Overview

This book provides targeted advice to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the mental health professions on how to navigate, resist, and transform institutions and policies that were not designed for them. A diverse team of BIPOC leaders reveal their experiences of race-related stress and how they draw on cultural strengths and anti-oppressive frameworks to create more inclusive, equitable, and culturally affirming approaches to mental health training, research, and practice. This book illustrates how it is possible for BIPOC students and professionals to have a career that is more sustainable, allows authenticity to emerge, and sparks transformative change in clients, students, organizations, and society. It addresses the unique professional development needs of BIPOC individuals across different career stages and professional roles. Covering topics such as how to respond to microaggressions from patients, become a media contributor, or step into organizational leadership, each core chapter includes a discussion of the pertinent literature, culturally grounded theories, personal reflections, and actionable strategies for community healing and social change. This essential guide will inspire trainees, practitioners, educators, and administrators in the fields of social work, psychology, counseling, psychiatry, education, and public health, to envision a path toward a more culturally affirming and transformative career. The introduction, chapter 1, and chapter 25 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDF’s at http://www.taylorfrancis.com.

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Author:   Doris F. Chang ,  Linda Lausell Bryant
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.684kg
ISBN:  

9781032314464

ISBN 10:   103231446
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   17 July 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Finding and Owning Your Voice 1. Ethnic-Racialized Identities as Strengths: Navigating Academic Pathways that Affirm and Value Who We Are 2. Applying to Graduate School: Tips and Strategies for BIPOC and International Students 3. Experiences of International Graduate Students in Training in Health Service Psychology and Related Mental Health Discipline: Challenges and Reflections 4. Intersectionality and Graduate Students of Color: Addressing the Interplay Between Identity, Systemic Oppression, and Resistance 5. Addressing Racial Microaggressions and Racial Enactments in Therapy for BIPOC and Immigrant Clinicians 6. Decolonizing Research Approaches: Some Tips to Heal the Damages of a Sick World 7. Coping with Racism and Oppression in Higher Education: Overcoming the Imposter Phenomenon 8. Allyship as a Vehicle for Health Equity: Reflections on a Career in Community-Based Research with Indigenous and Black Populations 9. Finding Your Voice: A Community Conversation Part II: Taking a Leap 10. Soul Work: A Pathway to Help Heal Communities of Color 11. Developing Your Brand: Building a Private Practice 12. Combatting Racial Battle Fatigue: Navigating and Challenging Predominantly White Institutions 13. Radical Self-Care for BIPOC 14. Putting People First: Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Industry Settings 15. Restorative Practices are Liberatory: An Open Letter to BIPOC Scholar-Activists and Practitioners Committed to Anti-Oppressive Practice 16. Integrating Social Justice, Black Feminist, and Radical Healing Mentoring: Lessons for Transformational Change 17. Antiracist and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy: Putting Theory into Action 18. Broadening Your Reach: Disseminating Science and Knowledge for Maximum Impact 19. The Politics of Promotion and Tenure: Tips for Navigating the Process while Staying True to Your Values 20. Getting Your Message Out: A Community Conversation Part III: Leading for Change and Impact 21. Becoming a Media Contributor: Science, Advocacy, and Public Education 22. Instituting Anti-Oppressive Approaches to Supervision and Clinical Training 23. Transforming the Research Landscape through Editorial Leadership Roles 24. Living Our Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Values in the Academy: Engaging in Social Change Across Generations 25. Rooted in Justice and Joy: Collaborative Organizational Development 26. Leading and Managing While BIPOC: Emphasis on Goal not Role 27. Impact and Institution-Building: A Community Conversation Part IV: Concluding Chapters 28. Conclusion: Find Strength in This Community 29. Relational Approaches to Transforming Institutions: Guideposts for Aspiring White Racial Justice Allies

Reviews

"""Bravo! This book is a powerful instrument for improving mental health. The contributors teach you how to navigate, resist, and change mental health institutions and policies. I highly recommend this outstanding book to educators, practitioners, researchers, students, and to members of the public interested in mental health."" Lillian Comas-Díaz, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Author, Multicultural Care, A Clinician’s Guide to Cultural Competence ""The time is right for this truth-driven, liberating book that guides readers in an exploration of race-related clinical, research, and leadership struggles that many BIPOC individuals experience. This interdisciplinary group of renown scholars ingeniously frame the issues, reminding all of the collective strength of BIPOC populations. This anthology has something for everyone."" Ramona Denby-Brinson, PhD, ACSW, LMSW, Dean and Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work ""An invaluable guide for anyone considering a career in behavioral health, confronting discrimination in their discipline or workplace, or seeking a more inclusive society. Personal histories, thoughtful reflections, and practical suggestions provide useful options for how to thrive in unfair systems. Covers diverse career-development stages, positionality combinations, and behavioral health disciplines."" Roberto Lewis-Fernández, MD, MTS, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, Director of the New York State Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence and the Hispanic Treatment Program, Research Area Leader for Anxiety, Mood, Eating, and Related Disorders at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and editor of the DSM-5 Handbook on the Cultural Formulation Interview ""This book compiles the wisdom of esteemed leaders, healers, and ground-breaking scholars who understand firsthand the barriers and the values that graduate students and early career professionals must balance and address to evolve our respective fields. The authors provide a wealth of mentorship and guidance essential for social work and psychology."" Helen H. Hsu, Psy.D., President, American Psychological Association Division 45 (Society for the Study of Race, Culture, and Ethnicity) and Director of Outreach, Stanford University Counseling and Psychological Services ""Important and timely. Drs. Lausell Bryant and Chang takes us on a journey to learn from the experience of racial and ethnic professionals about how to navigate and change the exclusionary and repressive effects of White academic institutions, policies, and health and human services delivery systems. It is a call for a larger praxis of social change and transformation of the very conditions that promote such a state of affairs."" Rosa M. Gil, DSW, President & CEO, Comunilife Inc. ""Drs. Chang and Bryant have given us a brilliant book that provides a rare opportunity to learn from some of the most influential scholars of our time. The authors merge rigorous research and their lived experiences to give us a timely view of multiculturalism in action. A truly joyful read!"" Gayle Skawen:nio Morse, PhD, Professor and Licensed Psychologist and editor, Applying Multiculturalism: An Ecological Approach to the APA Guidelines and Understanding Indigenous Perspectives: Visions, Dreams, and Hallucinations ""Transforming Careers in Mental Health for BIPOC is an inspiring and infuriating book. Inspiring, as a wide-ranging number of highly successful BIPOC leaders and academics tell their stories of struggle, perseverance and triumph with humbling insight and hard-earned wisdom that so many others can learn from. And, yes, infuriating because after 40 years of various calls for more diversity, equity and inclusion, the underlying systems of oppression and marginalization in higher education and human services remain almost unchanged. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to read this book. Maybe twice."" Steve Burghardt, MSW, PhD, Professor of Social Work, Silberman School of Social Work - Hunter College -CUNY ""Dr. Doris Chang and Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant have gathered a distinguished group of BIPOC scholars to provide advice and their personal experiences on how to navigate, resist, and transform mental health systems, policies, and organizations. This book gives strategies for transformational change and healing at a systems level."" Debra M. Kawahara, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor, California School of Professional Psychology, Editor-in-Chief of Women & Therapy and Executive Director of the Illumination of Mindfulness Institute ""Transforming Careers in Mental Health for BIPOC offers revolutionary insights from leading BIPOC clinicians, administrators, and educators on how to transform mental health practice, policy, and education as well as the academy itself, demonstrating how we can all build careers that are fulfilling and liberating. With heartfelt reflections from innovators who have learned through their own courageous and often painful experiences, this is a veritable guidebook for generations of BIPOC scholars to come and an inspiring resource for creating justice in healing and education."" Kamilah Majied, PhD, LCSW, author of Joyfully Just: Black Wisdom and Buddhist Insights for Liberated Living; Professor, mental health therapist, contemplative inclusivity and equity consultant ""The clinical expertise and organizational and lived experiences of the BIPOC authors described in this unique text represents an undeniable opportunity to advance the delivery of behavioral health services in the United States."" Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, PMHNP-BC, Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing"

Author Information

Doris F. Chang, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, Associate Professor at New York University Silver School of Social Work, USA, and Co-Founder/Chief Clinical Officer at Unmute, a BIPOC-centered mental health start-up. Linda Lausell Bryant, PhD, MSW is a social worker, Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at New York University Silver School of Social Work, USA.

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