Why
You Need A Black Psychologist or Therapist:
Black
psychologists are mental health experts.
Not only can they speak on depression,
violence and suicide, but they can
also speak on educational disabilities
and special education services. They
are well-versed on bi-polar disorder,
schizophrenia, multiple personality
disorder, and many other mental illnesses.
Black
psychologists can even speak on what
is now referred to as post-traumatic
slavery syndrome. Many of our psychologists
are activists in their own communities,
and some are even educators at local
high schools and colleges.
Related
Web Sites/Organizations:
Association
of Black Psychologists (ABP)
- an organized group of African American
psychologists that have a positive
impact upon the mental health of the
national Black community by means
of planning, programs, services, training,
and advocacy.
BlackCounselors.com
- created to meet the need of the
Black Community to find qualified
mental health clinicians and resources
sensitive to their needs. This web
site hopes to assist both client and
clinician in successfully addressing
these issues and help African American
consumers take charge of their mental
health.
Black
Mental Health Alliance
-
a non-profit organization that provides
training, education, consultation,
public information, support groups
and resource referrals regarding mental
health and related issues.
Black
Student's Psychological Association
(BSPA) -
an organization of Black students
at University of Michigan seeking
to enhance the development of Black
psychologists, create valid methods
and techniques in the investigation
of Black people, and in general to
promote skills in the application
and utilization of psychological principles
as they relate to Blacks.
Journal
of Black Psychology
-
a leading forum that presents the
most innovative scholarly research
and theory on the behavior of Black
and other populations from Black or
Afrocentric perspectives.
