Mental Health Resources

Racial Trauma

  • Reading

    • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP
    • Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr. Joy Degruy
    • Healing Racial Trauma by Rowe
    • Decolonizing Trauma Work by Linklater
    • The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve by Rheeda Walker, PhD
    • Black Mental Health Matters: The Ultimate Guide for Mental Health Awareness in the Black Community by Aaren Snyder, LMFT
    • Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings, PhD
    • The Racial Healing Handbook
    • The Altar Within by Juliette Diaz
    • The Racial Healing Handbook

  • Social Media

    Recommended TikTok accounts (with whom I have zero affiliation):


    • thepsychdoctormd
    • risethriverepeat
    • somaticspirit
    • drpriaphd
    • lesleypsyd
    • nadiaaddesi
    • strongtherapy
    • xadultwithadhdx
    • lindsay.fleminglpc
    • motherwoundmentor
    • drkimberlydouglass
    • complexptsd
    • sarahosmertherapy
    • the_emdr_coach
    • hellocamilleh
    • micheline.maalouf
    • therapyghost
    • thetattooedcounselor
    • lackofimpulsecontrol
    • raquelmartinphd
    • thekicksshrink
    • thecognitivecorner
    • melissaparkssays
    • crutches_and_spice
    • burritos_and_adhd
    • drtraceymarks
    • therapywith_brreeaa
    • drpatriceberry
    • movetohealproject
    • domesticblisters
    • amandaontherise
    • drchrislee

  • Find a Therapist

    • Therapy for Black Girls
    • Inclusive Therapists
    • Black Female Therapists
    • Therapy for Black Men
    • Loveland Therapy Fund
    • Black Mental Wellness
    • AAKOMA Project, Inc.

  • For Therapists

    Reading for Therapists:


    • Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities: Promoting Equity and Culturally Responsive Care across Settings edited by Monnica T. Williams, PhD, Daniel C. Rosen, PhD, Jonathan W. Kanter, PhD
    • Liberation Psychology:  Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice (Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Psychology) edited by Lillian Comas-Diaz and Edil Torres Rivera
    • Decolonizing Wellness:  A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation by Dalia Kinsey, RD, LD
    • Critical Therapy:  Power and Liberation in Psychotherapy by Silvia M. Dutchevici, MA, LCSW