Staff: Damon A Pryor, PsyD, LMHC

Professional Licenses and Certifications

• #9866 LMHC (Massachusetts)
• #068.0135396 TELE LCMHC ITR (Vermont)

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Publications and Presentations

Presentations

• A Collaborative Conversation on the Life Stressors & Well-Being Among Black Men, Aug. 2024, American Psychological Association, National Convention, Seattle, WA.
• Sound Minds, Strong Faith: A Live Discussion on Mental Health & The Black Church, July 2020, Innopsych, LLC.
• It’s Okay to Say Nay: Dealing with Being a Black Professional in America, June 2020, National Society of Black Engineers, Boston, MA. 
• Beyond the Walls: Creating Minority Serving College Counseling Centers, Feb. 2020, Arcadia University Counseling Center.
• Life Stressors and Overall Well-being in Black Men, Feb. 2020, American College Counseling Association Annual Conference. 
• Creating Minority Serving College Counseling Centers at Predominantly White Institutions, Feb. 2020, American College Counseling Association Annual Conference. 
• Life Stressors and Overall Well-being in Black Men, Nov. 2019, New England Psychological Association. 
• Child/Adolescent Trauma and Resiliency, Nov. 2019, Celebration of Reiki Fall Symposium
• Black Mental Health Disparities, July 2019, Voice of Reason (Guest Speaker)
• Life Stressors and Overall Well-being in Black Men, June 2019, Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (Poster Presentation)

Publications

• Pryor, D. A. (2021, Feb. 18). Transracial adoptions during the Black Lives Matter Movement Retrieved fro www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/achieving-excellence-through-diversity-in-psychology-and-counseling/202102/transracial
• Pryor, D. A. (2019, May 2). Doing therapy while Black: A Black male clinician’s account. Retrieved from www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/achieving-excellence-through-diversity-in-psychology-and-counseling/201905/doing-therapy-while

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Prior Experience

• 2023 - 2024: Professional Mentoring Manager, Center for Workforce Development, William James College
• 2022 – 2023: Staff Therapist, Boston University
• 2021 – Present: Adjunct Professor, Boston College
• 2023 – Present: Director of Health and Wellness, Cambridge Friends School
• 2022 – 2023: Clinical Supervisor, Cambridge Friends School
• 2021 – 2022: School Clinician, Cambridge Friends School
• 2020 – 2021: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tufts University
• 2018 – Present: Sole Proprietor, Damon A. Pryor, LMHC 

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Research Experience

• Sept. 2022 – May 2024: Principal Investigator, Life Stressors and Well-Being Among Black Men in the U.S.
• June 2019 – June 2020: Principal Investigator and Creator, And Still We Rise Curriculum
• Sept. 2011 - May 2012: Research Assistant, Examining Girls of Color’s Experiences