On Becoming a Black Family Therapist

  HEY BLACK PARENTS!  I could use your help. It’s dissertation time and I am studying JOY-making in Black parenting. Three ways you can help me recruit and I’d be ever so grateful! 1.        If you would like to share your joy stories, click the link in my bio to sign up. 2.        If you know a Black parent that you think might be interested, share this post/link 3.        If you’re simply excited about the research, LIKE the post! Click Here To Learn More About The Black Parent Stories Project

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!

Know that you stand on the shoulders of resistance Of ancestors who stood in persistence Know that you are the product of strong genes Of people oppressed by all means Know that you shine as answered prayers of those that came before you Of wise ones who dared to dream of what you can now do Know that you come from their work their toil and their pain Of foundations beneath all you have gained Know that you come from storytellers, drummers and dancers Of acknowledgement of their free souls even without the answers Know that you’re descendant of knowers and seers who listened inside Of survivors and thrivers through the atrocities outside Know that you come from beings who knew their oneness with All Of strong roots firmly planted during the fall Know that you are Divine A manifestation of Their great Joy Of hope Of grace An immaculate expression of faith! By: Keya F. Williams