Black Mental Health Today · 10th Anniversary Gift
The Magazine Archive Is Open.
For ten years the Symposium has gathered practitioners, educators and advocates around one mission: culturally responsive care for Black communities. To mark the decade, every past issue of Black Mental Health Today is free to download.
Issues 8 Available | Cost Free | Format Full-Issue PDF
Black Male Grief
Winter 2021 · No. 2
State of Black MH Professionals
Spring 2022 · No. 3
A Primer for White Allies
Summer 2022 · Vol. 4
Religion & Therapy
Fall 2022 · Vol. 5
Hard Lessons From the Pandemic
Winter 2023 · Vol. 6
Racial Ambiguity
Spring 2023 · Vol. 7
Teaching While Black
Summer 2023 · Vol. 8
Rheeda Walker
Fall 2023 · Anniversary · Vol. 9
About the magazine
Black mental wellness, reported.
Black Mental Health Today is the quarterly print and digital magazine published by LaTonya Summers, Ph.D., founder of the Symposium. Every issue pairs reported features with the four columns readers rely on: Who’s Who in Black Mental Health, Mind & Money, Clinical Entrepreneurship, and Love & Relationships.
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Eight issues from Winter 2021 through Fall 2023, plus the complete collection in one file.
Winter 2021 · No. 2
Black male grief.
Counseling aimed at African American men finally gains exposure after 2020, and Dr. King Davis on the psychiatric care industry’s long record of injustice against Black people.
- Black Male Grief: it's all about cultural competence
- Ensuring That History Doesn't Repeat Itself
- Social Justice Warriors: trauma-informed, now justice-informed
- Helper or Victim? Domestic violence among helpers
- Grit Over Glamour: self-care beyond lounging
- So You Want to Make Money as a Speaker
Spring 2022 · No. 3
The state of Black mental health professionals.
Surging demand for practitioners of color takes a toll (“you’re traumatized every day by other people’s trauma”), and the 2% of U.S. psychiatrists who are Black speak on gaslighting and microaggressions.
- Challenges Abound for Black Psychiatrists
- SOS for Black Mental Health Providers
- Considering a Ph.D.? Rewards and drawbacks
- At the Heart of Raising a Transgender Child
- Book review: "Black Fatigue" by Mary-Frances Winters
- Support for people with 'many loves'
Summer 2022 · Vol. 4
A primer for white allies.
What immersion in racial justice work actually asks of allies, the duality of high-functioning depression, and one woman’s path from a hostage crisis to teaching compassion and control.
- A Primer for White Allies
- Public Bliss, Private Hell: high-functioning depression
- Back Where They Started: adults moving home
- She Once Saved Lives. Now She Helps Transform Them
- Antidote for Racially Induced Trauma? Some Say It's Yoga
- Monetize Your Passion Through Podcasting
Fall 2022 · Vol. 5
Religion and therapy.
Where the Black church and mental health care meet. Pastors and clinicians on working together, and experts on why Eurocentric counseling models keep Black clients away.
- The Importance of Having Religion — and a Therapist
- How to Get Black People Into Therapy
- Cornerstones of Effective Play Therapy for Black Children
- Why Staying in Addiction Recovery Is Difficult
- Wrenching Legacy of the Slave Trade
- Who's Who in Black Mental Health
Winter 2023 · Vol. 6
Hard lessons from the pandemic.
The still-unfolding impact on children and educators of color, the aftermath of Roe v. Wade for Black women, and the professional peril facing those hired to lead DEI change.
- Hard Lessons From the Pandemic
- Aftermath of Dismantling Roe v. Wade
- Leading While Black
- Behind Invisible Bars: families of the incarcerated
- #NavigatingSocialMedia
- Before You Ask for a Raise
Spring 2023 · Vol. 7
On racial ambiguity and mental health.
Why people of mixed race, especially those told they aren’t “Black enough,” report more mental illness; parents and clinicians on plugging the school-to-prison pipeline; and ketamine’s growing role in treatment-resistant depression.
- On Racial Ambiguity and Mental Health
- Plugging the School-to-Prison Pipeline
- When Company Culture Is Contaminated
- Tripping Toward Wellness: ketamine and depression
- Racism, Housing Policies and Mental Health
- Fighting Fair: The Ultimate Couple's Challenge
Summer 2023 · Vol. 8
Teaching while Black.
The “anti-woke” backlash and what it means for educators and students of color, plus radical self-care as resistance and a hard look at how race shapes psychiatric medication.
- Teaching and Learning While Black
- Healing Through Radical Self-Care
- From Here to Eternity: Black men and their mothers
- Race and Psychotropics
- Disabling Ableism in mental health practice
- Who's Who in Black Mental Health
Fall 2023 · Anniversary · Vol. 9
Rheeda Walker's blueprint for wellness.
A commemorative return to the magazine’s first issue. The author of The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health on leveraging the strengths of Black culture, alongside a sobering feature on Black youth suicide.
- "Why Didn't He Just Reach Out?" — Black youth and suicide
- A Disorder or Just Self-Doubt? Imposter syndrome, culturally
- A Role Like No Other: support for Black caregivers
- Grad School Didn't Prepare You to Build a Private Practice
- Preserve Your Personal Connections
- Who's Who in Black Mental Health
Who's Who
Four notable professionals per issue, and the work that makes them worth knowing.
Mind & Money
Financial fluency for clinicians: rates, saving, negotiating and getting paid.
Clinical Entrepreneurship
Building a practice, a brand and additional income beyond the session.
Love & Relationships
Couples, families and the therapeutic tools that help them heal together.
Celebrating a decade of healing
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