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Black Mental Health Today

Summer 2023

Vol. 8 · 11 articles

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Teaching and Learning While Black

By Jenika McCrayer
Republican-led ‘anti-woke’ backlash imperils future of educators and students of color

Letter From the Publisher

By LaTonya Summers, Ph.D.
Summer is my favorite time of year. I thrive under the sun’s warmth and it emboldens me to take risks. I teach an Addictions class where my students and I give up…

How to Boost Your Dollars and Cents

By Dr. Macarius Donneyong
Follow these steps to be realistic about what you can spare or set aside — no matter how little or how much, create a saving plan and start today.

Speak Your Truth, Elevate Your Profile

By Jenika McCrayer
Boost your income through guest appearances on media platforms, speaking engagements

Disabling Ableism

By Vanessa Infanzon
How – and why – mental health practitioners can remove barriers to care, confront personal biases against disabled people

From Here to Eternity

By Shirley Moore
The merits and hazards of the enduring bond between Black men and their mothers

Who’s in Black Mental Health — Summer 2023

Spotlighting Curtis D. Jasper, Ameena Kemavor, Broderick Sawyer and Norma L. Day-Vines.

Book Review: ‘We’re Not OK’

By LaTacia Ruff
Black faculty experiences and higher education strategies

Wounded in Childhood, Healing as Adults

By Chasity Fowlkes
Couples-centric therapy addresses past pains, strengthens current relationships

Healing Through Radical Self-Care

By Vanessa Infanzon
Jodi Jarrett, licensed professional counselor and national certified counselor with Finding Me PLLC in Aubrey, Texas, models radical self-care in her own life to create space for her clients to practice it.

Race and Psychotropics

By Rudri Bhatt Patel
How ethnicity impacts the effectiveness and outcomes of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy