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Ainslie, R. C., Harlem, A., Tummala-Narra, P., Barbanel, L. & Ruth, R. (2013) Contemporary Psychoanalytic Views on the Experience of Immigration. Psychoanalytic Psychology 30:663-679
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Holmes, D. E., Hart, A. H., Powell, D. R., Stoute, B. J., Chodorow, N. J., Davids, M. F., Dennis, E., Glover, W., González, F. J., Hamer, F. M., Javier, R. A., Katz, M., Leary, K. R., Maree, R. D., Méndez, T., Moskowitz, M., Moss, D., Tummala-Narra, P., Ueng-McHale, J., Vaughans, K. C., Russell, M. & McNamara, S. (2024) Chapter 1: Overview. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 72:407-424
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- As part of some statistical analyses, a p value is calculated. When comparing responses between subgroups, we used a p value of .05 to guide our focus on survey questions that merited closer attention.
- When we omit p values, we do so to minimize misinterpretation.
- The ASA statement on p values: Context, process, and purpose.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2001) Asian Trauma Survivors: Immigration, Identity, Loss, and Recovery. Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies 3:243-258
- Correspondence should be directed to Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Cambridge Health Alliance, 26 Central St., Somerville, MA 02143; e-mail: ushanarra@yahoo.com.
- Salman Akhtar for his guidance and support, and Dr. Vinod Narra for his continual encouragement.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2004) Dynamics of Race and Culture in the Supervisory Encounter. Psychoanalytic Psychology 21:300-311
- I was aware of the powerful experience of migration to a new and unfamiliar cultural context, which implicates a complicated process of mourning and separation (Akhtar, 1999; Tummala-Narra, 2001). Simultaneously, I felt more distant from the client and unable to fully hear her experience.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2004) Mothering in a Foreign Land. American Journal of Psychoanalysis 64:167-182
- Acknowledgment I would like to thank my mother, Sabita Tummala, and my son, Keshav, who have provided me with inspiration for this article.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2007) Skin Color and the Therapeutic Relationship. Psychoanalytic Psychology 24:255-270
- Dr. Tummala-Narra is now adjunct professor at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology in Farmington Hills, MI, and a Teaching Associate at the Cambridge Health Alliance, in Cambridge, MA.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2009) Teaching on Diversity: The Mutual Influence of Students and Instructors. Psychoanalytic Psychology 26:322-334
- The literature on culturally competent supervision recognizes that many supervisors have not received any formal training in diversity issues (Brown & Landrum-Brown, 1995; Tummala-Narra, 2004), contributing to limited understanding of issues relevant to students of color and clients of color (Constantine & Sue, 2007).
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2009) The Relevance of a Psychoanalytic Perspective in Exploring Religious and Spiritual Identity in Psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Psychology 26:83-95
- By 1914, Bose had developed his psychoanalytic ideas almost independently of Freud, and published a book entitled Concept of Repression in 1921 (Akhtar & Tummala-Narra, 2005). In a passage from his book, Bose stated, “the aim of all reactions is to bring about a state of identity between the subject and the object” (Bose, 1921, p.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2009) The Immigrant's Real and Imagined Return Home. Psychoanalysis Culture and Society 14:237-252
- In a similar vein, the experience of psychological distress, as indicated in research on Latino and Asian immigrants in the United States, varies across immigrant generations, with second-generation immigrants typically reporting higher levels of distress when compared with first-generation immigrants (Takeuchi et al, 2007; Tummala-Narra et al, forthcoming).
- About the Author Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at Boston College.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2009) Contemporary Impingements on Mothering. American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69:4-21
- Mothers are also typically expected to be responsible for children's religious, spiritual, and social upbringing (Tummala-Narra, 2004). Meeting these expectations can create both a sense of fulfillment and a loss of personal freedom and enjoyment with children.
- The persistent nature of these images can create a chronic state of anxiety about basic safety of children that lies primarily outside of conscious awareness (Tummala-Narra, 2005). For instance, a 52-year-old mother of a 25-year-old daughter stated in a session, “I worry about the world right now.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2010) Dialogues on Difference: Studies of Diversity in the Therapeutic Relationship, edited by J. Christopher Muran, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007, 313 pp., $49.95. Psychoanalytic Psychology 27:389-394
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- He states that “the failure to recognize similarity and difference occurs when others, for psychological reasons, become the ‘not me,’ the disavowed self (p. 20). Greene points out that clinicians and researchers who focus on one aspect of difference, such as gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, neglect the intersection of diversity and how all aspects of identity mutually influence each other.
- Annabella Bushra, Ali Khadivi, and Souha Frewat-Nikowitz, in their essay on psychotherapy within Middle Eastern American subcultures, point out that “cultural stereotyping can go both ways (between client and therapist)” (p. 230), as this heterogeneity within cultural groups is often overlooked.
- Beverly Greene addresses the myth of meritocracy where “achievements by members of privileged-dominant groups are usually attributed to individual efforts” (p. 56).
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2013) Psychoanalytic Applications in a Diverse Society. Psychoanalytic Psychology 30:471-487
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2014) Cultural Identity in the Context of Trauma and Immigration from a Psychoanalytic Perspective. Psychoanalytic Psychology 31:396-409
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2015) Cultural Competence as a Core Emphasis of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Psychology 32:275-292
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2016) Discussion of “Culturally Imposed Trauma: The Sleeping Dog Has Awakened. Will Psychoanalysis Take Heed?”: Commentary on the Paper by Dorothy Evans Holmes. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 26:664-672
- PratyushaTummala-NarraUsha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology at Boston College.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D. Boston College, 139 Campion Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
- Jones seeks her out as “the only one” (p. 646) who can help him and yet refrains from paying his copayment fee.
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2017) Discussion of “Emmy Grant: Immigration as Repetition of Trauma and as Potential Space”: Commentary on Paper by Veronica Csillag. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 27:487-495
- PratyushaTummala-NarraPratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology at Boston College.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., Department of Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology, Boston College, Room 319 Campion Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
- The deconstruction of secrets and the engagement with truth facilitates the discovery of an indigenous narrative where the client and the therapist are subjects of their 490own experiences, in contrast to a false narrative imposed by propaganda (Seeley, 2005; Tummala-Narra, 2016; Winnicott, 1971).
- As a survivor of the Holocaust, psychoanalysis has roots in the margins of Viennese society where Freud and other Jewish analysts practiced under scrutiny (Aron & Starr, 2013; Tummala-Narra, 2016).
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2020) The Fear of Immigrants. Psychoanalytic Psychology 37:50-61
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2020) A Discussion of “Going to Where the World Ends: When the Bodies of Children Speak Who is Listening?”. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 30:193-201
- PratyushaTummala-NarraPratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology department at Boston College, and in independent practice in Cambridge, MA.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., 319 Campion Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
- Unconscious and conscious xenophobia and racism stored in our internalized versions of history create dangerous perceptions of refugees and immigrants (Tummala-Narra, 2019).
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Tummala-Narra, P. (2021) Racial Trauma and Dissociated Worlds within Psychotherapy: A Discussion of “Racial Difference, Rupture, and Repair: A View from the Couch and Back”. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 30:732-741
- PratyushaTummala-NarraPratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., is a Professor of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Director of Doctoral Training in Counseling Psychology at Boston College.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D., Boston College, 437 Waltham St., Lexington, MA 02421, USA.
- In particular, Black and Brown children develop awareness of racial difference and a sense of otherness and become targets or witnesses of racism from early childhood onward (Stoute, 2019; Tummala-Narra, 2016).
- The therapist’s willingness to break the silence on race is critical to healing racial trauma (Fallenbaum, 2018; Hammer, 2019; Holmes, 2016; Powell, 2019; Tummala-Narra, 2016).
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