Qualitative Data, Psychologists, the Profession of Psychology, and an Ethos of Trust: An Open Letter

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Qualitative Psychology on Dec 15 2022 (see record 2023-29783-001). In the article (https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000233), in the second paragraph, “and CIA” was removed from the sentence “It was eventually revealed that the task force was the result of collusion between APA staff and members of the DoD and CIA” because the CIA was not discussed in Hoffman et al.’s (2015) report. Further corrections to the article follow in the errata. All versions of the article have been corrected.] Presents a study which aims to interview clinicians in order to explore their narratives of working therapeutically with survivors of torture. The interviews and analysis attempted to understand how these unique psychologists carry out their special work. The authors conducted the interviews to understand, through the eyes and narratives of these clinicians, what our collective ethical praxis in psychology does and should look like. Given the theme of trust emerged in the clinician narratives, seeing that trust was at the heart of their lives and work, we also realized that trust is the essence of what we should strive for as a profession of Psychology. Trust revealed itself in comments across clinical and association levels. Trust in these interviews was both psychological (the individual) and sociological (our profession’s role in and relationship with society itself). The essential nature of trust revealed itself in comments across these levels of agency and structure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)