When La Chancla Crosses the Line
Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
La chancla, which refers to a flip flop in Spanish, is a cultural discipline style that has evolved to be very symbolic. La chancla can also refer cords, cables, the belt, hangers, any item that can be used to inflict pain as a punishment. Often, it is also a trigger word and is a form of child abuse. In this special 1-hour sesión, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Maritza Plascencia shares her personal experience with la chancla, and dives deeper with her professional knowledge about the generational differences of la chancla, the use of it in schools, when discipline crosses the line, when professionals and people need to report, why it is used and what people can do instead.
You can find more about Maritza at www.mindfulquestrelationshipcounseling.com/
Instagram: @MindfulQuestRC
Facebook: Mindful Quest Counseling
Resources:
- ChildHelp: www.childhelp.org is a nonprofit dedicated to helping victims of child abuse, neglect and at-risk children.
- ChildWelfare: https://www.childwelfare.gov/ is a government site with educational resources for families and professionals
- Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (ASCA): http://www.ascasupport.org/
- A trusted guide that described child abuse in depth: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect.htm
- Parenting Techniques: https://suzukiassociation.org/news/25-nonviolent-discipline-options/
Recursos en Español
- Hojas Informativas y guías: https://www.childwelfare.gov/spanish/#tab=general
- Línea de Apoyo para Padres (Eng/Spa): 1-855-427-2736
- Técnicas sin Violencia para padres: www.counselingandtraumatherapy.com/tecnicassinviolencia
Books:
- The Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel
- No Drama Discipline & Workbook by Dan Siegel
- Everyday Blessings by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Latinx Therapy. |
| 0:05.0 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional and is not a substitute for psychological diagnosis or treatment. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandre, licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey, hey, welcome to you. licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:27.9 | Hey, hey, welcome to our first topic in Session No. 2. |
| 0:33.2 | Right off the bat, I'm going to let you all know that this topic may be a little triggering to some. |
| 0:50.8 | In this session, Maritza Placencia, LCSW, and I discuss the symbolic meaning of La Chancla, and discuss the effects of what it truly is, child abuse, a formerly, widely normalized method of punishment in our Latinx community. |
| 0:57.2 | We explore the generational differences of La Chancla, the use of it in schools, when discipline crosses the line, why it is used, what people can do instead, and we answer some |
| 1:04.4 | questions such as reporting abuse. I will provide you all with some resources after the episode. |
| 1:12.3 | Here's a little bit about Maritza. Maritza Placencia obtained her master's degree in marital and family therapy from the |
| 1:18.6 | California School of Professional Psychology at Alliance International University in Irvine, California. |
| 1:25.3 | She began her training as a therapist in 2009 at a community |
| 1:30.4 | clinic serving the homeless and other underserved individuals and families in Orange County. After |
| 1:37.0 | graduating, she went on to work at a local domestic violence agency for five years. Prior to pursuing her master's degree, Maritza had interned at the Orange |
| 1:47.1 | County Public Defender's Office in the juvenile division interviewing minors in custody in preparation for their defense |
| 1:55.0 | and later moving on to work as a victim advocate, specifically to support victims of domestic violence and their |
| 2:02.3 | children in criminal court. Maritza is certified as a domestic violence and a sexual assault |
| 2:08.1 | counselor, as well as trained in eye movement, desensitization, and reprocessing therapy, EMDR |
| 2:15.4 | for short. Maritza is currently in private practice in Tustin, California, |
| 2:20.2 | as a solo practitioner at Mindful Quest Relationship Counseling. Marita was raised in a Mexican home |
| 2:27.3 | where mental health was an indirect and ongoing topic of conversation, as her father would |
| 2:33.2 | always refer to psychology to explain |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Adriana Alejandre, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Adriana Alejandre and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.