Do we need more black people in the psychology field or is that unimportant in the long run for black folks?
Do we need more black psychologists?
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CreepyMcCreeperson
Veteran
Yes, because white psychologists do not have the same life experiences. We also need to be more open to mental health services in general, because there are a lot of people in our communities who really need it.
Yes, of course and in addition to this there has to be a concerted media type effort done to let black people feel okay with opening up. Having more black psychologists (at the doctorate and licensed level) will be useless if their clientele is only quasi-court-ordered. The market is already there for them but no one knows how to go about getting those people who need the help, way more than we'd like to admit (in the helping sense of admit), to get them to these Black Psychologists. Then! The ones that do help and are rooted in tradition, in my estimation are overburdened with clients because of the bolded.
Whoever the young black psychologists are, you need to be able to hustle!
ReadOneBookAWeek
Smoking on a Cac Pack
No we need better black mother's and unoppressed fathers
BlackPrint
The Mayor
For what, exactly? We talking just to be in the field and create Black guilds and be a force in it? Or to address mental problems in our communities?
If it’s the former, I’m widdit.
If it’s the latter, the numbers will never add up.. We’ve got way more people that need help than we’ll ever have people to treat them. We need to work from the bottom (Change our communities) rather than dealing with the fallout from it.
If it’s the former, I’m widdit.
If it’s the latter, the numbers will never add up.. We’ve got way more people that need help than we’ll ever have people to treat them. We need to work from the bottom (Change our communities) rather than dealing with the fallout from it.
sure
Both. I'd ask you this. How does one go about Changing something while dealing with people whose mental ailments can prevent change?
BlackPrint
The Mayor
I disagree. Fundamentally, our behavioral and mental issues are the same across the board. Regardless of race.
That white shrink can indeed break down your root causes just as well as any other black shrink who "understands where you come from".
Hell yes we need more and we need to change the stereotype about mental health in our community
explain for what reason in op so i can give a better answer.
NoirDynosaur
Yurrrrrrrrrr
Indeed. Mental illness and disorders, Health in general, is a essential topic for our wellbeing.
Just seeing how this manifest in RL is a close call that it needs to be talked about.
Just seeing how this manifest in RL is a close call that it needs to be talked about.
As the graduate education and licensing process continues, we need more counselors and just open ears. So many people need someone to just listen.
