Over 30 years ago, counseling psychology researchers began to identify the harmful effects of racially and culturally unresponsive supervision from the perspectives of supervisees. Missing from the literature, however, is empirical evidence from the perspectives of supervisors. Moreover, research has failed to explore the influence of context (e.g., mental health sites) on supervision that addresses race and culture. The present study explores supervisors' perspectives and experiences as they pertain to the racial climates of mental health work environments and the influences of their institutional racial climates on their supervision practices. Interviews with 8 psychologists, who identified as Black (n ϭ 4) or White (n ϭ 4), were analyzed using directed content analysis guided by the racial identity social interaction model. Core domains and themes from the analysis revealed connections between the supervisors' perceptions of the racial climate of their institutions and the challenges of supervising on race and culture. Findings from the study highlight the ways that supervisors in mental health settings attempt to protect their supervisees in environments in which they themselves feel unprotected. Limitations and implications of the study for supervision theory, research, and practice are discussed. Public Significance StatementThe findings of the study help to explain how supervisors and institutions can better train future psychologists to be racially responsive mental health care providers. The use of the racial identity social interaction model might better prepare supervisors and training institutions to recognize and intervene in the complex racial dynamics associated with providing supervision on race in the context of work and training environments.

Trauma-informed care has emerged as an important model to address the pervasiveness of traumatic experiences across the life cycle and their association with significant adverse medical and psychiatric consequences. To achieve health equity, in which all people have the opportunity for health, it is crucial for physicians to become comfortable with a neurobiopsychosocial understanding of trauma and how to provide optimal trauma-informed care. Given the pervasiveness of trauma exposure, and its impact on individual and community health, this paradigm shift in adult health care delivery systems requires physician engagement at every stage of development and implementation.

The present study tested the integrative mediation model of minority stress theory by simultaneously examining both group-specific proximal minority stressors (expectations of rejection, internalized heterosexism, outness) and general psychological processes (rumination, self-esteem, social support) as mediators of the association of heterosexist discrimination with internalizing mental health concerns in a sample of 434 sexual minority adults. Bivariate associations were largely consistent with the expectation that minority stressors and general psychological processes were significantly associated with internalizing symptoms. Results of latent variable structural equation modeling indicated that heterosexist discrimination, internalized heterosexism, rumination, self-esteem, and social support were each uniquely related to internalizing symptoms, although internalized heterosexism’s unique relation with internalizing symptoms was negative rather than positive. Rumination, self-esteem, and social support—but not the proximal minority stressors—mediated the relation of heterosexist discrimination with internalizing symptoms. Implications of these findings for clinical work and research with sexual minority people are discussed.

This chapter provides an overview of the history of Latinx feminism. It includes a brief history about Latinx feminist leaders and the development of feminism including womanism, Black feminism, mujerismo, and womanista. The chapter includes ways in which Latina feminism highlights indigenous ways of knowing including mestiza consciousness, borderlands, and nepantla. This chapter sets the groundwork for the authors to explore contemporary perspectives on Latinx feminism including their own feminist identity developments in another chapter.

This chapter discusses contemporary perspectives related to Latinx feminism. This chapter builds upon a previous chapter about the history of Latinx feminism. Ways in which feminism and gender identity intersect with other identities are discussed. The authors discuss how Latinx feminism provides avenues to resist oppression. The chapter ends with a discussion of application of feminist concepts discussed and future directions. A combination of third-person research and personal narrative is utilized.