title: Psychotherapy as a healing practice, scientific endeavor, and social justice action.
abstract: The author discusses the evolution of psychotherapy as a healing practice, a scientific endeavor, and a multicultural empowering process. Social justice, the next force in psychotherapy, is presented. The author predicts that psychotherapy will embrace its sociopolitical nature by subscribing to social justice action. Within this framework, psychotherapists can work toward the promotion of political, social, economic, and cultural rights of oppressed individuals.
authors.affiliation: Transcultural Mental Health Institute, 908 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, USA. lilliancomasdiaz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Comas-Diaz
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design