What is intersectional psychology — and why does it matter so much for mental health today?

In this Best of Season 1 episode, Aurora Brown brings together key moments from all four episodes of Dissecting Intersectional Psychology, offering a rich and accessible introduction to intersectionality, social justice, and their ethical relevance to psychology and counselling practice.

This episode also grapples honestly with psychology’s history — including its complicity in systems like apartheid and eugenics — and asks what accountability, repair, and ethical practice require of us today. Along the way, Aurora reflects on coalition-building, civil disobedience, and how mental health professionals can engage in advocacy without abandoning care, nuance, or humility.

Whether you’re a psychology professional, student, activist, or someone navigating the mental health system yourself, this episode offers language, frameworks, and courage for thinking differently about care.

Aurora will be taking a short recording break over the festive season, but episodes will continue to drop — starting with this Season 1 retrospective.

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00:00:00 Land acknowledgement 00:00:28 Title credits 00:01:23 Welcome and introduction 00:03:33 Intersectionality in practice 00:12:47 Practical social justice advocacy in psychology 00:22:10 Psychology's historical missteps 00:34:24 Civil disobedience and systemic change 00:43:21 The empathetic, ethical, and empowered counsellor 00:53:12 End credits

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