Shirley Lo’s poster, The experience of colonization and decolonization: A case study of the “Hong Konger” wins prize at APA 2023 conference. Lo’s interview discusses her experience at APA, the risks of studying politicized topics, and her future aspirations involving advocacy work related to Hong Kong, as well as continuing research on coloniality, social justice […]
Psychological Safety?
Morgan Rutkowski Humans have an innate need to feel safe and secure to survive. But, the literature has noted that there are differences between physical and psychological safety. While physical safety concerns “the absence of physical hazards”, psychological safety is the “absence of interpersonal fear” (Physical and psychological safety, n.d.; McKinsey & Company, 2023). More […]
Thoughts on “Research Activism”
Nell Andersson This week in DSPAI lab, members had a discussion about research activism. A number of members expressed their hesitancy to align with the term, due the historical separation of activism and research. Much of this hesitancy appears to be rooted in an internalized colonial mindset. To call ourselves “Research Activists” would mean breaking […]
DSPAI’s Jude Bergkamp Joins Historic Task Force
Jude Bergkamp, the Chair of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Antioch Seattle, was recently chosen for the prestigious Competencies Task Force of the American Psychological Association. Bergkamp sees this appointment as an opportunity to shape generations of psychologists to come. As he says, “We have to get folks trained up and ready to face the […]
My Journey of Understanding Privilege
Magen Hauser My name is Magen and I’ve been in DSPAI for a year. My agent identities are that I am a White, cisgender young adult and United States citizen with a Christian, heteronormative upbringing. My target identities include being female, bisexual, agnostic and physically disabled. My journey of understanding privilege before joining this group […]
Thoughts on ICD + SJ
Dr. Melissa Kennedy 1) APA mandated competency of health service psych – ICD: The strengths of the competency are that it offers insight into the lived experiences of clients/patients and offers some glimpses of the Coloniality of Being. However, the current literature and perspectives do not consider the Coloniality of Power and the “dark side” […]
DSPAI Free Writing
Cynthia Scheiderer We have an APA mandated doctoral level competency of health service psychology called individual and cultural differences. How do you now understand the ICD competency and what are some of the strengths and weaknesses? I understand ICD as a way of wriggling off the hook. It puts the focus on the other, distancing […]