Addressing Social Justice Issues as Clinical Psychologists: Advances in Assessment and Treatment

Clinical psychologists have a critical role to play within communities due to the knowledge base and highly developed skills-sets. The focus of this intensive webinar is to examine human trafficking and domestic violence within the lens of social justice and human rights. The intersectionality of ethnicity, color, gender-based violence, traumatogenic factors, poverty, adverse childhood experiences, culture and the development of effective assessment and interventions will be addressed with case examples. During this webinar, participants will acquire culturally sensitive clinical skills regarding identification, assessment, and treatment of human trafficking and domestic violence.

• Identify two social justice issues relevant to clinical practice.
• Discuss treatment plans based on the links between early childhood exposure to adversities and psychopathology.
• Describe the need to assess and conduct interviews with patients within a social justice lens.

Kalyani Gopal, PhD, HSPP