Unpuzzling Black Male Mental Health
Wednesday June 28th
3-4PM
via Zoom

KMHPC is partnering with Black Boy Heal to host a webinar which seeks to explore the misperceptions of Black male’s mental
health underpinned by implicit biases and racism. The goal of the webinar is to increase cultural competence about Black males in America, provide skills and insight for direct and immediate application.

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Program Overview:
Innovative Change Makers
Iron Sharpens Iron

This Webinar explores the misperceptions of Black male’s mental health underpinned by implicit biases and racism. Racism has contributed to the violence toward Black males, economic and educational disparities, pathologizing of Black males, deadly intersections with police, and adverse effects of harmful stereotypes through simple daily microaggressions. Clinically, Black males are less likely to present, and when they do, they are often subject to being misunderstood, misperceived, or culturally neutralized. This workshop will increase psychologists’ cultural competence about Black males in American society. The skills and insights gained will provide a direct and immediate application to clinical and forensic psychology settings. Additionally, the information is practical and of use in daily non-professional applications. By providing this space, we hope to create a supportive network that helps bring awareness to both Black mental health and interrupt the increase in substance abuse that leads to increased violence, school suspension, and mental illness in the black community. Presenters: Dr. Conrad Webster is a critical race theorist, writer, organizer, facilitator, professor, and an education consultant from Houston, TX. Founder of Black Boy Heal LLC. Brandon King is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Texas, Washington, and New Jersey. Brandon owns a private practice in the Houston area; serves as a Cognitive Behavior and Person-Centered Therapy. Program Overview: Innovative Change Makers Iron Sharpens Iron FatherHOOD Group with CEO and Founder of Innovative Change Makers Brian Gatewoord Sr.