Menders: Lead from Within with Dr. Nicola De Paul

Supervise with cultural humility with Dr. Dahyeon Kim

May 23, 2022 Nicola De Paul Season 1 Episode 7
Menders: Lead from Within with Dr. Nicola De Paul
Supervise with cultural humility with Dr. Dahyeon Kim
Show Notes

Promoting diversity starts with empowering the most diverse employees with the least power: trainees.

Dr. Dahyeon Kim shares her experiences as a clinical psychology trainee and Korean American woman navigating the U.S. healthcare system. She reflects on interactions with supervisors and shares the strategies that have helped her successfully negotiate challenging situations in cross-racial supervisory relationships.

She also shares how supervisors who prioritize building an open relationship with trainees that promotes safety and welcomes trainee feedback can negotiate their race-based blind spots without damaging their supervisory relationships.

Bio: Dr. Dahyeon Kim is a postdoctoral fellow in clinical psychology. Dahyeon has a longstanding interest in creating healthy healthcare systems and training environments.

Additional Resources:

Galan et al. (2021) - Editorial: A call to action for an antiracist clinical science. - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15374416.2020.1860066

Narine et al. (2022) - Call to action: mobilizing clinical psychology programs to support AAPI trainees through an anti-racism framework - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359847696_Call_to_Action_Mobilizing_Clinical_Psychology_Programs_to_Support_AAPI_Trainees_Through_an_Anti-Racism_Framework

Park Hong (2021) - Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning -  http://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/605371/