Episode 140: PsychoHairapy with Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka

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 of Black Hair Care Professionals, Mothers, and Daughters. In: Lewis, M.L., Weatherston, D.J. (eds) Therapeutic Cultural Routines to Build Family Relationships. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83726-6_13

Mbilishaka, A. M., Mbande, A., Gulley, C., & Mbande, T. (2021). Faded fresh tapers and line-ups: Centering barbershop hair stories in understanding gendered racial socialization for black men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 166–176. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000317

Afiya M. Mbilishaka & Danielle Apugo (2020) Brushed aside: African American women’s narratives of hair bias in school, Race Ethnicity and Education, 23:5, 634-653, DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2020.1718075

Afiya Mbilishaka; PsychoHairapy: Using Hair as an Entry Point into Black Women’s Spiritual and Mental Health. Meridians 1 March 2018; 16 (2): 382–392. doi: https://doi.org/10.2979/meridians.16.2.19

Mbilishaka, A. M., Clemons, K., Hudlin, M., Warner, C., & Jones, D. (2020). Don’t get it twisted: Untangling the psychology of hair discrimination within Black communities. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(5), 590–599. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000468

Helm, J.S., M.N. Nishioka, J.G. Brody, R.A. Rudel, R.E. Dodson. 2018. “Measurements of Endocrine Disrupting and Asthma-Associated Chemicals in Hair Products Used by Black Women.” Environmental Research. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.030

Wise, L. A., Wang, T. R., Ncube, C. N., Lovett, S. M., Abrams, J., Boynton-Jarrett, R., Koenig, M. R., Geller, R. J., Wesselink, A. K., Coleman, C. M., Hatch, E. E., & James-Todd, T. (2023). Use of Chemical Hair Straighteners and Fecundability in a North American Preconception Cohort. American journal of epidemiology, 192(7), 1066–1080. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwad079