Latine Psychology Beyond Colonialism (eBook)

This book examines the colonial structure as it applies to Latine populations and demonstrates how the remnants of that structure continue to affect this ethnic group.  It will show that the colonial perspective is aligned with a racist viewpoint and the many ways in which this undermines psychological stability.  Currently, many psychologists dealing with this population focus on individual deficits or disorders without the clarifying lens of social justice.  In this way, the book will unravel the various strands of socio-political stressors and the disabling effects of lingering oppression.

It will serve to bring new insights to those studying this group, as well as the many mental health workers that provide services.  The result is an identification of a native psychology that is uniquely tailored to these particular individuals.

Dr. Edil Torres Rivera is interested in multicultural counseling, group work, chaos theory, liberation psychology, technology, supervision, multicultural counseling, prisons, Puerto Rican studies, identity development, and gang-related behavior. Specifically, his primary research focuses on complexity and how indigenous healing techniques are a necessary ingredient when working with ethnic minority populations in the United States. Dr. Torres has additional interests in studying the implications of social injustice and oppression in counseling and psychotherapy with ethnic minorities, in particular, with school age Latinos/Latinas in the United States. His work has appeared in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, Journal of Counseling and Development, Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, Radical Psychology Journal, Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, Intervention in School and Clinic Journal, Counselor Education and Supervision Journal, Journal for Specialists in Group Work, Journal of Psychological Practice, Educational Technology, Computers in the Schools, Counseling and Values Journal, Journal of Technology in Counseling, and the Canadian Journal of Counselling. He was part of the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling and Development and Counselor Education and Supervision Journal/. Presently he serves in the editorial boards of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, the Canadian Journal of Counselling and he is the editor of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology..