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46 - Justice for All

Reflections as a Clinician at the Intersections

from Part VI - Perspectives from the Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2024

Monica K. Miller
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Reno
Logan A. Yelderman
Affiliation:
Prairie View A & M University, Texas
Matthew T. Huss
Affiliation:
Creighton University, Omaha
Jason A. Cantone
Affiliation:
George Mason University, Virginia
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I write from the perspective of a Black woman who is a first-generation American and a clinically trained psychologist. I practice at the intersection of the public mental health and criminal justice systems, as a public sector forensic evaluator. I additionally function as university faculty, tasked with educating and training forensic mental health professionals early in their forensic careers. I carry my identities and roles with me in my daily practice, where decision-making becomes tangled in systems that have multiple and at times competing functions, agendas, resources, and responsibilities.

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Print publication year: 2024

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