychology, Creativity, and Arts-Based Activism and
Artivism: Culturally Meaningful Methods Connecting Personal
Development and Social Change Ester R. Shapiro 4. Liberation,
Inspiration, and Critical Consciousness: Preparing the Next
Generation of Practitioners Carrie Casta amp ntilde eda-Sound,
Daryl M. Rowe, Nahaal Binazir, and Marlene L. Cabrera
Conclusion. Liberation Psychology-Crossing Borders Into New
Frontiers Lillian Comas-D amp iacute az and Edil Torres Rivera
About the Author
Lillian Comas-Diaz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in
private practice and a clinical professor in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University.
The author of over a hundred publications, Dr. Comas-D amp iacute
az is also the coeditor of Latina Psychologists: Thriving in the
Cultural Borderlands, Womanist and Mujerista Psychologies, and
Psychological Health of Women of Color. Dr. Comas-D amp iacute az
is the founding editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the
Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45 of the
American Psychological Association). She is an associate editor of
the American Psychologist.
Edil Torres Rivera, PhD, is a professor in the Department of
Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School
Psychology and Director of the Latinx Studies program at Wichita
State University, Kansas. His primary research focuses include
complexity and the use of indigenous healing techniques as a
necessary element in psychological work with ethnic minority
populations in the United States. He serves on the editorial board
of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology and
is the editor of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology.
