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Let's swim upstream for our kids and their mental health

“We know that during infancy and early childhood, emotional health and wellness are beginning to develop, along with one’s body. While we tend to focus on a child’s physical development, we should do the same with one’s mental well-being.” In a recent contributed piece in Mental Health Weekly,...

Leveling the Mental Health Counseling Racial Playing Field

We can no longer afford the lack of diversity in mental health counseling

Parkland: A Call for Gun Control

Like many of you, the tragic events in Parkland Florida remain. It is beyond frustrating to witness another episode of needless destruction of innocents in this country. There really are no words to offer, this time, that do not seem empty.

William James College Promotes Jason Kaplan to Director of the Doctoral Program in School Psychology

Kaplan began with William James College in 2011 as an adjunct professor

WJC In Action: Students Volunteered at Local High School

Six Scholars from the Black Mental Health Graduate Academy at William James College volunteered to engage students at Urban Science Academy (USA) in conversations

William James College to Host "Red Monster" Film Screening and Panel Discussion to Honor Black History Month

Film and subsequent panel session to explore the impact of psychological trauma on the lives of young men of color

Mental Illness and Communities of Color

Mental illness has been found to be frequently stigmatized in the African-American community. William James College student and Coordinator of the Black Mental Health Graduate Academy, Samuel Kwame Dance, sat down with WGBH as a guest on their Basic Black segment to discuss the importance of creating...

Rethinking Fear

It's all about perspective

William James College Announces New Sonya Kurzweil Grant Program

$10,000 donation will support students choosing to do their doctoral projects on topics related to the mental health needs of children

Traffickers have many ways to keep victims hidden in plain sight

In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Dr. Paola Contreras, lead researcher at our Human Trafficking Community Research Hub, submitted

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