On Becoming a Black Family Therapist

This 10-minute talk offers an autochthonous position, grounded in Optimal Conceptual Theory to understand the psychological well-being of Black families by centering joy as a healing modality. It is geared to academics and clinicians open to considering strengths-based decolonized approaches to working with Black parents and their families. View the full talk here!

ABSTRACT This systematic literature review explores the ways in which Black parents’ experiences of interpersonal and vicarious racism impacts parenting strategies and parent-child attachment. Using established guidelines published by PRISMA, 269 studies were identified and subject to abstract review.   Of the 22 articles included in the study, findings suggest that the majority (82%) of empirical studies on this topic focus on racial socialization (41%) and parenting styles (41%), 68% of studies identified used a quantitative over qualitative research design, and none of the included studies approached this topic from an Afrocentric research orientation. Limitations and future directions are discussed. Keya F. Williams, M.Ed.,  Christopher T. H. Liang, Ph.D.,  Chisom F. Onwuegbu, B.A. Lehigh University, College of Education INTRODUCTION Ø   Black lives have lacked the safety and protections afforded to the dominant group in America. Ø   Parenting while ...