by WSPA | Mar 12, 2022 | Statements on Public Issues
In February 2022, Governor Abott of Texas issued a directive to all mandated reporters, including psychologists, to report the parents of transgender minors who receive gender affirming care to Child Protective Services. Governor Abbot utilizes a dangerously erroneous...
by WSPA | Oct 12, 2021 | Statements on Public Issues
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Latinx American Heritage Month. Observed since 1968, it celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. This month...
by WSPA | Jul 12, 2021 | Statements on Public Issues
Since 2008, July has been designated Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (you can learn more about her remarkable activism here and here). As we have been experiencing as people and as practitioners, the road to pandemic recovery will...
by WSPA | Jun 12, 2021 | Statements on Public Issues
We, the members of the Washington State Psychological Association Board of Trustees and Good Trouble Committee, were moved by and stand in solidarity with the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy‘s (American Psychological Association Division 29) recent...
by WSPA | Jun 12, 2021 | Statements on Public Issues
WSPA firmly condemns the hatred, racism, antisemitism, and violence displayed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. There are many disturbing aspects of that day, not least of which was the stark difference in how peaceful Black Lives...
by WSPA | Jun 12, 2021 | Statements on Public Issues
The Washington State Psychological Association (WSPA) represents over 600 psychologist members across the state of Washington. In doing so, we recognize and value the many varied ways in which the discipline and principles of psychology are practiced, and we cherish...
