Fall 2020

PC 814

Abernethy & Eriksson

PC 814 Clinical Interventions: diversity (4 Units, 160 hours, online) Alexis Abernethy and Cynthia Eriksson

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The goal of this course is to facilitate self-understanding, understanding of others, and skills for culturally syntonic clinical work. While our focus is limited to a few selected people groups and topics, it is expected that the culture-general principles that emerge will be helpful in working with people from diverse backgrounds.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objectives are:

1. To facilitate your self-understanding in relationship to individuals from varying cultural backgrounds (APA Individual and Cultural Diversity (ICD) Competency 3.1)

2. To provide an opportunity for empathizing with the life experiences of those who have been marginalized by Western society (APA ICD Competency 3.2 & 3.3), and

3. To increase cultural competency skills by enhancing culturally competent interviewing techniques, facilitating appropriate management of cultural or value conflicts within the psychotherapy session, sharpening skills in developing cultural formulations, and encouraging thoughtful reflection on how to broaden our culture bound perspectives on clinical psychology (APA ICD Competency 3.4).

RELATIONSHIP TO SEMINARY AND SCHOOL OBJECTIVES:

This course meets the FTS Learning Outcome #3: Graduates will demonstrate the ability to identify critical issues of diversity and make appropriate responses. In addition, the course meets SOP learning outcomes indicated above.

COURSE FORMAT

These objectives will be accomplished through activities within the online synchronous class time, as well as through asynchronous learning activities. Monday synchronous class sessions will be spent in small group exercises, guest speakers, and clinical consultations (10 hours). Wednesday synchronous sessions will be devoted to smaller group discussions/activities with teaching assistants (20 hours). The work of the assistants will be supervised by the professors. Asynchronous learning will include video, audio, and written material and submitted discussion posts, journal entries, or consultation questions for guest speakers.

REQUIRED READING

1,000 pages of reading required

Bryant-Davis, T., & Comas-Díaz Lillian (Eds.). (2016). Womanist and mujerista psychologies: Voices of fire, acts of

courage (Ser. Psychology of women). American Psychological Association. Available as e-book (selected

chapters)

DiAngelo, R. J. (2018). White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for White people to talk about racism. Boston: Beacon

Press. Available as e-book (selected chapters)

Fouad, N. A., & Arredondo, P. (Eds.) (2007). Becoming culturally oriented: Practical advice for psychologist and

educators. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. ISBN: 978-1-59147-424-1 Available as

e-book (selected chapters).  

Kendi, I.X. (2019). How to be an Antiracist. Random House Publishing Group. Available as e-book (selected

chapters)

Sue, D. W., Alsaidi, S., Awad, M. N., Glaeser, E., Calle, C. Z., & Mendez, N. (2019). Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders.

The American Psychologist, 74(1), 128–142. doi:10.1037/amp0000296. 

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Weekly reading materials (empirical articles and book chapters) on Canvas.

RECOMMENDED READING

Comas-Diaz, L. (2011). Multicultural care: A clinician’s guide to cultural competence. Washington DC: American

Psychological Association. ISBN: 9781433810688 ($59.95)

Hays, P. A. (Ed.) (2016). Addressing cultural complexities in practice: Assessment, diagnosis, and therapy (3rd ed.).

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. ISBN: 9781433821448 ($69.95)

McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J., & Garcia-Preto, N. (Eds.) (2005). Ethnicity and family therapy. N. Y.: Guilford Press.

ISBN 978-1-59385-020-3 ($95)

Sue, D. W., & Sue, D. (2016). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: John

Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119084303 ($130)

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT

1. 1,000 pages of required reading. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2 & 3]. [60 hours].

2. Synchronous Class Participation, including participation in facilitated small group discussion meetings (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3]. [30 hours].

3. Completion of 2 Discussion posts (to peers), and 3 Journal Entries (to professors) (30%). [These assignments are related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3]. [20 hours].

4. Completion of a 5-page Abbreviated Cultural Formulation (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [10 hours].

5. A final 10-page case formulation and integration paper. (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 3]. [25 hours].

PREREQUISITES

PC810, 819.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM

Required course for the Clinical PhD and PsyD degrees.

FINAL EXAMINATION

Final paper.