EPISODE 99 - Mixed Chicks Chat with Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti




Mixed Chicks Chat show

Summary: Bio: Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2003. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychology and Child Development at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Her main areas of research interest are multiracial issues, and the intersection of multiculturalism and positive psychology (including such constructs as hope and well-being). Dr. Teramoto Pedrotti is half Japanese American and half White and grew up in Virginia, Colorado, and the Bay Area in California. She now resides with her husband and young biracial son on the Central Coast of California. Synopsis Psychologists today must be knowledgeable about unique identity issues that may influence therapy with multiracial clients, due to their growing numbers in the population. Clinicians must be aware of current theory, research, and strategies that will be useful in developing more accurate conceptualizations of multiracial clients.