Decolonizing Your Clinical Practice: Addressing Power, Privilege, and Bias to Provide Equitable Care (Providing Access and Equity)

This presentation will highlight APA’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Framework as it applies to clinical practice. The speaker will (a) overview the EDI guiding principle focused on the field of psychology, (b) discuss the significance of decolonization in clinical practice, and (c) discuss strategies to minimize the role of power, privilege, and bias to improve cultural sensitivity.

• Summarize the guiding principles of the APA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Framework.
• Identify at least three strategies to decolonize clinical practice and improve equitable care.

Erlanger “Earl” Turner, PhD