GIVING VOICE TO SILENCE - THE PSYCHOLOGIST AS WITNESS

An analysis of how personal and professional factors have interacted t o determine the author's career path provides the backdrop against whi ch alternative constructions of psychological science and practice are presented. The author presents examples from her work that illustrate possibilities for a science and practice of psychology that respond t o the variations in human experience as the norm rather than as deviat ions from it. Specific areas that need further exploration in order to make psychology more responsive to the needs of all populations are d iscussed.