Urban Trauma Healing Society NFP

03/30/2026

Our next WFS meeting is 4/11/26. Women supporting women through a lifestyle of sobriety.

02/25/2026

02/19/2026

This is a great training for those seeking to work with perpetration of domestic violence programming.

We are getting ready to host our 20-hour PAIP training (Partner Abuse Intervention Program). We have two cycles this year! See info below. HST Events Page- Register below!! 20 CE credits!
https://www.healthysoultalk.com/events/

02/18/2026

Black History Moment: June Jackson Christmas, M.D. Dr. Christmas was an early member of the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA), vice president of the APA from 1974–75, a Distinguished Life Fellow, and the recipient of the Solomon Carter Fuller Award in 1995. Dr. Christmas was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Science at the City University of New York, and a practicing psychiatrist. From 1972 to 1980, she served as New York City Commissioner of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services. Dr. Christmas headed President Carter's Transition Group, developing policy options for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and was Executive Coordinator of the Task Panel on Community Support Systems of the President's Commission on Mental Health.

02/18/2026

02/12/2026

Black History Moment: Hope Landrine, Ph.D. Dr. Hope Landrine was an expert in health psychology and public health. In 1992, she published “The Politics of Madness” which presented her research on the presence of existing societal inequities in the diagnosis and categorization of psychiatric disorders. This was some of the first scientific data that showed that stereotypes of women, people living in poverty, and racial and ethnic minorities were likely affecting psychiatric diagnoses and helping to maintain the inequities already present in society. Dr. Landrine frequently applied a public health lens to psychology and psychiatry and argued that the field of psychology’s focus on decontextualized individuals is insufficient for understanding overall health.

02/12/2026

We are here! Kimberly Thomas is hosting our first in-person Women for Sobriety Support Group @ Maywood Public Library! Healthy Soul Talk PLLC Every 2nd Wednesday @ 6:30pm!

02/10/2026

Black History Moment: Jacki McKinney was a resilient individual who successfully navigated through the challenges of trauma, addiction, homelessness, and encounters with both the psychiatric and criminal justice systems. She dedicated herself to being a family advocate, with a specific focus on challenges faced by African American women and their children. As a founding member of the National People of Color Consumer/Survivor Network, Ms. McKinney served as a consultant and advisor to the Center for Mental Health Services. Ms. McKinney received recognition for her advocacy efforts, being honored with Mental Health America’s prestigious Clifford W. Beers Award. Additionally, she was bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration’s Voice Awards program, acknowledging her outstanding leadership and advocacy on behalf of trauma survivors.

02/06/2026

Black History Moment: Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser (1895–1934): The first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology (1933), she researched the education of Black children and the effects of racial inequality. Her dissertation research examined self-esteem and personality variables in matched pairs of African-American middle-school children, with half the children having attended segregated schools and the other half attending integrated schools in the Cincinnati area. She concluded that black children fared better in segregated schools with black classmates and black teachers. Specifically, she found that black children from integrated schools experienced more social maladjustment, felt less secure in their social relations and had less satisfactory relationships with their families. They were also more likely to feel inferior at school, had less satisfactory relationships with their teachers and were more eager to leave school early.

Her conclusions were controversial in the decades leading to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954, although supported by some prominent African-Americans such as Carter Woodson and W.E.B. DuBois, who reluctantly endorsed segregated schools until such time that prejudicial attitudes of white teachers would sufficiently change to offer a positive experience for black children.

02/05/2026

Black History Moment: Dr. Carl Bell was a renowned Chicago based community psychiatrist, professor, and leading expert on violence prevention, trauma, and mental health disparities. Dr. Bell was widely recognized for translating academic research into community-based care to improve outcomes for underserved populations. Dr. Bell founded the Community Mental Health Council on Chicago's South Side, it is one of the largest such clinics in the U.S.. Dr. Bell dedicated his career to researching the mental health effects of community violence, trauma, and systemic discrimination. Lastly he received the American Psychiatric Association's Solomon Carter Fuller Award (2011) and the Minority Service Award (2004).

02/04/2026

Black History Moment: Drs. Price M. Cobbs and William H. Grier: Authors of the seminal 1968 book Black Rage, which explored the psychological impact of racism. Drs. Cobbs and Grier recognized that the realities of the previous 350 years of racist mistreatment had affected the psyches of most Black people. The two physicians set out to write a book that would articulate what those effects were. What they intended as “a clinical handbook spelling out in the clearest possible language certain special aspects of the psychiatric treatment of blacks” became an immediate national bestseller.

02/03/2026

Black History Moment: Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914–2015): The first African American woman to practice psychoanalysis in the United States. Dr. Margaret Lawrence was the first African American to complete a residency at the New York Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Margaret Lawrence was the first African American trainee to be certified in psychoanalysis at Columbia University's Columbia Psychoanalytic Center. Dr. Margaret Lawrence was the first practicing child psychiatrist in Rockland County, New York.