Beyond Cultural Competence

Depression

Existential Lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Depression

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on January 17, 2024

Personal Perspective: Mental health advocates must be more honest and intentional about how we invoke Dr. Martin Luther King’s history of depression to combat stigma.

Workplace Dynamics

5 Ways Toxic Leaders Retaliate via "Proper Channels"

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on November 8, 2023

Learn why the mildest forms of whistleblowing––following the "proper" protocols and chains of command––is sometimes the worst option.

Stress

Can the Stress of Biased Policing Cause Physical Disability?

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on August 3, 2023

Internalized structural trauma could cause an acute level of psychosomatic stress.

Emotional Abuse

Male Survivors of Abuse by Women Can Heal Without Misogyny

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on July 5, 2023

Bias can prevent us from comprehending men as victims and women as perpetrators.

Workplace Dynamics

Workplace Bullies Target Self-Directed Coworkers Most

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on June 28, 2023

Ever felt penalized for forging your own career path, even if you were successful? This could be why.

Gender

The Feminist Taboo of Unveiling Maternal Abuse

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on May 14, 2023

Does discussing your mother’s abuse or emotional manipulation make you feel guilty—almost like it’s a cultural taboo?

Gender

5 Unconscious Biases to Unlearn about Non-Binary People

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on April 21, 2023

Not sure how to affirm someone in your life who is gender non-conforming? These tips are a good start.

Emotional Abuse

5 Emotionally Abusive Ways People Use the Silent Treatment

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on April 18, 2023

Have you endured the silent treatment and struggled to articulate your distress?

Narcissism

How Narcissists Retaliate via Procedural and Legal Abuse

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on April 2, 2023

5 ways narcissists may weaponize institutional punitive policies and protocols for retaliatory legal and malicious procedural abuse.

Trauma

The Spiritual Abuse and Harm Screener and Its Revelations

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on February 14, 2023

Clinicians and survivors of spiritual abuse can use an assessment survey to understand their experience.

Narcissism

Why Narcissists Make Truthful Reconciliation Impossible

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on January 8, 2023

Unable to put your finger on why seemingly-resolvable conflicts with narcissists feel unresolvable? Understanding their assumptions about forgiveness may help.

President Donald Trump

Why Extremists and Hate Groups Often Play the Victim

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on January 5, 2023

A sense of collective victimhood characterizes many members of extremist groups, especially those who endorse far-right ideologies.

Narcissism

How Healthy Self-Esteem and Clinical Narcissism Differ

Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed. on June 20, 2022

Learning the features of narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic abuse can prevent conflating high self-esteem with clinical narcissism, which is linked to sociopathy.