Two Decades After Siaan Nathan's (1999) Study: Revisiting the Responsiveness of Professional Clinical Psychology Programmes

Clinical psychology training programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand arepredominantly monocultural and centred on perspectives from Western Europeand North America. Several initiatives have sought to address the monoculturaldominance of Western psychology in training programmes, with limitedsustainability. We surveyed clinical psychology programme directors (N=6) toassess the progress of programmes towards meeting Te Tiriti o Waitangiobligations across five key domains (Māori representation across programmestaff and students, advisory group, admissions process and programme content).Promisingly, progress regarding the inclusion of Māori-focused content andfaculty representation was identified. However, all directors reported that theincrease in Māori student representation was slow, with half (n=3) reporting thenumber of tauira Māori applicants to programmes was an ongoing concern.The limited progress towards ensuring increased Māori representation wasthought to reflect system constraints. The findings highlight the pressing needfor clinical psychology training to fulfil Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations tosupport tino rangatiratanga for Māori that leads to transformative change.Notably, equity for Māori was identified as a priority through the provision ofsufficient and sustainable resourcing for kaupapa Māori psychologies.