{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How to be a Critical Psychologist Without Losing Your Soul: A Conversation With Zenobia Morrill, Jose\u0301 Giovanni Luiggi-Herna\u0301ndez and Justin Karter","description":"On the Mad in America podcast this week, we explore the importance of raising awareness of psychological approaches that challenge mainstream perspectives. Joining us today are three people who are practising clinical psychologists and who have written for Mad in America. Zenobia Morrill is a critical-liberation psychologist and psychology professor who received her doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her research interests include critical and liberation psychology, the psychotherapy process, and wider conceptual and ethical issues in psychology and psychiatry. Jos\u00e9 Giovanni Luiggi-Hern\u00e1ndez is a clinical psychologist in private practice, a qualitative researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, a writer for Mad in America and part of the recently launched Mad in Puerto Rico website. His interests include understanding the lived experiences of colonized people using phenomenological, psychoanalytic, and decolonial frameworks, LGBTQ issues and psychotherapy for physical health concerns. Also joining us is Mad in America\u2019s lead research news editor, Justin Karter. A graduate in both psychology and journalism, Justin\u2019s research and writing span topics in the philosophy of psychology, critical psychology, MAD studies, cross-cultural psychology, qualitative methods, and theories of counselling and psychotherapy. In this conversation, we discuss the possibilities opened up by adopting a critical mindset, identify some of the barriers to working in such a way, and share some key resources to help aspiring psychologists explore alternative approaches. Find a full transcript of this interview here: https:\/\/www.madinamerica.com\/2025\/08\/how-to-be-a-critical-psychologist-without-losing-your-soul\/  *** Thank you for being with us to listen to the podcast and read our articles this year. MIA is funded entirely by reader donations. If you value MIA, please help us continue to survive and grow. https:\/\/www.madinamerica.com\/donate\/ To find the Mad in America podcast on your preferred podcast player, click here: https:\/\/pod.link\/1212789850 \u00a9 Mad in America 2025. Produced by James Moore https:\/\/www.jmaudio.org ","author_name":"Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health","author_url":"https:\/\/www.madinamerica.com\/miaradio\/","html":"