Filipino Psychology
(Sikolohiyang Pilipino)
Filipino Psychology (Sikolohiyang Pilipino)
For, of and by the Filipinos.
Rooted in their historical past, ethnic diversity and dynamic interaction of Filipinos. Within and outside their social and physical boundaries.
Exploring identity, colonial impact, and intergenerational healing-supporting clients in reconnecting with culture and self-understanding
Filipinos Americans
Filipino in the diaspora
Filipinos
Who Is This For
Exploring racial/ethnic identity
Exploring colonial impact, internalized oppression and colonial mentality
Exploring intergenerational issues and healing
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What This Looks Like in Session
Our Approach
Kwento/Kwentuhan
“Drawing from a Philippine cultural practice of storytelling that facilitates the exchange of thoughts, knowledge, experience, and information among its participants rendering them equal actors in the process” (Francisco-Menchavez and Carlos, 2023, 240).
Kapwa
“A person starts having kapwa not so much because of a recognition of status given them by others but more because of their awareness of shared identity” (Enriquez, 1992, 45).
Pagdadala Model
“Thus, listening to them from the Pagdadala model, I realized that my clients were not speaking of problems and the solutions to them. Instead, they were referring to heavy burdens and difficulties in burden bearing. Sometimes they collapsed from their burdens. They were looking for ways to lighten their burden and ways to ease their burden bearing” (Decenteceo, 1999, 94).