transformation through the development of critical consciousness and political activism, with a views decolonizing people of color, reformulating their ethnic identity, and promoting racial reconciliation, personal growth,, and societal change. Cultural imperialism, racism, oppression, and colonization can all result in trauma, which can be healed by ethno-political psychology. This process integrates diverse identities, gives people a sense of mastery, and reconnects them to their roots. By combining Eastern and Western healing traditions with Indigenous healing, this model provides a culturally appropriate framework. POCI must be accompanied by practitioners who bear witness to their suffering and are committed to helping them recognize systemic racial oppression and colonialism, while embracing resistance instead of maintaining the status quo. See also Critical psychology Community psychology Psychopolitical validity Rhetoric of therapy References External links English language liberation psychology network Control (social and political) Psychological schools