Incorporating activism and public policy in professional psychology graduate education

The nature of graduate education often promotes the development of radical critical thinking, professional orientation, and research skills. However, it fails to connect this radical development of thought to tangible, action-oriented social justice advocacy practices. Neglecting this connection of theory to practice potentially exacerbates the experience of advocacy anxiety (the fear and resistance of engaging in advocacy) and slacktivism (engaging in relatively meaningless, actionless social justice). Through a counselor education lens, the purpose of this chapter is to explore the roots of advocacy anxiety and slacktivism and how to rectify inaction through the implementation of public policy-oriented, experiential learning activities in graduate education curriculum.

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Graduate Education and Training in Professional Psychology: Forensic Psychology To School Psychology

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e541652013-011 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Tony D. Crespi ◽

Denise La Framboise ◽

Bronna Romanoff

Keyword(s):

School Psychology ◽

Graduate Education ◽

Forensic Psychology ◽

Education And Training ◽

Professional Psychology ◽

And Training

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Traumatic stress, disaster psychology, and graduate education: Reflections on the special section and recommendations for professional psychology training.

Training and Education in Professional Psychology ◽

10.1037/1931-3918.2.2.96 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 96-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Barbara A. Yutrzenka ◽

James A. Naifeh

Keyword(s):

Graduate Education ◽

Traumatic Stress ◽

Special Section ◽

Professional Psychology ◽

Psychology Training ◽

Disaster Psychology ◽

Professional Psychology Training

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Building a Climate for Advocacy Training in Professional Psychology

The Counseling Psychologist ◽

10.1177/00110000211027973 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (7) ◽

pp. 1070-1089

Author(s):

Apryl A. Alexander ◽

Hailey Allo

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Justice ◽

Training Programs ◽

Graduate Training ◽

Professional Psychology ◽

Advocacy Training ◽

University Of Denver ◽

Graduate Training Programs ◽

The University ◽

And Training

Counseling psychologists have been at the forefront of social justice and advocacy efforts in the discipline of psychology. Despite these foci, few graduate training programs in psychology offer formal courses or training in advocacy, social justice, and public policy. To develop and fill a pipeline of professionals involved in social justice and advocacy efforts, graduate training programs in psychology must expose and prepare students to these areas. The purpose of the current paper is to describe how faculty within the professional psychology program at the University of Denver incorporate advocacy, public policy, and social justice education and training into their program. We describe how the program climate and curriculum were created to meet these training needs.

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