Conversations in Community
Breaking the Cycle: How Parental Mental Health Affects Kids — and What to Do About It
The need to come to terms with how parental mental health influences the mental health of children has come into sharper focus as the US grapples with a crisis of children experiencing higher rates of anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide. (Illustration by Anna Vignet/KQED)
Students Need Safety to Learn
Students’ experience of physical and emotional safety is crucial to their ability to learn, understand abstract concepts and advance educationally, according to psychological and neuroscience research.
‘Border Culture’ Counseling
Selma Yznaga was born and raised in Brownsville, a city situated on the southernmost tip of Texas and separated from Matamoros, Mexico, only by the Rio Grande. She left Brownsville to get a college education and “stayed away, like many of us did when we found out there was another world.”
Why Chicanos Eat Tamales on Christmas
Every year on Christmas Eve, they were there for us
Dealing with collective trauma in the wake of mass shootings
NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with psychologist Manuel Zamarripa, Ph.D, on the collective and secondary trauma felt after events like mass shootings and ways to manage those feelings.
Bullying Tops Latino Parents’ Worries
Share of parents who say they are worried their kids may face select challenges.
8 Latinas Who Are Proudly Embracing Their Indigenous Heritage
For Latinx communities, understanding our own identity can be a complex journey. Latinx people in the US can often trace their ancestral lineage to a combination of Indigenous, African, and European roots.
Texas State Board of Education approves Mexican-American studies course under controversial title
Advocates have been demanding the course for about four years. However, some are calling the education board's decision a "bittersweet victory."
How Latinos are bonding over first-generation trauma
Many Latinos in the U.S. struggle with first generation trauma, a colloquial term used to describe the emotional struggles of children whose parents are immigrants.
Culture-centered counseling
The 2020 census revealed a growing multiracial U.S. population, with the number of people who reported multiple races increasing from 2.9% in 2010 to 10.2% in 2020. Part of this increase stems from changes the U.S. Census Bureau made to the questions about race and ethnicity to more accurately capture the shifting demographics of the nation’s population.
Welcoming the 72nd President of ACA Dr. Edil Torres Rivera
In celebrating cultural diversity and language inclusivity, ACA is proud to air its very first Spanish-speaking episode. Dr. Edil Torres Rivera, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, ACA’s 72nd President, has a conversation with particular guest host Dr. Manuel X. Zamarripa, Ph.D. , LPC-S to discuss Dr. Torres’s journey toward becoming the current President of ACA, his hopes for the counseling profession, and his focus on cross-cultural competencies, decolonization, and social justice.