Healing Racial Stress Workbook for Black Teens: Skills to Help You Manage Emotions, Resist Racism, and Feel Empowered

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Jessica S. Henry PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist in Washington DC Maryland and Georgia. She is the cofounder and vice president of program development and evaluation for the Black Mental Wellness Corp. and founder and CEO of Community Impact: Consultation & Psychological Services-a trauma-informed organization whose mission is to provide trauma-informed services to individuals and organizations affected by traumatic events. Henry is the current senior director of behavioural health for one of Washington DC's largest Federally Qualified Health Centers and previous clinical director of a level-5 close security male prison and Georgia's largest youth homeless shelter. Overall Henry is passionate about the mental health of individuals in Black and under resourced communities and has specialized in increasing access to treatment and providing the highest quality of evidence-based mental health treatment services to underserved youth families and adults exposed to traumatic events (e.g. community violence abuse neglect). She received her BS from Howard University MA from Columbia University and PhD in clinical psychology from The George Washington University. She is from the greater Washington DC metropolitan area. For more information about Henry please visit BlackMentalWellness.com or ImpactTheCommunity.com. She can also be found on Instagram @BlackMentalWellness or @CommunityImpact_CPFarzana T. Saleem PhD received her PhD in clinical-community psychology and is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research examines the influence of racial stressors and culturally relevant practices on adolescents' psychological health and adjustment with a focus on understanding the process and contextual nuance of how youth learn about race and respond to racism (often termed ethnic-racial socialization) across families and schools. She is a codeveloper of the group-based intervention TRANSFORM designed to heal racial stress and trauma among youth of colour. Saleem utilizes research to develop applied tools and interventions that promote the mental health and development of Black adolescents and other youth of colour as well as those within their surrounding contexts. She is from Atlanta Georgia and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information about Saleem visit farzanasaleem.com or follow her on social media @drftsaleem on Instagram and @ dr_ftsaleem on Twitter.Dana L. Cunningham PhD is a licensed psychologist and cofounder and vice president of community outreach and engagement at Black Mental Wellness Corp. She is also program director at the National Center for School Mental Health in the department of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Cunningham is passionate about increasing access to culturally responsive and antiracist mental health care for underserved youth and uplifting the voices of marginalized populations. Cunningham also authored a children's book A Day I'll Never Forget to support children who have been impacted by the incarceration of a loved one. Additionally Cunningham owns a private practice in the greater Washington DC area where she resides. Cunningham received a BA in psychology from Spelman College and obtained her M.A. and PhD in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. To learn more about Cunningham please visit BlackMentalWellness.com.Nicole L. Cammack PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist in Maryland and Washington DC. She is founder president and CEO of Black Mental Wellness Corp. and she also owns Healing Generations Psychological Services and Consultation Center LLC. a private practice in Washington DC. Cammack received her bachelor's degree from Howard University and her PhD in clinical psychology from The George Washington University. Throughout her career she has continually focused on mental health issues specific to the Black community and identifying ways to address the cultural and systemic issues that impact Black mental health and wellness. She currently lives in Washington DC. For more about Cammack please visit BlackMentalWellness.com or HealingGenerationsCenter.comDanielle R. Busby PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist in Michigan and Texas. She is cofounder and vice president of professional relations and liaison of Black Mental Wellness Corp. and is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Busby's research examines traumatic and race-related stressors among Black youth barriers to mental health service use for Black youth and emerging adults who are at elevated risk for suicide and protective factors that seek to decrease negative psychological outcomes and increase wellness. She has clinical expertise in child trauma and youth suicide prevention and intervention. Busby is passionate about decreasing barriers to mental health service use for underserved populations and is committed to continuously bridging the gap between research and clinical practice. Her ongoing work amplifies and supports marginalized voices through education clinical training and healing. Busby was born in Detroit MI and raised in Southfield MI. She received her BA in psychology from the University of Michigan and her master's and PhD in clinical-community psychology from The George Washington University. For more about Busby please visit BlackMentalWellness.com or DrDanielleBusby.com