Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D.

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Lynett Henderson Metzger

Second Advisor

Scarlett Choi

Third Advisor

Henrietta M. Pazos

Fourth Advisor

Jennifer Paz Ryan

Keywords

Latine psychology, Latinx psychology, Multiculturalism, Mental health training, Graduate studies, Program development

Abstract

According to the 2020 United States Census, the Latine community is the second largest ethnic represents 18.9% of the total United States population and is expected to grow to 28% by the year 2060 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018). Despite this, the Latine community continues to be underserved and often underutilize behavioral health services (Blanco et al., 2007). For this reason, it is imperative that psychologists and other behavioral health providers have specialized training to best meet the community’s needs. The current literature fails to explore how Latine psychology concentrations are curated to train and inform future clinicians. This study examined existing Latine specialty programs within clinical and counseling psychology graduate schools to better understand how they were designed and implemented. The study used an online survey to explore the experiences of nine program directors and highlighted similar themes in curriculum, training opportunities, reflections, etc. This information is also used to provide recommendations for future graduate school training programs hoping to develop similar specialty areas.

Copyright Date

6-5-2024

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Leeza Rojas

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

62 pgs

File Size

850 KB

Download

Available for download on Wednesday, January 01, 2025



Share

COinS