Case Study Of Dr. Guillermo Bernal

Dr. Guillermo Bernal is a licensed clinical psychologist and presently the director of Institute of Psychological Research at the University of Puerto Rico. According to () his works in more recent publications as a psychologists is mostly directed toward research about issues that require the treatment of depression, intervention development psychosocial interventions intervention development and research about cultural adaptation. As a person of Caribbean descent i.e. a psychologist outside of the European demographic, he also has investigated research on matters of general culture and Latino culture specifically. A few other areas of his contributions in research also include adolescent depression, program development and the evaluation of the efficacy in psychological services and health in specific cultures.
Dr. Guillermo Bernal can identify well with both the middle class and the poor because had the opportunity to experience life on both ends of the spectrum. During his early and middle childhood he and his family were what he described as privileged. Bernal (2014) expressed
At this point he was being exposed to more and more delinquent behaviors and blatant discrimination. Bernal mentions that he cannot forget the “signs on the buildings that read “No dogs or Cubans” and “No dogs or Spicks” (Bernal, 2014, p. 218). In order to defend himself at school, Bernal began taking classes in judo and would use the fights at school as instances where he could practice what he had learned from. Bernal (2014) expresses that in order to make it in that setting you were either the one fighting and beating others and the person who was subjected to the beatings. At this point in order to stay financially afloat his mother, father, and 16 year old brother had worked. By this time, Bernal was in his early teens and would prepare meals for the family if needed and look after his two younger