Marriage and family therapists grapple with the intersection of societal influence and African
American clients' presenting problems. Questions include: what impact has the historical …

This article reviews and synthesizes literature on the historical trauma of African Americans
with an emphasis on how White psychologists can integrate awareness of historical trauma …

Within the Black Church, there remains much that is unknown about pastoral motivations,
beliefs, and attitudes about mental health. The purpose of this study was to investigate …

Black church leaders are often first responders to mental health issues in the Black
community, yet few researchers have examined their attitudes about seeking outside mental …

Anti‐Black racism including structural racism and racism‐related disparities have come to
the foreground in recent years with the increasingly frequent and brutal police killings of …

This article discusses unique considerations for a culturally sensitive emotionally focused
therapy (EFT) for African American couples. EFT is an empirically supported treatment that …

Past research has indicated the factors that prevented Asians/Asian Americans from seeking
mental health services. However, few studies examined their experiences in receiving …

This exploratory study employed a qualitative approach and a strength-based framework to
identify African Americans'(N= 78) perceptions of help-seeking for marital problems in their …

Previous research on African American clients' participation in family therapy has
concentrated on dropout rates and utilized a deficit, problem saturated perspective. Few …

Abstract It is estimated that 18.6% of African American adults are living with a mental illness.
Research suggests that poverty, neighborhood disorder, and neighborhood violence are …