This book discusses how silence around taboo topics can undermine the teaching, practice, and profession of psychotherapy, and aims to help readers overcome barriers to speaking up. The authors describe current and historical contexts that can make frank discussion difficult, and present factors that play a role in self-silencing. Specific strategies, including questions for reflection and group exercises, are offered for building the courage to talk more openly, honestly, and directly in the therapy office and beyond. Several chapters focus on topics that often fall prey to silence, 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 a dialogue, encouraging the active involvement of the reader throughout the book to deepen their understanding of these underexamined topics and improve their ability to help clients and strengthen the profession.
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). He 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 or coauthored several books. Nayeli Y. Chavez-Duenas, 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). She 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-Duenas' 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). She 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, she is board certified in clinical psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology), a fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology and is a licensed psychologist New York and New Jersey. Dr Greene is 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.
Preface Section I: The Problem of the Unspoken Chapter 1. A Chilling Context: Cancel Culture, Hyperpolarization, Books and Topics Banned by the State, Frightened Academics, and Self-Censorship Chapter 2. A Silenced Profession Chapter 3. Systems of Silencing and Cognitive Cues for Keeping Quiet Chapter 4. An Example of the Problem: Therapists' Sexual Arousals, Attractions, and Fantasies Section II: Preparing to Break the Silence Chapter 5. Looking Inward: A Self-Assessment Chapter 6. Creating Conditions for Learning and Strengthening Abilities to Speak Up Section III: Speaking the Unspoken-Exercises for Exploration and Learning Chapter 7. Introduction to Exercises Chapter 8. Physical Difference and Disability Chapter 9. Sexual and Affectional Orientation Chapter 10. Sexual Reactions to Clients Chapter 11. Anger and Hate Chapter 12. Oppression Chapter 13. Racism and White Supremacy Chapter 14. Religion Chapter 15. Money Chapter 16. Death and Dying Section IV: Speaking the Unspoken Beyond Psychotherapy Chapter 17. Speaking Up in Supervision and Consultation Chapter 18. Speaking Up in the Profession and the Community Section V: But What If... Chapter 19. Hitting a Wall, or the Wall Hitting Us: What to do When Confused, Scared, Disheartened, or Stuck References About the Authors Author and Subject Index
