Institute of Chicana/o Psychology & Community Wellness

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Being Chicana/o/x is something we inherit.

It is also something we become.

Our identities carry family stories, cultural memory, places, movements, contradictions, resistance and possibilities.

They connect us to what came before us—but they are not frozen in the past. Every generation encounters new questions about belonging, culture and what it means to live as Chicana/o/x.

Being & Becoming Chicana/o/x opens our six-week online exploration of identity development.

The course is open to community members, students, educators, clinicians and anyone curious about Chicana/o/x identity.

You DO NOT need previous knowledge of Chicana/o/x Psychology.

You only need curiosity.

September 8–October 13, 2026
Tuesdays, 7:00–8:30 PM CDT
$70 for all six sessions

Register: www.razapsych.org

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You’ve been following the work.

Now come be part of it.

Maybe one of our posts helped you…

understand your family differently.

reconnect with your culture.

put words to something you had always felt.

You do not have to be a therapist.
You do not have to be an academic.

You only need a desire to learn,
reconnect, and grow.

Join the
Chicana/o/x Calmécac

Our online community for culturally rooted
learning, reflection, and connection.

Link in bio or www.razapsych.org

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Identity is more than a label.

It can shape how we understand ourselves, where we belong, how others see us—and how we experience our own well-being.

But Chicana/o/x identity does not develop in isolation.

It is influenced by family, history, migration, generation, schools, sexuality, media, community and the world around us.

This fall, we invite you to explore these influences with us in:

Chicana/o/x Identity Development
A six-week online community course

ONLINE COURSE
Tuesdays, September 8–October 13, 2026
7:00–8:30 PM CDT
$70 for the complete series
Open to everyone

Register: Link in bio! Or www.razapsych.org -> Learn with us

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Our training in Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy is included in past APA President Dr. Thema’s book ❤️

What if culture wasn’t an adaptation to therapy…

What if culture was the foundation of therapy?

check out our upcoming in person and online training cohorts! Link in bio! Or www.razapsych.org —> “Learn with us”

Most therapeutic approaches ask clinicians to adapt existing theories to fit culture.
Chicana/o/x Affirmative Therapy begins somewhere different.
It begins with the assumption that Chicana/o/x culture already contains sophisticated understandings of identity, relationships, healing, resilience, and psychological well-being.
Rather than simply making mainstream psychotherapy more culturally responsive, this approach centers Chicana/o/x cultural knowledge as a primary foundation for clinical understanding and therapeutic intervention.
In either our ONLINE or INPERSON training, clinicians learn how to incorporate contemporary cultural strengths, community practices, family systems, spirituality, and ancestral ways of knowing into an affirming therapeutic process with Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x clients.
After completing the training participants will receive:
- Certificate of Training Completion
- On-going support and consultation for 6 months after training
- Listing on our Clinician Directory
- Annual group check in sessions and case scenarios
REGISTER:
https://www.razapsych.org/professional-trainings
PAY INSTALLMENTS AVAILABLE
15 CEs also available
JOIN either ONLINE or IN PERSON!