Liberation Psychology: Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice guides readers through the history, theory, methods, and clinical practice of liberation psychology and its relation to social justice activism and movements.

Series Foreword

Frederick T. L. Leong

Foreword: How APA Has Promoted Social Justice
          Melba J. T. Vasquez

Introduction

Edil Torres Rivera and Lillian Comas-Díaz

 
Part I. Liberation Psychology Theory
 
1. Liberation Psychology: Origins and Development

Mark Burton and Raquel Guzzo

2. Concepts of Liberation Psychology

Edil Torres Rivera

3. Liberation Psychology and Racism

Raúl Quiñones-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 Acompañamiento in Participatory Action Research

Jesica Siham Fernández

6. Feminist Participatory Action Research: Coconstructing Liberation Psychological Praxis Through Dialogic Relationality and Critical Reflexivity

M. Brinton Lykes and Gabriela Távara

 
Part III. Liberation Psychology Clinical Practice
 
7. Testimonios

Alejandro Cervantes

8. Urban Liberation: Postcolonial Intersectional Feminism and Developing a Socially Conscious Therapeutic Practice

Chakira M. Haddock-Lazala

9. Liberation Psychotherapy

Lillian Comas-Díaz

 
Part IV. Liberation Psychology and Special Populations
 
10. Black Minds Matter: Applying Liberation Psychology to Black Americans

Thema Bryant-Davis and Shavonne J. Moore-Lobban

11. Liberation Psychology and LGBTQ+ Communities: Naming Colonization, Uplifting Resilience, and Reclaiming Ancient His-stories, Her-stories, and T-stories

Anneliese A. Singh, Brean’a Parker, Anushka R. Aqil, and Falon Thacker

12. Transnational Feminist Liberation Psychology: Decolonizing Border Crossings

Kathryn L. Norsworthy and Ouyporn Khuankaew

 
Part V. Liberation Psychology Social Action
 
13. Liberation Psychology, Creativity, and Arts-Based Activism and Artivism: Culturally Meaningful Methods Connecting Personal Development and Social Change

Ester R. Shapiro

14. Liberation, Inspiration, and Critical Consciousness: Preparing the Next Generation of Practitioners

Carrie Castañeda-Sound, Daryl M. Rowe, Nahaal Binazir, and Marlene L. Cabrera

 
Conclusion. Liberation Psychology—Crossing Borders Into New Frontiers

Lillian Comas-Díaz and Edil Torres Rivera

Edited by Lillian Comas-Díaz and Edil Torres Rivera