How does EID intersect with psychology and training?

The image above was published November 2020 within the APA Monitor article “Psychology’s workforce is becoming more diverse.” Although the data is from 2018, it depicts the ongoing inconsistency between the racial/ethnic minorities within the U.S. psychology workforce with the U.S. population. 

When does this impact you? 

Here are a few examples:

For a provider, it may be when you are seeking training to work with specific cultural populations. For example, I was not trained by a provider from my ethnic background. I also did not know any providers who spoke Punjabi, were from India or had the expertise I was seeking training in. Thankfully, I had supervisors that practiced cultural humility and supported my work; however, I have found this is not true for many trainees that I have worked with. If a majority of the supervisors in the field of psychology are white, there is much work to be done to support not only our trainees but also supervisors. Have you seen this occur in your training? 

Patients often feel the impact when they cannot find a provider from their racial/ethnic background with expertise in their problem area. Would you like to hear more about this? 

Image: Psychology’s workforce is becoming more diverse (2020) from https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/11/datapoint-diverse

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