Our guest expert, Dr. Ayanna Abrams is a licensed clinical psychologist in Georgia and CEO/Founder of Ascension Behavioral Health, LLC. Dr. Abrams enjoys providing consultation and guest speaking opportunities to organizations (specifically non-profit), schools, churches, hospitals, & amp; other media and has been featured on Huffington Post Live, Therapy for Black Girls & Silence the Shame. She is also the proud co-founder of Not So Strong, a mental health initiative focused on emotional healing of black women through use of vulnerable narratives.

The American Psychological Association released “Guidelines for the Psychological Practice with Boys and Men” to help psychologists better address their male patients who are either victims or accused of bullying, physical or sexual harassment, depression, and/or anxiety. While the guidelines serve to address boys and men regardless of their backgrounds, the APA acknowledged that specific identities--including race—play a role in how masculinity is experienced and performed.

In 1974 Welsing received her first taste of controversy with the publishing of her essay “The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation,” which featured her theories of  racism being rooted in the white feelings of inferiority because of a lack of melanin.

For her doctoral research, Prosser examined the self-esteem and achievement of black children in segregated schools and compared it to the self-esteem of those in integrated schools. Her findings supported higher self-esteem and achievement of those black children in segregated schools.