Feminist Liberation Practice with Latinx Women

Lillian Comas-Díaz works on multiculturalism, feminism, liberation, and spirituality. A private practitioner and a Clinical Professor at George Washington University's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she was a faculty member at Yale University Psychiatry Department, where she directed its Hispanic Clinic. Additionally, she directed the American Psychological Association Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs. The author/coeditor of 13 books, and 170 scholarly articles; Lillian received multiple awards, including the 2019 American Foundation and APA Association Gold Medal Lifetime for the Practice in Psychology. Carrie Castañeda-Sound is the Director of the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy: Evening Format program at Pepperdine University, and a licensed psychologist in California. Her teaching and research interests include Latinx, Liberation, and Mujerista Psychologies. She directs the Language, Culture, and Gender Lab, which involves students in research in the broad areas of language, culture, and gender within the field of psychology and specifically psychotherapy.

Introduction: Feminist Liberation Practice with Latinx Women 1. A Mujerista Liberation Psychology Perspective on Testimonio to Cultivate Decolonial Healing 2. Nepantla Moments in Therapy: A Clinical Example With Latinx Immigrants 3. Mujerista Psychology: A Case Study Centering Latinx Empowerment in Psychotherapy 4. Anti-Colonial Futures: Indigenous Latinx Women Healing from the Wounds of Racial-Gendered Colonialism 5. Abolitionist Feminism, Liberation Psychology, and Latinx Migrant Womxn 6. The Connectivity Bridge – A Clinical Understanding: Postcolonial Therapy with Latinx Women Living in the United States 7. Why Am I A Woman? Or, Am I? Decolonizing White Feminism and the Latinx Woman Therapist in Academia Conclusion—Latinx Feminist Liberation Practices: Integration and R/Evolution