Black American’s Strengths-Based Cultural Practices

Black Americans' Strengths-Based Cultural Practices: Tools for Clinicians to Promote Psychological Well-Being is destined to become a must read for mental health professionals, graduate students, and professors alike. Carter, Pieterse, and Forsyth offer clear definitions of each cultural strength, the research on their historical roots in the African diaspora, as well as the evidence base for their contribution to healthy psychological development and mental health maintenance for Black Americans. Treniece Lewis Harris, PhD, associate professor, program director, master's in Mental Health Counseling Program, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, Boston College Black American’s Strengths-Based Cultural Practices: Tools for Clinicians to Promote Psychological Well-Being advances our knowledge about the critical role of Black culture in contributing to the psychological well-being and resilience for people of African descent. This book examines how Black racial identity, racial socialization, coping with racism, communalism, and cultural spirituality serve as central positive social and psychological frameworks for Black people and communities. Leo Wilton, Ph.D., MPH, professor, State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Human Development Black psychology experts Robert T. Carter, Alex L. Pieterse, and Jessica M. Forsyth deliver a masterful, deeply researched, and timely exploration of the psychological wellbeing of Black American clients. Drawing from decades of groundbreaking work, this remarkable volume offers a rare and comprehensive look at the historical, cultural, and structural forces that shape Black American mental health, from the era before slavery to the present day. Helen A. Neville, professor of Educational Psychology and African American Studies, past-president at the Society of Counseling Psychology (APA, Division 17), and past-president at the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA, Division 45), 2019.