Episode Details

In Episode 140,  Ben chats with clinical psychologist,  Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, who has combined her passion for hairstyling with psychology to create a new global mental health movement called PsychoHairapy using hair as an entry point into mental health care.  

Continuing Education Units (CEUs): https://cbiconsultants.com/shop

• BACB: 1.0 Ethics
• IBAO: 1.0 Cultural/Ethics
• QABA: 1.0 Ethics

Contact:

https://www.psychohairapy.org/

https://www.instagram.com/psychohairapy/

https://www.instagram.com/dr_afiya/

Links:

The Story of Wrestler, Andrew Johnson's Dreadlocks

https://andscape.com/features/the-untold-story-of-wrestler-andrew-johnsons-dreadlocks/

The Crown Act

https://www.thecrownact.com/

Podcast on Toxic Black Hair Products

https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=20-P13-00036&segmentID=3

Kamala Harris and  Keke Palmer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXrLtzsedf4&t=10s

Brandee Younger on NPR Tiny Desk

https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2023/02/23/1157552574/brandee-younger-youre-a-girl-for-one-man-only

Piff Marti

https://www.instagram.com/piffmarti/?hl=en

David Walker’s Appeal

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931.html

David Walker and Nat Turner

https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/david-walker-nat-turner-and-black-immediat

African Meeting House 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-Meeting-House

BABA 

https://babainfo.org/

Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced

Cammie Williams Episode

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-81-the-burnout-epidemic-understanding-the-root-causes-in-behavior-analysis-with-cammie-williams-msc-bcba-lba/

Dr Evan Auguste Episode

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-98-black-liberation-psychology-a-conversation-with-dr-evan-auguste/

Articles Referenced

Mbilishaka, A. M., & Hudlin, M. (2023). “I Remember My First Relaxer”: Black Women Voicing Psychologically Engrained Practices of Chemical Hair Straightening. Journal of Black Psychology, 49(5), 716-741. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984231191849

Smith, A. M., Humphries, M. L., Mbilishaka, A. M., & Auguste, E. E. (2023). Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males. Journal of Black Psychology, 49(5), 684-715. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984231191847

Mbilishaka, A.M. (2021). PsychoHairapy Through Beauticians and Barbershops: The Healing Relational Triad