Toward a Psychological Framework of Radical Healing in Communities of Color

By Bryana H. French, Jioni A. Lewis, Della V. Mosley, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Grace A. Chen, Helen A. Neville. Counseling Psychologist, 2020

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Advancing beyond individual-level approaches to coping with racial trauma, we introduce a new psychological framework of radical healing for People of Color and Indigenous individuals (POCI) in the United States. We begin by providing a context of race and racism in the United States and its consequences for the overall well-being of POCI. We build on existing frameworks rooted in social justice education and activism and describe a form of healing and transformation that integrates elements of liberation psychology, Black psychology, ethnopolitical psychology, and intersectionality theory. We briefly review these conceptual foundations as a prelude to introducing a psychological framework of radical healing and its components grounded in five anchors including: (a) collectivism, (b) critical consciousness, (c) radical hope, (d) strength and resistance, and (e) cultural authenticity and self-knowledge. We conclude with a discussion of the applications of radical healing to clinical practice, research, training, and social justice advocacy.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Community Healing and Resistance Through Storytelling: A Framework to Address Racial Trauma in Africana Communities (2020, background): “Both family and community-oriented scholarship that focus on racial trauma recognize not only the importance of personal healing strategies but also advocate for collective healing processes (Anderson et al., 2018; Chavez-Dueñas et al., 2019; French et al., 2019).”
Radical hope in revolting times: Proposing a culturally relevant psychological framework (2019, background): “The framework builds on our previous work on radical healing or the psychological process of resisting oppression and moving toward freedom and restoration among People of Color 1 (POC; French et al., 2019).”