Welcome! Bienvenides!
Culturally Responsive Practices focus on in-person and remote bilingual (Spanish and English) training and education around intersectionality and positionality. It is an invitation to weave our cultural stories and social identities through self-reflection and collective thinking. Whether you are a member of an organization, a non-profit, a clinical practice, or a school, we all want to feel seen, safe, and understood.
We all deserve belonging.
We believe that we can improve our practices by stretching (cognitive flexibility) and relating (cultural humility). We will challenge our mindsets with curiosity, kindness, and dignity. We will foster community and belonging by helping others around us to do the same.
We will not be alone in this journey of self-discovery and growth.
Mission
Selected Academic Presentations
Irizarry-Martínez, N. (2024). Who tends to the Brown Scars?. National Latinx Psychological Association Annual Conference. San Juan, PR.
Irizarry-Martínez, N. (2024). Culturally Responsive Care: Inviting an ongoing process of self-reflection and belonging. DMH Southeast Division Annual Conference. Westport, MA.
Irizarry-Martínez, N. & Mihalski, K. (2021, November-December). Do I Belong Here?: Experiences of Puerto Rican Teachers in a PWI. NAIS Online People of Color Conference.
Irizarry-Martínez, N. (2017, August). Reconnecting social ties: Comparison of intervention and treatment models for psychotics. Master’s thesis Proposal. Under the direction of Irma Serrano-García, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
Irizarry-Martínez, N., & Castillo, J. (2014, November). Más allá de la sustancia más acá de la a-adicción: Experencias desde la clínica.Oral Presentation at the 61st Annual Conference of the Puerto Rico Psychological Association, Rio Grande, PR.
Irizarry-Martínez, N. (2014, June). Interrogating psychoanalytic discourse practices toward the psychosis treatment in Puerto Rico. Doctoral thesis Proposal. Under the direction of Amaryllis Munoz-Colón, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
Irizarry-Martínez, N. (2011, June). Reconnecting social ties: Comparison of intervention and treatment models for psychotics. Master’s thesis Proposal. Under the direction of Irma Serrano-García, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
Irizarry-Martínez, N., & Carrasquillo, A. (2010, November). Otra escucha es posible: Un modelo psicoanalítico de intervención con pacientes psicóticos.Oral Presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the Puerto Rico Psychological Association, Dorado, PR.