ABSTRACT
Psychologists, especially therapists, are often trained to ferret out, search and seize upon that which is not readily visible and cannot be spoken, implicit issues and influences, that are commonly taken for granted. Whether the models invoked are as diverse as those citing unconscious conflicts about love, sex and relationships or the hidden reinforcement of conditioning, psychological epistemologies are interested in making explicit that which is implicit and, in therapeutic approaches, bringing these issues into view. Feminist and multi-cultural researchers and practitioners further seek to expose the power structures that benefit them or that unfairly advantage some groups over others and so have, since their inception, striven to consider such issues as fees and sliding scales, masculinities and normative heterosexuality as unique areas of inquiry. This special issue is dedicated to adding to those issues that of Whiteness and White privilege in the therapy room, bringing to light that which is often unseen and, thus, unnamed.
