 Battle obesity among African-American women and girls
Cheryl Grills, Ph.D. and Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ph.D.
A Call to Action Against Obesity
Experts issue urgent “call to action” to battle obesity among African-American women and girls
At a convening cosponsored by APA and the Association of Black Psychologists, obesity researchers, health professionals and community leaders discussed the U.S. obesity epidemic and its disproportionate effect on African-American women. ABPsi and APA agree that this is as much a mental health issue as ...  HARAMBEE : STUDENT CIRCLE NEWSLETTER
H A R A M B E E : STUDENT CIRCLE NEWSLETTER.
Meet the Student Circle Leadership
Gabrielle Johnson, Chair
Hello ABPsi Community! My name is Gabrielle Johnson and I am serving as your Student Circle Chair for the 2012-2013 Student Circle board. I was born and raised in Hayward, California, which is in the San Francisco bay area. I am currently in my third year as a post-bachelor’s track student in the counseling psychology doctoral program at...  Guess Who’s Coming to Therapy
“Guess Who’s Coming to Therapy: A Look at Cross Racial Dynamics in Psychotherapy”
By Charity Carroll
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This presentation highlighted the different aspects of the therapeutic encounter between a Caucasian client and Black therapist. It was designed to provoke thought and discussion around the issue of race in therapy. The presentation addressed changes in demographics, understanding skin color and its implications, person of color therapist-White cli...  The African American Comedic Tradition as Africultural Coping
Humor in the Horrific:
The African American Comedic Tradition as Africultural Coping
By Nyasha Grayman-Simpson, PhD Baltimore, MD
February 18th 2012, the day of Whitney Houston’s homegoing celebration, marked the second year anniversary of the day that my infant identical twin son, Isaiah Shango, abruptly fell fatally ill in Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Consequently, for me, Whitney’s homegoing, televised lived on CNN, was a three hour grieving exercise... |
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