Liberation Psychology

Question 1

Main founders of Liberation Psychology

Answer 1

Comas-Diaz and Torres Rivera, drawing from Martin-Baro

Question 2

Main interventions for liberation psychology?

Answer 2

• Denaturalization: see discrimination and oppression as denatural
• Problematization: process of discussing, questioning, creating critical reflection on everyday
• Power Dynamics: challenge/analyze power dynamics in research and practice
• Deideologizing every day experiences: via critical questioning, client reconstructs their reality based on the everyday activities (vs. the imposed reality)

Question 3

Are there any multicultural concerns for liberation psychology?

Answer 3

No, however, clinicians themselves need to be liberated at a personal level

Question 4

Describe: Reorientation to Psychology

Answer 4

Focus on ways that current institutions marginalize communities with extreme oppression, discrimination, and poverty

Question 5

Describe: Recovering Historical Memory

Answer 5

Reclaiming of “real” history that is told from the marginalized persons perspective (vs. told from colonizer’s pov)

Question 6

Describe: Virtues of the People

Answer 6

Strength and resilience within oppressed persons experiences across generations

Question 7

What is: Conscientization

Answer 7

Ongoing awakening of critical consciousness in persons that leads to action and what is possible

Question 8

Describe the notion of: Praxis

Answer 8

Connection between theory and action/practice, how does theory lead to action?
- deconstruct while moving forward

Question 9

“Hands on” interventions for liberation psychology?

Answer 9

• Buen Vivir: promotes harmonious relationships between people, nature, environment, and cosmos (wellness = fairness)
• Autoethnography: a self-reflection exploring political, social, and cultural contexts of an autobiographical narration
• Testimonio: a form of life history that promotes resistance and transformation
• Artivism: art for social justice