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# Spotlight: A Conversation About Black Mental Health and How CBT Can Be a Powerful Tool for Healing (2024)
- URL: https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/spotlight-a-conversation-about-black-mental-health-and-how-cbt-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-healing-2024/
- Published: 2025-08-21T21:56:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T21:56:30.000Z
- Description: "A growing body of research documents the effectiveness of CBT for racially diverse populations, including Black Americans."
- Author: Michael DeMarco, PhD
- Tags: cbt, cognitive behavioral therapy

[A Conversation About Black Mental Health and How CBT Can Be a Powerful Tool for HealingLearn more about how cognitive behavior therapy can be used as a healing tool in marginalized communities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/icon/favicon-96.ico)Psychiatric TimesJudith S. Beck, PhD![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/thumbnail/6b5e281e4fe4e2a914b12dea1f49e812a7f293d2-6000x4000.jpg)](https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/a-conversation-about-black-mental-health-and-how-cbt-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-healing)

> *"Internalized racism* refers to self-hatred that develops because of one’s conscious or unconscious belief in the inferiority of their racial group. From a CBT perspective, this equates to hurtful and stigmatizing core beliefs in which individuals devalue themselves or other members of their race."

[Janeé M. Steele, PhDDr Steele is a licensed professional counselor and certified CBT therapist, as well as a member of the core faculty at Walden University. She is also the co-author of the book, Black Lives Are Beautiful: 50 Tools to Heal From Trauma and Promote Positive Racial Identity, and author of the book, Racism and African American Mental Health: Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Empower Healing.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/icon/favicon-97.ico)Psychiatric Times![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/thumbnail/PT_share_logo.png)](https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/authors/janee-m-steele-phd)