Fall 2022

Pastors and mental health practitioners work together to elevate the overall health of the Black community

I write this letter off the heels of the seventh Black Mental Health Symposium, still beaming from the excitement and excellence with which it was executed. Attendees and I were filled with…

Most practitioners who choose the field of mental health do so with service in mind. Our goal is to help the world be a better place, one interaction at a time.

Need to optimize your earnings? Consider selling merchandise that resolves your clients’ problems and addresses their pain

Avoid using Eurocentric models of counseling, experts say, and tap into alternative social networks

For Black Americans, added pressures impede efforts to complete treatment programs

Spotlighting Dwayne Brown, Onyinye Udokporo, Althia McLaughlin and Antwon Lindsey.

Mental health, stigma, racism and the system

We’ve all watched movies for entertainment, but have you ever considered them to be therapeutic?

When Althea Simpson, a licensed clinical social worker, introduces an activity during a play therapy session to one of her young Black clients, she prefers to use Black dolls and books featuring…

Understanding, treatment of post-traumatic slave syndrome are slowly emerging