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Check out JBP 2022 November Issue
Below is a summary of these wonderful articles on the psychological experiences of Black people. Four new articles will be published in the November 2022 issue of the Journal of Black Psychology. Dr. Marcus Watson at SUNY Buffalo State, provides the lead article. This conceptual article focuses on the theory […]
Pressure
Donald Trump and the Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan; and The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King?
Donald J. Trump is the de facto Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan.A strong assertion requires strong proof. That proof is readily available.Donald’s father, Fred, was arrested at a rally of the Ku Klux Klan in Queens, New York in 1927. His father, with Donald’s assistance, ran a real […]
Research Corner
Black Matrescence and Maternal Suicide: Breaking the Silence for Black Mothers
Black Matrescence and Maternal Suicide: Breaking the Silence for Black Mothers Brianna A. Baker, PhD, Postdoctoral Counseling Psychologist, CUNY School of Public Health Koree Badio, MS, Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Florida In September 2025, 31-year-old Drake Patton and her two young children were found dead in Lake Michigan. […]
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Spirituality as a Foundation of Healing and Wellness in Black Women’s Lives
In the United States, Black women have addressed different intersecting forms of oppression such as racial and gender issues and they have an enormous role in the outcome of mental and physical health disparities such as elevated cortisol levels, chronic illness, emotional disorders, and social problems. Spirituality has always been […]
Breaking the Silence Around Suicide: Centering Black Youth’s Mental Wellness through Ubuntu
A Tragic Loss that Shattered a Myth Last summer, my family suffered the tragic loss of one of its youngest members. My niece died by suicide just over a month after her 16th birthday. Her untimely death has left many unanswered questions and unresolved grief. It has also been the […]
A Reflection on Bipolar from an Ancestral Psycho-Spiritual Perspective ft. Mama Ntozake Shange
The Western world historically has viewed intense emotional expressions as “lunacy”, where moon energy and emotions were portrayed as dangerously irrational, being out of touch with reality, and even evil.
Trauma Bonds, Liberation, and the Black Female Nervous System
An African-Centered Framework for Healing and Family Restoration The relational experiences of Black women cannot be understood outside of the historical, neurobiological, and structural forces that have shaped the Black family across generations. Trauma bonding, relational instability, and attachment disruption within Black relationships are often interpreted through individualistic or pathologizing […]
Reclaiming the African Spirit: Black Women, Joy, and Collective Wellness
Living within a society that denies their beauty, power, and existence, Black women can find that recognizing their own joy is an act of resistance. However, Black joy and the African spirit are survival practices perfected under slavery. Throughout generations, Black joy has persisted through both covert and overt acts […]
The Unmasking: From Performing Excellence to Healing Purpose
For nearly two decades, I approached my federal career through the lens of a survivor. I was a dedicated employee who was very skilled at “fitting in” every room where I was the only one who looked like me. I made conscious decisions to carefully choose how I spoke, how […]
Being Spirit: Part One
Being Spirit is the requisite alchemizing essence for the restoration of African ascendant people. In the modern world, the word spirit has multiple connotations. In a colloquial sense, it conjures notions of a dark, hauntingly unknown, ghostly entity. In another sense, it is understood as the psychic presence or soul […]
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