Black Mental Health and Healing Justice Peer Support Training
Training goal – To increase Black communities' (and allies’) capacity to identify mental health symptoms, respond to mental health crises in Black communities with dignity, and to cultivate everyday liberation centered wellness.
Unlike traditional training spaces, BMHHJ was designed to be a highly engaging and holistic experience. Our Program:
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Gives participants practical skills to respond to mental health crises with culturally relevant strategies that uplift current practices in Black culture
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Focuses on symptoms instead of diagnostic criteria
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Upholds and reviews the legacy of healing in Black communities pre and post the introduction of western psychology
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Highlights the history of misogyny, racism, ableism, and transphobia in mental health and how it impacts systems and frameworks today
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Includes emotional regulation practices--coloring, meditation, ancestor acknowledgements and interactive breaks
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Challenges patriarchal concepts of emotional labor in Black communities
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Includes case studies for participants to act out in small groups to model responses
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Unapologetically centers Blackness and Black Joy as integral to healing justice
Training testimonials
95% of participants reported statistically relevant increases in their ability to offer healing centered peer support after completing this training.
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Upcoming Trainings
Care in a Time of Crisis: Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Training Immersion
Wednesdays & Thursdays from 12 - 2 PT | 3 - 5 ET — July 29 | July 30th | August 5 & 6th
