Websites

BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) https://beam.community/

• • Provides wellness tools that are dedicated to the healing, wellness, and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.

Therapy for Black Men (https://therapyforblackmen.org/)

• • They are helping to break the stigma that asking for help is a sign of weakness. They have a growing directory of 380 therapists and 44 coaches throughout the fifty states thus far, we are here to provide judgment-free, multiculturally-competent care to Black men. “You don’t have to man up. Let’s talk it through together.”

“The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing” by Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• I recommend this book due to the power of knowledge one learns about how trauma reshapes both the body, and the brain. Dr. Kolk uses scientific research to show these findings as well as treatments that have been shown to be effective in healing from traumatic experiences.
• https://www.amazon.com/Bessel-van-der-Kolk-M-D/e/B0B8RQ2M8T/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1