boy meets therapy Queering Mental Health: Microaggressions, Diagnosis, and Culture with Dr. A. Jordan Wright
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. A. Jordan Wright, Director of the combined Counseling and Clinical Psychology PhD program at NYU and a leading voice in psychological testing and training future clinicians. Together, we explore how microaggressions, evolving diagnoses, and cultural competence shape queer mental health care today.
Listeners will learn how subtle microaggressions affect therapy, why diagnoses like ADHD and autism are both social constructs and powerful tools, and how cultural competence helps clinicians provide truly inclusive treatment. Dr. Wright also shares his perspective on training the next generation of therapists, making assessments more inclusive for queer clients, and using privilege to advocate for marginalized communities.
This conversation offers both practical takeaways and big-picture insight into what it means to “queer” mental health and build therapy that sees the whole person.
The Wright-Constantine Structured Cultural Interview: Link (full copy and paste link at bottom)
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Created and Produced by Dustin Oliver
*Full copy and past like for the WCSCI: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/WCSCI%20FINAL-2023.pdf