Society for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter

October 2012

Toward a deep diversity in humanistic psychology: Facing our challenges, embracing our opportunities

In his first column, the division president speaks about his agenda of promoting a deep diversity in humanistic psychology

Orlando and Orpheus: Meditations on diversity
The author meditates on the contradictions that attend epistemological hegemony and the limitations of the overly zealous, monolithic and doctrinaire
By Edward Mendelowitz, PhD

A brief overview of the DSM-5 reform effort
This article summarizes the historic events and future plans in the effort to reform the DSM-5
By David N. Elkins
A message from the editors
Co-editors Kevin Keenan & Donna Rockwell introduce this issue of the newsletter
By Kevin Keenan, PhD, and Donna Rockwell, PsyD
Diagnosing oppression: A multicultural review of the DSM
A summary of an APA panel presentation by four div. 32 graduate students
By Katie Darling, David St. John, Lasonia Barlow, Demetrius Ford, and Amy Hanes
Microaggressions and their effects on the therapeutic process
Racial, gender, sexual orientation and other microaggressions have an unspoken and damaging effect on the therapeutic process
By Nathaniel Granger Jr., PsyD
Call for nominations to the Div. 32 Board
Nominations are invited for president-elect, council representative, treasurer and member-at-large
Call for proposals: 2013 APA Convention
"Multiple Voices, Multiple Stories, Multiple Selves: Human Diversity and the Humanistic Vision" is the theme of the division’s call for papers for the APA convention in 2013
Call for proposals: Div. 32 Annual Conference
"Community in Difference: Cultivating a Home for Love and Justice in an Indifferent World" is the title of the Sixth Annual Conference of Div. 32