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Workers weather stress, uncertainty, and AI with psychological capital
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Browse the latest updates from APA, informed by psychological science.
Candice Hargons, PhD, elected as 2028 APA president
APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, to retire in January 2028
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Practicing Decolonial and Liberation Psychologies
American Psychologist's special issue highlights decolonial and liberation psychologies in diverse global contexts.
The Healing Guide [PDF]
The study guide primarily focuses on healing pathways. It provides a description of each healing pathway, thought questions and activities, and resources.
From the President’s Desk: October 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in October 2023.
President's column: A call for psychologists to have collective faith
Every aspect of the field is built on the belief in possibility beyond the present.
From the President’s Desk: September 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in September 2023.
President's column: Psychologists must embrace decolonial psychology
To advance as a field, we must recognize the importance of cultural humility, advocacy, and embodied healing.
President's column: Psychologists should commit to thriving and growth
We must not make the cessation of distress symptoms the finish line in our efforts.
APA issues letter pledging support to communities impacted by Hawaiian wildfires
APA sends our solidarity and support to the Hawaiian psychological community and to the many people of Hawaii who have been harmed by the wildfires and to those dear to them.
President's column: You belong at APA 2023
The largest, most diverse psychology gathering of the year will feature many opportunities to celebrate your unique identity.
From the President’s Desk: May 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in May 2023 including advancing work of APA’s strategic plan.
President's column: Seven medicines for healing collective trauma
Psychology and Indigenous healers have found multiple medicines to reconcile our psychological wounds.
From the President’s Desk: April 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in April 2023 including details from the 2023 Council of Representatives meeting.
From the President’s Desk: March 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in March 2023 including details from the Spring Consolidate Meeting
President's column: Trauma: Surviving, healing, and thriving
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and all psychologists must be mindful of the pervasiveness of trauma and its potential short- and long-term consequences.
From the President’s Desk: February 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in February 2023 including details from the 2023 Council of Representatives meeting.
President's column: Walking each other home
Psychologists should be committed to moving from awareness to active anti-oppression, professionally and personally.
From the President’s Desk: January 2023
A monthly report summarizing APA president’s activities and accomplishments in January 2023.
Statement of APA president in response to barrage of mass shootings in 2023
Statement by Thema Bryant, PhD, in response to nearly 40 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, including two this week in California.
President's column: Calling psychologists home to ourselves
Psychologists stretched thin by unyielding work demands must take time to prioritize their own well-being.
Multicultural Feminist Therapy With Adolescent Girls of Color
In this video, Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis discusses this therapeutic approach with host Dr. Maysa Akbar, then demonstrates her work in a session with a teenage client.
Reflections on Race and Ethnicity in the Therapeutic Setting
In Reflections on Race and Ethnicity in the Therapeutic Setting, four therapists known for their culturally adaptive work discuss ways to honor differences in identity and address the effects of prejudice in psychotherapy.
Multicultural Feminist Therapy
This book describes strengths-based strategies psychotherapists can use to help adolescent girls of color become healthy, happy, and empowered.
Survivor-informed Research: African-American Girls and Women [PDF]
African-american youth are at increased risk for domestic minor sex trafficking.
Womanist and Mujerista Psychologies
This inspiring book introduces the psychologies of womanists and mujeristasAfrican American women and Latinas, respectively, who have a broad and inclusive approach to feminism and liberation. Womanist and mujerista values and worldviews emphasize resiliency, strength, activism, self-expression, creativity, spirituality/connection, self-definition, and liberation of all oppressed people.
Cultural Considerations of Trauma: Physical, Mental and Social Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Exposure
Special issue of the APA journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 2010. Articles discuss cultural factors in intimate partner violence among African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, homeless women, HIV-positive women, and pregnant women.
