distress as the environment and social structure to which persons are subjugated. Furthermore, this helps people to understand their relationship to the power structure, and the ways in which they participate in it.Moane, G. (2011). Gender and colonialism: a psychological analysis of oppression and liberation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. In liberatory approaches to mental distress the therapy is only a step towards the 're-insertion' of a person into their social milieu, social action and their existential life-project. Moving liberation psychology forward Since the late 1990s, international congresses on liberation psychology have been held, primarily at Latin American universities. These congresses have been attended by hundreds of professionals and students, and have been crucial in perpetuating the social justice message of liberation psychology. Specific congress themes include human rights, social justice, democratization, and creating models for liberation psychology in psychological practice and pedagogy. In recent years, these meetings have become increasingly focused on addressing issues related to poverty and economic inequality. International congresses on liberation psychology include: 1st, 1998 in Mexico City, Mexico 2nd, 1999 in San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd, 2000 in Cuernavaca, Mexico 4th, 2001 in Guatemala City, Guatemala 5th, 2002 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 6th, 2003 in Campinas, Brazil 7th, 2005 in Liberia, Costa RicaDobles, I., Baltodano, S., & Leandro, V. (Eds.). (2007). Psicología de la Liberación en el Contexto de la Globalización Neoliberal: Acciones, reflexiones y desafíos. Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, Costa Rica: Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. 8th, in Santiago de Chile 9th, 2008 in Chiapas, Mexico 10th, 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela 11th, 2012 in Bogotá, Colombia 12th, 2014 in Cusco, Peru congress web page 13th, 2016 in Cuernavaca, Mexico conference web page Liberation psychology is not limited to Latin America. The term was used by Philippine psychologist Virgilio Enríquez, apparently independently of Martín-Baró. Elsewhere there have been explicit attempts to apply the approach to practice in other regions. In 2011 an English language liberation psychology network was established by the British psychologist Mark Burton. It has an international membership which reflects interest in liberation psychology from psychologists who do not read Spanish or Portuguese. Moreover, not all liberatory praxis in psychology goes under the name "liberation psychology". Examples Black psychology Some scholars argue that the liberation psychology framework is central to black psychology. The interconnectedness of the personal and political, a fundamental tenet of liberation psychology, is central to black psychology. Furthermore, black psychology is thought