Black Mental Health Graduate Academy

About

The Black Mental Health Graduate Academy, developed in 2015 under the auspices of William James College’s (WJC) Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health, represents WJC’s commitment to decreasing racial/ethnic disparities by diversifying the mental health workforce and advocating for historically underserved groups. The Academy—a leadership and mentorship pipeline program directed by Dr. Natalie A. Cort—is designed to recruit, mentor, and support Academy Scholars: Black graduate students in WJC’s Master’s and Doctoral degree programs for mental health counseling and psychology.

Recent Posts

Stereotyped and Devalued: The Story of Black Children

Spotlighting the continued invisibility and disempowerment of Black children in the United States.

Black America: Psychological Costs of Economic Inequities

Reparations, you say? Examining Black mental health through a financial lens.

Transracial Adoptions During the Black Lives Matter Movement

Filling historical gaps in transracial adoptions: The expansiveness of the invisible labor and opportunity experienced by Black mental health clinicians.

Black Americans' Psychological Pain and Resilience

Today’s America is far removed from the brutal grips of slavery but the trauma of White supremacy and anti-Black racism remains.

5 Habits of Positivity

Our nation is in crisis—so now more than ever, we need to practice positivity to emotionally cope.

Mentoring Black Boys Matters

Black boys' vulnerabilities, stemming from America's historically-shaped hostility towards them, require the support of powerful mentors.

Self-Care Strategies for Black Clinicians

Are you a Black clinician dealing with racially-based stress? Take a deep breath and get connected.

Role of Zero Tolerance Policies in School-to-Prison Pipeline

Zero tolerance policies meant to decrease harm may hurt students of color.

Doing Therapy While Black

For Black clinicians, is in-home psychotherapy potentially risky?

Understanding Intersectionality in Health Psychology

How health psychologists of color can shape the future of health care.