Layers and Layers of Grief upon Grief: The Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
By Iva GreyWolf, PhD, and Charlotte McCloskey, PhD As Native American psychologists, we appreciate the opportunity to share little known...
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donjacques
Jan 15, 201911 min read
How Psychologists and Peer Mentors Can Work Together to Fight Human Trafficking in the United States
By Paola M. Contreras, PsyD (Asst. Professor, William James College) and Diya Kallivayalil, PhD (Asst. Professor, Harvard Medical...
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donjacques
Oct 8, 20184 min read
Don’t Take It Personally – Really
By Iva Greywolf, PhD (Greywolf Consulting) As a healer are you grounded to be present with pain? Can you be comfortable being on the...
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donjacques
Jul 3, 20185 min read
Families Belong Together: 4 Reasons Why Family Separations Are So Harmful
By Kalina Brabeck, PhD, & Christina M. Rodriguez, PhD (APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) Any parent with a child in daycare...
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donjacques
Jun 29, 20185 min read
Depression in Black Boys Begins Earlier Than You Think
By Aaron Hunt, MS (Graduate Intern, APA Health Disparities Office) and David J. Robles, BA (Graduate Intern, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral...
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donjacques
Jun 4, 20184 min read
After Fifty Years, Why the Poor People’s Campaign is More Relevant Than Ever
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) The Poor People’s Campaign (May 12, 1968 – June 24, 1968) was a...
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donjacques
Dec 10, 20174 min read
“No Duty More Important”: Why We Must Treat Children’s Rights as Fundamental Human Rights
By Julia Mancini (Intern, APA Office on Children, Youth and Families) “There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with...
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donjacques
Dec 1, 20177 min read
What Does Our Past Tell Us About Our Future? The Essential Role of Psychologists in Fighting HIV
(L-R) Dr. Rich Wolitski (HHS/OHAIDP); Dr. Fayth Parks (Georgia Southern University) APA Ad Hoc Committee on Psychology & AIDS (COPA)...
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donjacques
Nov 22, 20175 min read
How to Listen When Someone You Know Discloses Sexual Harassment or Assault
This post is based on a longer article by Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd (Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon) Every day now in the...
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donjacques
Nov 1, 20174 min read
How Can We Better Protect LGBTQ Students: Psychologists Take Action
This slideshow requires JavaScript. By Joshua R. Wolff, PhD (Adler University); H.L. “Lou” Himes, PsyD (QuIPP); and Theresa Stueland Kay,...
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donjacques
Sep 7, 20172 min read
Charlottesville and Us
By Kumea Shorter-Gooden, PhD (Former Chief Diversity Officer, University of Maryland) I’m hoping we’ve reached an inflection point. I’m...
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donjacques
Aug 30, 20174 min read
Black Pain, Black Joy, and Racist Fear: Supporting Black Children in a Hostile World
This is the second in a series of blog posts that the American Psychological Association (APA) will publish regarding racial/ethnic...
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donjacques
May 17, 20175 min read
Is the Current Political Climate Hurting LGBTQ Youth? What Schools and Families Can Do
By Tyler Hatchel, MA (Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Florida, Espelage Lab) How is the current sociopolitical...
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donjacques
Mar 23, 20175 min read
Elder Financial Abuse is Here to Stay and It’s Time We Do Something About It
By Osnat Lupesko-Persky (Doctoral Student, Palo Alto University) and Lisa M. Brown, PhD (Professor, Palo Alto University) On February 13,...
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donjacques
Nov 16, 20163 min read
Historical Trauma in the Present: Why APA Cannot Remain Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD (2016 APA President) Protesters being marked with numbers, put in dog kennels and shot with rubber bullets....
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donjacques
Nov 4, 20162 min read
How the Federal Government Can Better Protect LGBTQ Students in Religious Universities & College
This is a cross-post from Adler University’s “The Socially Responsible Practitioner” blog. Joshua Wolff, PhD (Assistant Professor of...
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donjacques
Jul 18, 20163 min read
Why Evidence-Based Community Policing Needs to be the Norm, Not an Exception
By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD Longstanding tensions between police and communities of color have reached a boiling point in the United...
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donjacques
Jul 14, 20165 min read
Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans
By Erlanger A. Turner, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Houston-Downtown) & Jasmine Richardson Note: An...
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donjacques
Jul 12, 20164 min read
How to Talk to Our Kids about the Tragic Shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas
By Robin Gurwitch, PhD Families around the country are coming together to talk about the officer-involved shootings in Louisiana,...
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donjacques
Jun 27, 20163 min read
Firearm Violence Prevention is a Human Rights Issue
APA President) and Cynthia D. Belar, PhD (APA Interim CEO) June 28 is the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which launched lesbian and...
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