This book shows how silence around taboo topics can undermine therapy goals, as well as the teaching, practice, and profession of psychotherapy more broadly. It gives readers the skills they need to recognize and overcome barriers to speaking up.
The authors describe current and historical contexts that can make frank discussions of certain topics difficult, and present factors that play a role in self-silencing. Strategies including questions for reflection and group exercises can help readers build the courage to talk more openly, honestly, and directly in the therapy room and beyond. Chapters focus on a variety of topics that can be difficult to discuss openly including physical difference and disability, sexual orientation, sexual reactions to clients, therapist feelings of anger, oppression, white supremacy culture, religion, money and fees, and death and dying.
Speaking the Unspoken seeks to create dialogue, by encouraging the reader to deepen their understanding of these underexamined topics and improve their ability to help clients and strengthen the profession.
Author Biography:
Kenneth S. Pope, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist. A fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), he served as chair of the ethics committees of the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Pope received the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Public Service, the APA Division 12 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology, the Canadian Psychological Association's John C. Service Member of the Year Award, and the Ontario Psychological Association's Barbara Wand Award for significant contribution to excellence in professional ethics and standards. Dr. Pope has authored and coauthored several books.
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the APA-accredited program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She is a professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) where she serves as the faculty coordinator for the concentration in Latinx mental health in the Counseling Psychology Department. She is the codirector of the IC-RACE Lab (Immigration, Critical Race, and Cultural Equity Lab). Dr. Chavez-Dueñas has coauthored two books and has earned a number of awards including the 2018 APA Distinguished Citizen Psychologist Award. To learn more, please visit Dr. Chavez-Dueñas’ lab at www.icrace.org
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the APA-accredited program at Wright State University in Ohio and completed his APA predoctoral internship at the Boston University School of Medicine’s Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP). Currently, he is a licensed psychologist and a professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus, and the codirector of the IC-RACE Lab (Immigration, Critical Race, and Cultural Equity Lab). Dr. Adames has coauthored or coedited several books and has earned several awards including the 2018 Distinguished Emerging Professional Research Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA Division 45). To learn more, please visit Dr. Adames’ lab at www.icrace.org
Janet L. Sonne, PhD, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA and completed her predoctoral internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (now The Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior). Dr. Sonne is a licensed psychologist and an emerita professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Behavioral Health, Loma Linda University, where she has taught and supervised clinical psychology graduate students, psychiatry residents, and medical students. A fellow in APA Division 42, Dr. Sonne has served as a member twice on the APA Ethics Committee, and as a member and as chair of the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She has also served as an expert consultant/witness and has authored and coauthored several books, book chapters, and journal articles.
Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP is a professor of psychology at St. John’s University, and a practicing clinical psychologist in New York City. A fellow of APA and nine of its divisions, Dr Greene is board certified in clinical psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology), a fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology and is a licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey. Dr Greene is the author of over 100 scholarly publications, of which 12 have received national awards for making significant and distinguished contributions to the psychological literature. She was the founding coeditor of the APA Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity book series. Dr. Greene is the recipient of 40 national awards for distinguished contributions to scholarship, teaching, mentoring, leadership, service, and advocacy.
