July 13, 2026

AROUND THE ABPsi

Being Spirit: The Requisite Alchemizing Essence for the Restoration of African Ascendant People – Part 2

Being Spirit: The Requisite Alchemizing Essence for the Restoration of African Ascendant People – Part 2

In part one of “Being Spirit”, we introduced various contemporary connotations of “spirit” and clarified that within the context of this article, “spirit” is framed as a knowable, incorporeal, sentient, intelligent, divine energy essence from which everything of the visible and invisible realms evolves and through which everything is connected.  […]

Pressure

Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

By Dr. Thomas Parham I write on behalf of the national Association of Black Psychologists, Inc. (ABPsi), our President Dr. Donell Barnett, our Board of Directors, past presidents, and Council of Elders to strongly condemn and express profound disappointment and outrage at the latest Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action […]

Research Corner

Trauma Bonds, Liberation, and the Black Female Nervous System

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 […]

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Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

By Dr. Thomas Parham I write on behalf of the national Association of Black Psychologists, Inc. (ABPsi), our President Dr. Donell Barnett, our Board of Directors, past presidents, and Council of Elders to strongly condemn and express profound disappointment and outrage at the latest Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action […]

The Harm of Western Psychology (2022)

The Harm of Western Psychology (2022)

By: Joniesha Hickson and Evan Auguste For generations, African-descendant peoples have been forced to reckon with global delusions of our innate inferiority. Whether considered through the lens of a psychopathic racial personality, a suboptimal worldview, or an afro pessimism, our scholars have made it clear that the ideas responsible for […]

Connected Strangers

Connected Strangers

By: Michele K. Lewis, Ph.D. | Professor, Psychological Sciences | Winston-Salem State University In this Fall 2022 semester, I have begun another semester of teaching African-Centered Black Psychology (ACBP) to HBCU undergrad students. We are 4 weeks in. We just completed our first module, which aimed to distinguish the definition […]