As part of our continued work to uplift Black joy and Black mental health in our community we have been working on developing an ongoing, curated list of Black therapists and healing spaces that we feel can serve as safe resources and spaces for BIPOC artists.
Below is the list as it stands now. These are resources, spaces, and therapists of color that have been personally recommended to us by Black individuals and/or researched and vetted by the IndieSpace team.
Our goal is to continue to grow this list over the years and establish an affordable, accessible, and nurturing network of support for Black theater artists.
Therapists
– Beyond Living – Hakim Asadi, LMSW
– Christopher Stevenson, LMSW
– Creative Healing Counseling & Wellness Center – Alyssa Simmonds, LCSW
– Pia C. Johnson, LMSW
– Sabrina Sarro, LMSW, C-DBT, CTP
Healing Spaces
– Healhaus – Brooklyn-based wellness center offering virtual and in-person yoga, mediation, and body workshops. They also offer private yoga sessions, energy coaching, holistic medicine, and lunar oracle.
– Ethel’s Club – A global organization based in New York City, offers a safe online space for young people from communities of color ”to heal, to be inspired, and to thrive.” Ethel’s Club offers digital wellness sessions, live-streamed classes and videos, and a global member network of POC.
– Therapy for Black Girls – An online community dedicated to encouraging mental wellness for Black women and Black girls. Therapy for Black Girls also offers a referral tool to help users find mental health services.
Other Resources
– The Loveland Foundation Therapy Fund – Varying mental health grants for Black Women to support the cost of 4-12 one-on-one therapy sessions. (application required)
– Black Men Heal – Funding program that supports mental health needs for Black men by matching them with one of their in-network therapists of color and covering the cost of up to 8 therapy sessions. (application required)
– National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network – An interactive digital mental health directory of therapists and mental health providers that specifically serve the queer and trans community.
– Melanin & Mental Health – An online network that connects minority communities—specifically Latinx and Black people—to mental health services. The network provides a directory of culturally competent therapists.
