Publications

Application of the ADAPT-ITT Model to Develop Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Interpersonal and Racial Trauma and Racial Socialization: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Using Culturally Informed Approaches

Evidence-Based Practices for Healing Interpersonal & Racial Trauma:Cultural Considerations for Integrating Racial Socialization in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for Black Youth

Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Promoting Social Justice

Effects of contextual stress on Black mothers’ self-reported and actigraph-estimated postpartum sleep

Effects of a Responsive Parenting Intervention on Black Mothers’ Depressive Symptoms Postpartum: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

The Worst of Times: Using a Transformative Mixed-Methods Study to Name and Describe School-Based Adverse Racialized Experiences

Feasibility of a Primary Care–Based Program for Supporting Youth Following Traumatic Events: First Approach Skills Training for Trauma

I Can Do Bad All By Myself: Indirect Effect of Social Support Beliefs on the Strong Black Woman Schema and Depressive Symptoms

Group-Delivered Trauma-Focused CBT Integrating Racial Socialization: A Multiple Case Study

Power to the People: Measuring Social Media and Mass Media Impact for Promotion and Tenure in Social and Applied Sciences

Population Mental Health Science: Guiding Principles and Initial Agenda

Systematic Review of Neighborhood Factors Impacting HIV Care Continuum Participation in the United States

The illusion of inclusion: contextual behavioral science and the Black community

The association between alcohol use and sexual assault victimization among college students differs by gender identity and race

Conceptualizing Community Mental Health Service Utilization for BIPOC Youth

Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse

It Makes Me Feel like I Can Make a Difference: A Qualitative Exploration of Peer Mentoring with Black and Hispanic High School Students

Exploring Naturalistic Diffusion of an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention across Peer Networks of Youth in Sierra Leone

Structural Racism and Racial Trauma Among African Americans at Elevated Risk for HIV Infection

Lions at the Gate: How Weaponization of Policy Prevents People of Colour From Becoming Professional Psychologists in Canada

Race- and university-specific norms associated with alcohol use among Black college students

Approaching Mental Health Equity in Neuroscience for Black Women Across the Lifespan: Biological Embedding of Racism From Black Feminist Conceptual Frameworks

Racial Discrimination and Conduct Problems Among Black American Youth: The Moderating Effect of Ethnic Racial Socialization

School climate‐related determinants of physical activity among high school girls and boys

Women-Led Research Support Groups to Bolster Success in Academia During Social and Historic Change

Interrupting the Pathway From Discrimination to Black Adolescents’ Psychosocial Outcomes: The Contribution of Parental Racial Worries and Racial Socialization Competency

Impact of disaster exposure severity: Cascading effects across parental distress, adolescent PTSD symptoms, as well as parent-child conflict and communication

Standing in the Gap: The Continued Importance of Culturally Competent Therapeutic Interventions for Black Youth

Do Coping Responses and Racial Identity Promote School Adjustment Among Black Youth? Applying an Equity-Elaborated Social–Emotional Learning Lens

Healthcare retention and clinical outcomes among adolescents living with HIV after transition from pediatric to adult care: asystematic review

Parenting profiles of academic and racial socialization: Associations with academic engagement and academic self-beliefs of African American adolescents

“Bullets Have no Names”: A Qualitative Exploration of Community Trauma Among Black and Latinx Youth

Racial Fairness, School Engagement, and Discipline Outcomes in African American High School Students: The Important Role of Gender

Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians

Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization Into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth

The Impact of Microaggressions on Black College Students’ Worry About Their Future Employment: The Moderating Role of Social Support and Academic Achievement

Impulsivity and Comorbid PTSD-Binge Drinking

A Phenomenological Study of Racial Harassment in School and Emotional Effects Among the Retrospective Accounts of Older Black Adolescents

Hands Up, Now What?: Black Families’ Reactions to Racial Socialization Interventions

From “Crib to Coffin”: Navigating Coping From Racism-Related Stress Throughout the Lifespan of Black Americans

Communicative Support and Parental Knowledge among African American Residential Fathers: Longitudinal Associations with Adolescent Substance Use

Leveraging Technology and Cultural Adaptations to Increase Access and Engagement Among Trauma-Exposed AfricanAmerican Youth

How Does Pubertal Development Impact Caregiver-Adolescent Communication About Sex in Rural, African American Families? An Examination of Mediation Effects

African American Emerging Adults’ Experiences With Racial Discrimination and Drinking Habits: The Moderating Roles of Perceived Stress

Assessing Racial Trauma Within a DSM–5 Framework: The UConn Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey

Student engagement and comfort during a web-based personalized feedback intervention for alcohol and sexual assault

Association between hospital community services and county population health in the USA

Understanding sexual assault risk perception in college: Associations among sexual assault history, drinking to cope, and alcohol use

School Racial Climate and Academic Outcomes in African American Adolescents: The Protective Role of Peers

An examination of the impact of maladaptive coping on the association between stressor type and alcohol use in college

Understanding the Relationship between Religiosity and Caregiver–Adolescent Communication About Sex within African-American Families

School Racial Climate And The Academic Achievement of African American High School Students: The Mediating Role of School Engagement

Reducing sexual risk behaviors: secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial of a brief web-based alcohol intervention for underage, heavy episodic drinking college women

Profiles of African American College Students’ Alcohol Use and Sexual Behaviors: Associations With Stress, Racial Discrimination, and Social Support

Does it really matter which drug you choose? An examination of the influence of type of drug on type of risky sexual behavior

A Decision-Tree Approach to the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Engineering Empirically Rigorous and Ecologically Valid

Polyvictimization, income, and ethnic differences in trauma-related mental health during adolescence

African American Fathers’ Racial Socialization Patterns: Associations with Racial Identity Beliefs and Discrimination Experiences

Community Involvement and Reduced Risk Behavior Engagement Among African American Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Empowerment Beliefs

Culturally Sensitive Risk Behavior Prevention Programs for African American Adolescents: A Systematic Analysis

Kid Categories: A Comparison of theCategory Productions of LSES and MSES Elementary School Children

Racial Discrimination and African American Adolescents’ Adjustment: Gender Variation in Family and Community Social Support, Promotive and Protective Factors

Degrees of Difference among Minority Female Juvenile Offenders’ Psychological Functioning, Risk Behavior Engagement, and Health Status: A Latent Profile Investigation

Daily Hassles and African American Adolescent Females’ Psychological Functioning: Direct and Interactive Associations with Gender Role Orientation

Healing Interpersonal
and Racial Trauma

The Interpersonal and Racial Trauma Training contains interactive Lessons, online trainings, virtual guides and workbooks, plus countless other resources to help Therapists, Mental Health Specialists, Healthcare Workers, and Clinicians better serve black youth and their families, along with clients who have been impacted by racial trauma. The goal for this training program is to build the skills, awareness, and confidence in recognizing and treating race-based traumatic stress symptoms while working towards a brighter, evolved healthcare industry.