Latina Psychologists: Thriving in the Cultural Borderlands

In this book, twelve eminent Latina psychologists illustrate how they practice gender- and culture-sensitive psychotherapy, counseling, research, pedagogy, social justice, and mentoring. They share how they create their own path in the midst of oppression-by becoming aware of the connection between their lives and their gendered, cultural, social, and political circumstances-and how they liberate themselves and those who seek their psychological services. Based on lived experiences, they reveal how they integrate a borderlands theory, a testimonio method, and an embodiment analysis into a Latina feminist psychology. ??More importantly, these Latina psychologists offer easy-to-follow advice to help readers thrive while living in the cultural borderlands.