Izibonelelo zeMpilo yeNgqondo ezifumanekayo neziXhasayo zeBlack Womxn

Umxholo

• Unyango lwaMantombazana aMnyama
• Unyango lwe-Decolonizing
• Yinyani Ebantwini
• Brown Girl Self Care
• Iingcali zonyango ezibandakanyayo
• I-National Queer & Trans Therapists ye-Color Network
• Iklabhu kaEthel
• Indawo ekhuselekileyo
• Icandelo leNkonzo yeNap
• Isiseko seLoveland
• IiTherapists zabasetyhini abamnyama
• Ukukhupha ngokudibeneyo
• Sista Impilo
• Umdibaniselwano weMpilo eMnyama kunye neNgqondo (BEAM)
• Ukudibana kwengqondo
• Uphengululo lwe

Inyaniso: Ubomi bomntu omnyama bubalulekile. Kwakhona yinyani? Imicimbi yezempilo emnyama yengqondo-ihlala kwaye ingakumbi inikezwe imozulu yangoku.

Phakathi kokubulawa kwabantu abaNtsundu ngokungekho sikweni, ukunyuka kwengcinezelo yobuhlanga kwilizwe lonke, kunye nobhubhani wehlabathi obonakala uhleli uhleli (okuthi, i-BTW, ichaphazela ngokungenamkhethe kuluntu lwabaNtsundu), impilo yengqondo yabaNtsundu ibaluleke kakhulu kunakuqala. (Idibeneyo: Ubuhlanga bunokuyichaphazela njani impilo yakho yengqondo)

Ngoku, masenze into echanekileyo: Ukuba mnyama ngamava amnandi. Kodwa kunokuba nzima ngokungenakunyamezeleka kwimpilo yakho yengqondo. Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika ngama-10 eepesenti amathuba okuba babe noxinzelelo olukhulu lwengqondo, ngokwe-National Alliance kwi-Mental Illness (NAMI), kunye nezifundo ezinxibelelanisa amava aphilayo ngobuhlanga kunye nokwenzakala okwesibini (okt ukuboniswa kweevidiyo zabantu abaNtsundu ababuleweyo) emva kwengozi ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo okanye i-PTSD kunye nezinye iimeko ezinzulu zempilo ezingapheliyo. Kodwa kuphela iipesenti ze-30 zabantu abadala base-Afrika baseMelika abanesifo sengqondo bafumana unyango ngonyaka ngamnye (vs. Umyinge we-US we-43 ekhulwini), ngokutsho kwe-NAMI.

Kukho izinto ezininzi ezinokuthi zibe negalelo kubantu abaMnyama abangafuni uncedo, kubandakanya (kodwa, ngelishwa, kungaphelelanga apho) imeko yezentlalo noqoqosho kunye nokunqongophala kokufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo olusemgangathweni. Kukho into ebalulekileyo yokungathembani kwabahlali abaMnyama kwinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo. Inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo inembali ende yokungaphumeleli kwabantu abaMnyama, ngokusebenzisa ngokunganyanzelekanga imizimba yabantu abaNtsundu kuphando lwezonyango (kwimeko zikaHenrietta Lacks kunye novavanyo lwegcushuwa laseTuskegee), ukubongoza abantu abaNtsundu ngeentlungu, kwaye bahlala bebenza amayeza ngokugqithisileyo kwaye bebajonga gwenxa xa funa ukhathalelo lwempilo yengqondo.

Ngethamsanqa kuwe (mna, thina, Abafazi abamnyama kuyo yonke indawo), kukho ubutyebi bemibutho, iingcali, kunye namaziko aphuma ngaphandle enza ukuba ukufikelela kumgangatho kunye nolondolozo lwempilo yengqondo lula. Into ekufuneka uyenzile kukuskrolela ezantsi.

Unyango lwaMantombazana aMnyama

Ukuba awuzange uve ngoJoy Harden Bradford, Ph.D. (aka Dr. Joy), lixesha lokuba wenze. Ayisiyiyo kuphela ingcali yeengqondo, kodwa uHarden Bradford ukwangumsunguli woNyango lwaMantombazana aMnyama, indawo ekwi-Intanethi ezinikele ekonakaliseni ukhathalelo lwempilo yengqondo kunye nokunceda abafazi abamnyama ukuba bafumane ugqirha wabo ofanelekileyo. Umbutho wenza oku ngeendlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo kunye namaqonga, anje ngeTherapy yaBafazana abaNtsundu podcast — yiyo le nto indikhuthazayo ukuba ndifune unyango ngokwam. Ukuncokola noHarden Bradford nabanye abafazi abaNtsundu kwicandelo lezempilo yengqondo kundincede ndaqonda ukuba unyango lunokusetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokukhathalela impilo yam yengqondo ngendlela efanayo endikhathalela ngayo impilo yam yomzimba. Ukususela ekuqalisweni kwam kwintlangano yabo, i-Harden Bradford iye yakha iqonga leendaba ezixhasayo kwaye lenze i-directory ye-Black practitioners. (Eyeleleneyo: Kutheni wonke umntu kufuneka azame unyango ubuncinci kanye)

Unyango lwe-Decolonizing

UJennifer Mullan, Psy.D., ukwiphulo loku "gqiba unyango" -ukudala iindawo ezikhuselekileyo zokuphilisa kwaye Ukujongana nendlela impilo yengqondo echaphazeleke ngayo kukungalingani kwenkqubo kunye noxinzelelo lwengcinezelo. Iphepha lakhe le-Instagram ligcwele umxholo onengqiqo, kwaye uhlala ehlangene nabasetyhini bemibala kwimpilo kunye noluntu lwempilo yengqondo kwiindibano zocweyo zedijithali kunye neengxoxo.

Yinyani Ebantwini

Ubudala buyinombolo-kwaye oko kuyinyani ngokukodwa kubulungu obusekwe kumbutho wezempilo yengqondo yokwenyani kuBantu, ebikade ijikeleze iinyanga nje ezimbalwa. Yasekwa ngoMatshi ka-2020, iReal imalunga nokudibanisa ngokulula unyango ebomini bakho-emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iminikelo yayo inyanisekile (nge-telemedicine) kwaye simahla. Yup, ulifundile elo lungelo: Okwenyani kuqala kunikwe iiseshoni zonyango simahla ukujongana nesibetho se-COVID-19, kwaye ngoku, njengoko ukungavisisani ngokobuhlanga kuyaqhubeka ukonyuka kwilizwe liphela, iiseshoni zamaqela enkxaso yasimahla apho abathathi-nxaxheba bamkelekile ukuba "babe lusizi, bazive, badibane. , kwaye balungise oko batyhubela kuko." (Eyeleleneyo: uKerry Washington kunye noMtshayeli uKendrick Sampson bathetha ngeMpilo yengqondo kumlo woBulungisa bobuhlanga)

Brown Girl Self Care

UMseki uBre Mitchell ufuna abafazi abamnyama ukuba benze yonke day self-care Sunday kuba, masijongane nayo, ukuphilisa (ingakumbi ukusuka kwiinkulungwane zonyango olungekho sikweni kunye nokwenzakala) akusebenzi ngenene ukuba unexesha lam rhoqo emva kwexeshana. UMitchell uyakugcwalisa ukutya kwakho ngengcebiso ebonakalayo kunye nezikhumbuzo zokuba ukuzikhathalela akuyongxaki kodwa kuyimfuneko ukuze uphumelele. Kwaye iBrown Girl Self Care ayipheli kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo: umbutho ukwabonelela nge-IRL kunye namathuba abonakalayo, anje ngokuZikhathalela x Sisterhood Zoom workshops zabo.

Iingcali zonyango ezibandakanyayo

Nokuba ukwiphulo lokukhangela ugqirha okanye ufuna nje isondlo esigcwele ukuxhotyiswa, iiNgcali ezibandakanyayo ziyahambelana nalo mthetho uyilwayo. Jonga nje i-Instagram yoluntu: Igridi yabo izaliswe bubulumko obunxulumene nempilo yengqondo, iikowuti ezikhuthazayo, kunye neeprofayili kubasebenzi bezempilo yengqondo (uninzi lwabo lunikezela ngonyango oluncitshisiweyo lwe-teletherapy). Kwaye iiposti zabo ayisiyiyo kuphela kwendlela yokufumana izibonelelo ezilungele wena nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Unokukhangela kwisikhombisi sazo esikwi-intanethi kwaye ufikelele kunyango ngokuthe ngqo, okanye ungenise ifom eneenkcukacha ezinje ngendawo kunye nokukhethwa kwengcali kwaye ulungelelaniswe nabanyangi abanokubakho nge-imeyile. (Idibeneyo: Ungalufumana njani olona nyango lubalaseleyo kuwe)

I-National Queer & Trans Therapists ye-Color Network

I-National Queer kunye neTrans Therapists ye-Colour Network (i-NQTTCN) "ngumbutho wobulungisa ophilisayo" osebenzela ukuguqula impilo yengqondo yabantu abakweleyo nabadlulisa umbala (QTPoC).Ukususela ekusekweni kwayo ngo-2016 ngugqirha wengqondo u-Erica Woodland, umbutho uye wandisa ukufikelela kwimithombo yezempilo yengqondo ye-QTPoC kunye nokwakha inethiwekhi yabasebenzi abakhethekileyo ekusebenzeni ne-QTPoC, efumaneka nge-directory yabo ye-intanethi. Unokufunda ngakumbi malunga neengcali ezifanelekileyo kunye nempilo yengqondo ngokugcina amanqaku e-NQTTCN #TherapistThursday kwi-Instagram.

Iklabhu kaEthel

Ukuba yinxalenye yoluntu kubalulekile emoyeni wakho nasekukhuleni kwakho. Kwaye akukho mntu wazi ukuba ungcono kunoNaj Austin, owayephefumlelwe ngumakhulu wakhe, u-Ethel, ukuba enze iklabhu yezentlalontle eyenzelwe ukuxhasa kunye nokubhiyozela abantu abanemibala. Njengeendawo ezininzi zezitena kunye nodaka, iKlabhu ye-Ethel yanyanzeleka ukuba ijike ukusuka kwi-IRL ukuya kwinyani (enkosi @ COVID-19) kwaye ngoku ibonelela ngobulungu bedijithali endaweni yoko. Ngeedola ezili-17 ngenyanga, unokufikelela kwiiseshoni zokuphilisa iqela, iiklasi zokuzilolonga, iiklabhu zeencwadi, iindibano zocweyo zokuyila, nokunye okuninzi kwinduduzo yekhaya lakho.

Indawo ekhuselekileyo

Ukuba ne-app ezandleni zakho onokungqiyama kuyo xa unomsindo, ulusizi, wonwabile, okanye konke oku kungasentla sisixhobo esinokusetyenziswa ngumntu wonke. I-app yeNdawo eKhuselekileyo yabelana ngezibalo ngempilo yengqondo yabaMnyama, iingcebiso zokuzikhathalela, ukucamngca, kunye neendlela zokuphefumla onokuzisebenzisa nanini na, naphi na. (Jonga kwakhona: Olona nyango lulungileyo kunye neeNkqubo zeMpilo yengqondo)

Icandelo leNkonzo yeNap

Kukho izinto ezimbalwa ebomini ezikwenza ngokwenene ukuba ume kwaye ucinge, kwaye I-Nap Ministry yenye yazo-ubuncinane yayiyeyam. Rhoqo, abantu abaMnyama abafumani ngcinga ngokuphumla kuba sixakeke kakhulu sisebenza nzima ukufumana ubulungisa kwihlabathi, ngelishwa, elingakwenzanga lula. Thatha umsantsa oqhubekayo womvuzo, umzekelo: Abafazi abamnyama bafumana iisenti ezingama-62 kwidola nganye efunyanwa ngumntu omhlophe, ngokwe-Census Bureau yase-US. Ke ukuthatha ixesha lokuphumla? Ewe, idla ngokuba yingcamango yamva. Kulapho Ubulungiseleli beNap bungena khona: Umbutho ukhuthaza amadoda kunye nabasetyhini abaMnyama ukuba bahlolisise (kwaye bajabule) "amandla akhululayo" kunye nobugcisa be-naps ngokukodwa ekubeni ukuphumla kunokuthathwa njengendlela yokuchasana kwaye yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuphilisa. Unengxaki yokuthatha ikhefu? Jonga olu kucamngca lukhokelwayo, kwaye ungalibali ukubalandela kwi-Instagram ukuze uhlale usexesheni kwiindibano zocweyo zabo. (Ukuthetha ngokucinezela ikhefu ... ukudinwa okubangelwa kukudinwa kunokuba yinxalenye yokutyhola ngokudinwa kwakho kunye nokutshintsha kwemood.)

Isiseko seLoveland

Kwi-2018, umbhali, umhlohli kunye nomzabalazo u-Rachel Cargle wamisela into eyayiza kuba yimpumelelo yokunyusa ingxowa mali yokuzalwa: Unyango lwaBasetyhini abaMnyama kunye naMantombazana. Emva kokunyusa amawaka eedola ukuze abasetyhini kunye namantombazana aMnyama afumane ufikelelo kunyango, uCargle wagqiba kwelokuba agcine le nkxaso-mali iphila kwaye aqhubele phambili iinzame zakhe zobubele. Ngena: I-Loveland Foundation. Ngokusebenzisana neminye imibutho yezempilo yengqondo, i-Loveland Foundation iyakwazi ukubonelela ngoncedo lwezezimali kubafazi abamnyama abasetyhini kunye namantombazana afuna iinkonzo zempilo yengqondo kwilizwe liphela ngeNgxowa-mali yoNyango. Isandi somdla? Ungafaka isicelo samaqela azayo kwi-intanethi.

IiTherapists zabasetyhini abamnyama

Black Female Therapists 'Instagram is a gem-abalandeli babo 120k (kunye nokubala!) Bubungqina. Ayisiyiyo kuphela i-aesthetic yabo yokuthomalalisa i-AF (kwaye igcwaliswe zii-millennial-pink hues to boot), kodwa umxholo wabo uhlala ukwindawo. Jonga uchungechunge lwabo "Masithethe malunga ...", apho abasebenzi abamnyama banikezela ngembono yabo yobuchwephesha kunye nolwazi kuluhlu lwezihloko ukusuka kwi-PTSD ukuya kwixhala. Ngelixa zingenakho ukuthatha indawo yonyango lokwenyani, ezi ngxoxo ngokuqinisekileyo zinokubonelela ngolwazi oluninzi olufunekayo malunga nokuba wena okanye umntu omthandayo unokuba nakho ntoni. Ukuba ukhangela umnyangi, jonga uluhlu lwabo lwe-intanethi Abanyangi ababhinqileyo abamnyama. Unokujonga kwakhona i-bios ebonakalayo kumaphepha abo eendaba ezentlalo. (Idibeneyo: Kutheni Kunzima Kangaka Ukwenza Unyango Lokuqala Lonyango?)

Ukukhupha ngokudibeneyo

Ngaba ufuna ukubona uvuyo oluMnyama kunye nokuqina komzimba? Landela le akhawunti. Ngaphandle kwezinto ezibonakalayo ezikhuthazayo, ungathembela kwi-Unplug Collective ukuze wabelane ngevidiyo ezinyanisekileyo ze-IGTV, ezinje "Kutheni ndingakhange ndiNgxelo," kunye nezinye eziqinisekisa amava amabhinqa amnyama. Intloko kwiwebhusayithi yabo, iqonga apho abantu abamnyama nabantsundu be-womxn kunye nabantu abangafanelanga ukwabelana nabo banokwabelana ngamabali abo, bafunde ngamava obomi angakhange ahlolwe, kwaye bangenise amabali abo.

Sista Impilo

U-Sista Afya luluntu olusempilweni oluxhasa abasetyhini abaMnyama ngokubonelela ngeenkonzo ezifikelelekayo njengamaqela enkxaso kwi-intanethi, ukhetho lonyango lwesilayidi (intsingiselo, iindleko zihlengahlengiswa kwinto okwaziyo ukuyihlawula), kunye neeseshini zonyango lweqela lomntu. t ixabisa ngaphezu kwe-$35. (Eyeleleneyo: Ungaya njani kuNyango xa ukuBhajethi)

Umdibaniselwano weMpilo eMnyama kunye neNgqondo (BEAM)

I-Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) yenziwe ngabanyangi, ootitshala be-yoga, amagqwetha, kunye nama-activists anomsebenzi omnye-ukudiliza imiqobo yokuphilisa uMnyama. Benza lo msebenzi ngokunikezela ngeziganeko zamahhala, ezifana nokucamngca kweqela kunye neendibano zocweyo zokubhala ukukhulula uxinzelelo kunye nokuxhalaba.

Ukudibana kwengqondo

Unontlalontle uShevon Jones ubuchopho kunye nomphathi emva kweMental Wellness Collective, indawo eku-intanethi exhasa abasetyhini abanempilo yengqondo ngombala. Ubamba iitafile zasimahla (eziqhelekileyo) zikanontlalontle kunye nabaxhasi bempilo yengqondo yabaMnyama kunye nabasebenzi ukuze baxoxe ngezihloko ezifana nokujongana nomonzakalo kunye neentlungu kwaye anike neeseshini zokucamngca zemizuzu elishumi elinesihlanu. Thatha ezinye zeempendulo apha.

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