Special Issue
Call for papers: Oppression-Based and Cultural Trauma
We are currently inviting submissions for consideration in a special issue of Discover Mental Health by Springer Nature.
Open Calls for Papers
We are currently reviewing submissions for consideration in a special issue of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Authors who have submitted abstracts were notified if they are invited to submit a full manuscript by May 25, and papers are due by December 15, 2025. Learn More.
Nature Scientific Reports is curating a special issue on Psychedelics, with guest co-editor Dr. Sonya Faber. This collection welcomes original research into psychedelics, including preclinical research and clinical studies, including clinical trials. The submission deadline is July 31, 2025. Learn More.
Past Special Issues
In 2025, Dr. Williams co-edited a two-issue section about Psychedelics in CBT Psychology with Dr. Matthew Skinta that was published in the Behavior Therapist, ABCT's practitioner journal, with Part One in June and Part Two July.
In 2024, Dr. Williams co-edited a special issue for Frontiers in Psychology, which includes 20 articles and explores forms of covert or unexamined institutional power structures, systems, and their psychological effects and consequences. Read this Issue.
In 2024, Dr. Williams co-edited special issue for the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction based on a conference about the Psychedelic Renaissance in Toronto, called From Research to Reality. Learn More.
In 2021, Dr. Williams edited special issue for Perspectives on Psychological Science focused on the state of the science and new research in racial microaggressions. Learn More.
In 2016, Dr. Williams edited special issue for Current Psychiatry Reviews about Differences in Psychopathology Across Ethnicity and Culture. Learn more.
Special Issue
Power, Discrimination and Privilege in Individuals and Institutions
Guest Editors
Sonya Faber
Monnica Williams
Matthew Skinta
Bia Labate
Williams, Faber, & Skinta (2024). It's complicated: Power, discrimination, and privilege in individuals and institutions. Frontiers Psychology, 15
Barrita et al (2023). Ethnic identity and resilience: A moderated mediation analysis of protective factors for self-blame and racial microaggressions. Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Bergkamp et al (2023). Pathways to the therapist paragon: A decolonial grounded theory . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Davidson et al (2023). Postdoctoral researchers' perspectives on working conditions and equal opportunities in German academia . Frontiers in Psychology: Gender, Sex and Sexualities, 14.
Faber et al (2023). The illusion of inclusion: Contextual Behavioral Science and the Black Community . Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 14
Faber et al (2023). Abuse of power in disciplinary actions of a state psychology licensing board: Inequitable outcomes and early career psychologists . Frontiers in Psychology: Forensic and Legal Psychology, 14
Goghari & Kusi (2023). An introduction to the basic elements of the caste system of India . Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 14
Haq & Shafieioun (2023). Radicalization from a societal perspective . Frontiers Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Holmes et al (2023). Development of the Oppression-Based Traumatic Stress Inventory (OBTSI): A novel and intersectional approach to measuring traumatic stress . Frontiers in Psychology: Psychopathology, 14
Huang (2022). Power decline and the change of self-esteem: The moderating effect of self-defense . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 13
Kantachote (2024). Legal violence: The struggles of Thai women in Thai massage businesses . Frontiers in Sociology: Migration and Society, 9
Karnaze et al (2023). Compassion as a tool for allyship and antiracism . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Louisiana Contextual Sci Res Group. (2023). Promoting appetitive learning of consensual, empowered vulnerability: A contextual behavioral conceptualization of intimacy . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Morisano et al (2023). Conducting research with Indigenous peoples in Canada: Ethical and policy considerations . Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 14
Pascal et al (2023). Emotional relevance and prejudice: Testing the differentiated effect of incidental disgust on prejudice towards ethnic minorities . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Smith & Harris (2023). Actual and symbolic prisons, black men, and the freedom-unfreedom paradox: Interrogating the bad faith of racialized oppression in a post-accountable United States . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Strauss et al (2023). Racism and censorship in the editorial and peer review process. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 14
Traversa & Wright (2023). Cancel culture can be collectively validating for groups experiencing harm . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Vierra et al (2023). Critical action to redress systemic oppression: A person-centered approach . Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 14
Yuen (2023). Effects of salient factors on the pursuit of higher education among multicultural youth in Hong Kong . Frontiers in Psychology: Educational Psychology, 14
Books by Dr. Monnica Williams
Healing Racial Trauma
A 12-Session Protocol. Now available for purchase!
Power, Privilege, Discrimination
In Individuals and Institutions
Managing Microaggressions
Addressing Everyday Racism in Therapeutic Spaces
Mental Health
Eliminating Race-Based Disparities: Equity and Culturally Responsive Care
Psychedelic Therapy
American Psychological Association Deliberate Practice Series
Treating OCD
Sexual Obsessions in OCD: Definitive Guide to Understanding, Diagnosis, & Treatment
Treating OCD
Sexual Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Audiobook
Psychedelic Justice
Equitable and Diverse Psychedelic Culture
Selected Videos by Dr. Monnica Williams
Racial Trauma
Assessment and Treatment Techniques for Trauma Rooted in Racism
Racial Trauma Treatment
A 12-Session Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Protocol
Transforming Therapy
Being the Change: Embracing Antiracism in the Therapy Room
Equity and Access to Care
Psychedelics & Racial Justice