Mental Wellness and Racial Trauma
Toolkits
Educational Resources
Racism Resources
Self-Care for People of Color after Psychological Trauma
- Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
- Support Resources for People of Color & Native Folks from Simmons University
- Self-Care Tips For Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week (Vice)
- Black Mental Wellness
- Ourselves Black Information on promoting mentalhealth and developing positive coping mechanisms through a podcast, online magazine and online discussion group
Surviving & Resisting Hate: A Toolkit for People of Color
- The Association of Black Psychologists – Family-Care, Community-Care and Self-Care Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma
- Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma and Ally + Accomplice Meditation for Cultivating an Anti-Racist Mindset by Candice Nicole Hargons
- APA Society for the Psychological Study Of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Healing Through Social Justice Resources
- APA Society of Counseling Psychology Social Justice Resources
- National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) Advocacy in Actions
- Boston University Racial Trauma Toolkit
Anti-Racism Resources
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Understanding White Privilege by Frances Kendall
- Me and White Supremacy Workbook
- So You Want to Talk about Race
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
- NYU The Trauma of Racism
- Video on the social determinants of toxic stress, specifically race and ethnic toxic stress
Black Mental Health Directory
- Association of Black Psychologists Directory
- Inclusive Therapists
- Ebony’s Mental Health Resources by State. (Directory complied by Ebony magazine)
- Therapy for Black Girls
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Psychology Today Directory of African American Therapists
- Therapy for Black Men
- Melanin and Mental Health Connects individuals with culturally competent clinicians committed to serving the mentalhealth needs of Black & Latinx/Hispanic
- Black Mental Health Directory (Local directory of Chicago-area providers).
Resources compiled by Northwestern University CAPS
Resources on Mental Wellness and Racial Trauma
“Racial trauma, a form of race-based stress, refers to People of Color and Indigenous individuals’ (POCI) reactions to dangerous events and real or perceived experiences of racial discrimination. Such experiences may include threats of harm and injury, humiliating and shaming events, and witnessing racial discrimination toward other POCI. Although similar to posttraumatic stress disorder, racial trauma is unique in that it involves ongoing individual and collective injuries due to exposure and re-exposure to race-based stress.”
Racial Trauma: What is it and how does it impact mental wellness?
Understanding Race Based Trauma University of Louisville Med School Newsletter Racial Trauma: Theory, Research, and Healing– American Psychological Association
Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans by By Erlanger A. Turner, PhD & Jasmine Richardson
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano
- Read Aloud with Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center
Healing and responding to racial trauma for children, parents, and families:
Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Community Racial Trauma: Tips for Parents Racial Trauma Toolkit– Boston College Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race & Culture The Child Mind Institute: Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News
Therapy for Black Girls Podcast– Episode 21: How Race Impacts our Mental Health and Episode 42: Race- Related Stress; Episode 134: The Impact of Racial Trauma
- These are intended for older teens and mothers, not young
The Breakdown with Dr. Earl– A Mental Health Podcast intended for older male teens and men. Radical Self-Care– Inside Higher Ed, Kerry Ann Rockquemore
44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in this Country
Dr. Allison Briscoe- Smith offers a variety of resources on trauma, race, and supporting children
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-01033-001.html American Psychological Association. Comas-Díaz, L., Hall, G. N., & Neville, H. A. (2019). Racial trauma: Theory, research, and healing: Introduction to the special issue. American Psychologist, 74(1), 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000442