Izinsizakusebenza Zempilo Yengqondo Ezitholakalayo Nezesekayo zeBlack Womxn

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• Ukwelashwa Kwamantombazane Amnyama
• Ukwelashwa kwe-Decolonizing
• Impela Kubantu
• Ukunakekelwa Kwezintombi Ezinsundu
• Abelaphi Abafakiwe
• I-National Queer & Trans Therapists yeColor Network
• Iqembu lika-Ethel
• Indawo Ephephile
• UMnyango weNap
• Isisekelo seLoveland
• Abelaphi Besifazane Abamnyama
• Iqoqo Lokukhipha
• Sista Afya
• Iqoqo lezeMpilo labamnyama ngokomzwelo nangokwengqondo (BEAM)
• Iqoqo Lempilo Yengqondo
• Buyekeza kwe-

Iqiniso: Impilo yabantu abamnyama ibalulekile. Futhi iqiniso? Impilo yengqondo emnyama ibalulekile—njalo futhi ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa isimo sezulu samanje.

Phakathi kokubulawa kwabantu abaNsundu kwakamuva ngokungenabulungisa, ukungezwani okukhulayo kwezinhlanga ezweni lonke, kanye nobhadane olubonakala lungapheli emhlabeni wonke (okuyinto, i-BTW, ethinta ngokulinganayo umphakathi wabaNsundu), impilo yengqondo yabantu abamnyama ibaluleke kakhulu kunakuqala. (Okuhlobene: Ukuthi Ubandlululo Lungayithinta Kanjani Impilo Yakho Yengqondo)

Manje, ake sithole into eyodwa iqonde: Ukuba mnyama kungumuzwa omuhle. Kodwa futhi kungase kube nzima ngokungabekezeleleki empilweni yakho yengqondo. Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika basengozini engamaphesenti ayishumi yokuthola ukucindezeleka okukhulu kwengqondo, ngokusho kweNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), kanti izifundo zihlobanisa okwenzeka ngesikhathi sobandlululo kanye nokuhlukumezeka kwesibili (okusho ukuthi ukuvezwa kwamavidiyo wabantu abaMnyama ababulawa) kuya ngemuva kokuhlukumezeka ukucindezeleka noma i-PTSD nezinye izimo zempilo ezingapheli ezinzima. Kepha amaphesenti angama-30 kuphela abantu abadala base-Afrika abanezifo zengqondo abathola ukwelashwa unyaka nonyaka (uma kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso sase-U.S. Samaphesenti angama-43), ngokusho kweNAMI.

Kunezici eziningana ezingaba nomthelela kubantu abaMnyama abangafuni usizo, kufaka phakathi (kepha, ngeshwa, kungagcini nje) esimweni senhlalo nomnotho kanye nokuntuleka kokuthola ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okusezingeni. Kukhona nesici esibalulekile sokungathembi komphakathi Omnyama kohlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Uhlelo lwezokunakekelwa kwempilo lunomlando omude wokwehluleka kwabantu abaMnyama, ngokusebenzisa ngokungazibandakanyi imizimba yabantu abaNnyama ocwaningweni lwezokwelapha (ezimweni zikaHenrietta Lacks kanye nohlolo lweTuskegee syphilis), ukunxenxa abantu abaMnyama ngezinhlungu, futhi kaningi ukubadla ngokweqile nokubazi kahle uma funa usizo lwezempilo yengqondo.

Nginenhlanhla kuwe (mina, thina, Black woxn yonke indawo), kunengcebo yezinhlangano, ochwepheshe, nezikhungo laphaya ezenza ukufinyelela izinga kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo yengqondo okunekhono ngokwesiko kube lula. Ukuphela kokufanele ukwenze ukupheqa phansi.

Ukwelashwa Kwamantombazane Amnyama

Uma ungezwanga ngoJoy Harden Bradford, Ph.D. (aka Dr. Joy), sekuyisikhathi osenzayo. Akagcini ngokuba yisazi sokusebenza kwengqondo kuphela, kepha uHarden Bradford futhi ungumsunguli weTherapy for Black Girls, isikhala esiku-inthanethi esizinikele ekuqothuleni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo yengqondo nokusiza abesifazane abamnyama ukuthola udokotela wabo ofanele. Le nhlangano ikwenza lokhu ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene nezinkundla ezifana ne-Therapy for Black Girls podcast — nokuyinto engigqugquzele ukuthi nami ngifune ukwelashwa. Izingxoxo zikaHarden Bradford nabanye besifazane abaNsundu emkhakheni wezempilo yengqondo zangisiza ngabona ukuthi ukwelapha kungasetshenziswa njengethuluzi lokunakekela impilo yami yengqondo ngendlela efanayo enginakekela ngayo impilo yami engokomzimba. Kusukela ngethulo lami enhlanganweni yabo, u-Harden Bradford naye wakha inkundla yezokuxhumana esekelayo futhi wakha inkomba yabasebenzi abamnyama. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Wonke Umuntu Kufanele Azame Ukwelashwa Okungenani Kanye)

Ukwelashwa kwe-Decolonizing

U-Jennifer Mullan, Psy.D., usemkhankasweni “wokuqeda ukwelapha ekoloni”—ukwakha izindawo eziphephile zokwelapha futhi ukubhekana nokuthi impilo yengqondo ithinteka kanjani ngokungalingani kwamasistimu nokuhlukumezeka kwengcindezelo. Ikhasi lakhe le-Instagram ligcwele okuqukethwe okunokuqonda, futhi uvame ukusebenzisana nabesifazane abanemibala emphakathini wezempilo kanye nempilo yengqondo kuma-workshops nezingxoxo zedijithali.

Impela Kubantu

Ubudala buyinombolo nje — futhi lokho kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi enhlanganweni yezempilo yengqondo esekelwe ebulungwini iReal to the People, ebisenezinyanga ezimbalwa ifushane. Yasungulwa ngoMashi 2020, i-Real imayelana nokuhlanganisa kalula ukwelashwa empilweni yakho—phela, ukunikezwa kwakho kungokoqobo (nge-telemedicine) futhi kumahhala. Yup, ufunda lelo lungelo: Abangempela baqale bakunikeza izikhathi zokwelashwa mahhala ukubhekana nobhadane lwe-COVID-19, futhi manje, njengoba ukungezwani ngokobuhlanga kuyaqhubeka kukhuphuka ezweni lonke, izikhathi zokuxhaswa kwamaqembu zamahhala lapho ababambiqhaza bamukelekile khona ukuba "badabuke, bazizwe, baxhumane , bese ucubungula lokho ababhekene nakho. " (Kuhlobene: U-Kerry Washington kanye nesishoshovu u-Kendrick Sampson Bakhulume Ngempilo Yengqondo Ekulweleni Ubulungiswa Bobuhlanga)

Ukunakekelwa Kwezintombi Ezinsundu

Umsunguli uBre Mitchell ufuna ukwenza abesifazane abamnyama konke Ukuzinakekela usuku lwangeSonto ngoba, masibhekane nakho, ukuphulukiswa (ikakhulukazi kusukela emakhulwini eminyaka okuphathwa ngokungafanele nokuhlukumezeka) akusebenzi ngempela uma unesikhathi sami njalo kanye ngemva kwesikhashana. UMitchell uzogcwalisa okuphakelayo kwakho ngezeluleko ezibonakalayo nezikhumbuzi zokuthi ukuzinakekela akukona ukuzitika kodwa kudingekile ukuze uphumelele. Futhi iBrown Girl Self Care ayigcini ezinkundleni zokuxhumana: inhlangano iphinde inikeze i-IRL namathuba abonakalayo, njengezinkundla zokuxhumana ze-Self-Care x Sisterhood Zoom.

Abelaphi Abafakiwe

Noma ngabe ukusesha ngenkuthalo umelaphi noma umane ufuna isifunzo esigcwele ukunikwa amandla, abelaphi abafaka wonke umuntu bayalingana nomthethosivivinywa. Bheka nje i-Instagram yomphakathi: Igridi yabo igcwele ukuhlakanipha okuhlobene nempilo yengqondo, izingcaphuno ezikhuthazayo, kanye namaphrofayili odokotela bezempilo yengqondo (abaningi babo abahlinzeka nge-teletherapy ekhokhwayo encishisiwe). Futhi okuthunyelwe kwabo akuyona ukuphela kwendlela yokuthola izinzuzo ezilungele wena nesabelomali sakho. Ungase futhi ucinge ngohla lwemibhalo lwabo oluku-inthanethi futhi ufinyelele abelaphi ngokuqondile, noma uthumele ifomu elinemininingwane efana nendawo kanye nezintandokazi zikadokotela futhi uqhathaniswe nabangaba abelaphi abambalwa nge-imeyili. (Okuhlobene: Ungamthola Kanjani Umhlinzeki Ongcono Kakhulu Wakho)

I-National Queer & Trans Therapists yeColor Network

INational Queer kanye neTrans Therapists of Colour Network (NQTTCN) "yinhlangano yezobulungiswa ephulukisayo" esebenza ukuguqula impilo yengqondo yabantu abasweleyo nabadlulisa imibala (QTPoC).Kusukela yasungulwa ngo-2016 ngudokotela wezifo zengqondo u-Erica Woodland, le nhlangano ibilokhu ikhulisa ukufinyelela kwizinsizakusebenza zempilo yengqondo ye-QTPoC nokwakha inethiwekhi yabasebenzi abasebenza ngokusebenzisana ne-QTPoC, etholakala ngemibhalo yabo eku-inthanethi. Ungafunda kabanzi nangabasebenzi abaqeqeshiwe nempilo yengqondo ngokuhambisana nokuthunyelwe kwe-NQTTCN #TherapistThursday ku-Instagram.

Iqembu lika-Ethel

Ukuba yingxenye yomphakathi kubalulekile emoyeni nasekukhuleni kwakho. Futhi akekho owazi lokho kangcono kuno-Naj Austin, owagqugquzelwa ugogo wakhe, u-Ethel, ukuthi akhe iklabhu yezenhlalo nokuphila kahle eklanyelwe ukusekela nokugubha abantu abanemibala. Njengezindawo eziningi zezitini nodaka, i-Ethel's Club yaphoqeleka ukuthi isuke ku-IRL iye ku-virtual (thanks @ COVID-19) futhi manje inikela ngobulungu bedijithali esikhundleni. Ngama- $ 17 ngenyanga, ungafinyelela ngezikhathi zokuphulukiswa kweqembu, amakilasi wokuzivocavoca, amakilabhu amabhuku, ama-workshops wokudala, nokuningi kusuka enduduzo yekhaya lakho.

Indawo Ephephile

Ukuba nohlelo lokusebenza kutholakale kalula lapho uzizwa uthukuthele, udabukile, ujabule, noma konke okungenhla kuyithuluzi wonke umuntu angalisebenzisa. Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Safe Place labelana ngezibalo zezempilo yengqondo yabamnyama, amathiphu okuzinakekela, ukuzindla, namasu okuphefumula ongawasebenzisa noma kunini, noma kuphi. (Bheka futhi: The Best Therapy and Mental Health Apps)

UMnyango weNap

Zimbalwa izinto ekuphileni ezikwenza ume futhi ucabange, futhi Inkonzo YaseNap ingenye yazo—okungenani ibingenzela mina. Ezikhathini eziningi, abantu abamnyama abacabangi ngokuphumula ngoba simatasa kakhulu sisebenza kanzima ukuze sithole ukulingana emhlabeni, ngeshwa, ongakwenzanga kwaba lula. Thatha igebe lamaholo eliqhubekayo, isibonelo: Abesifazane abamnyama bathola amasenti angama-62 ngedola ngalinye elitholwa ngumlungu, ngokusho kwe-U.S. Census Bureau. Ngakho-ke, ukuthatha isikhathi sokuphumula? Hhayi-ke, kuvame ukuba wumcabango osemuva. Yilapho I-Nap Ministry ingena khona: Inhlangano ikhuthaza abesilisa nabesifazane abaMnyama ukuthi bahlole (futhi bajabule) "amandla akhululayo" nobuciko bokulala ikakhulukazi njengoba ukuphumula kungabhekwa njengendlela yokumelana futhi kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokwelapha. Unenkinga yokuthatha ikhefu? Bheka lokhu kuzindla okuqondisiwe, futhi ungakhohlwa ukubalandela ku-Instagram ukuze uhlale unolwazi lwakamuva ngezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi zabo mathupha. (Uma ukhuluma ngokucindezela ikhefu ... ukukhathala okuhlukanisayo kungahle kube yingxenye yokusola kwakho nokukhathala kwemizwelo.)

Isisekelo seLoveland

Ngo-2018, umbhali, uthisha kanye nesishoshovu uRachel Cargle wasungula lokho okwakuzoba yimpumelelo yokuqoqa imali yosuku lokuzalwa: Ukwelashwa Kwabesifazane Abamnyama Namantombazane. Ngemuva kokuqongelela izinkulungwane zamaRandi kwabesifazane namantombazane amnyama ukuthola ukufinyelela ekwelashweni, uCargle uthathe isinqumo sokugcina lokhu kuqongelela imali kuphila futhi aqhubekele phambili nemizamo yakhe yokusiza. Ngena: I-Loveland Foundation. Ngokubambisana nezinye izinhlangano zezempilo yengqondo, iLoveland Foundation iyakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezezimali kwabesifazane nabamnyama abamnyama abafuna izinsizakalo zezempilo yengqondo ezweni lonke ngokusebenzisa iTherapy Fund yayo. Umsindo wokuthakasela? Ungafaka isicelo samaqoqo azayo ku-inthanethi.

Abelaphi Besifazane Abamnyama

Abelaphi Abamnyama Abesifazane 'I-Instagram iyigugu — abalandeli babo abayi-120k (nokubala!) Bangubufakazi. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi i-AF yabo yokuzola yobuhle (futhi igcwaliswe ngama-millennial-pink hues), kepha okuqukethwe kwabo kuhlale kunephuzu. Bheka uchungechunge lwabo oluthi "Masikhulume Nge...", lapho odokotela abamnyama benikeza umbono wabo wochwepheshe nolwazi ngezihloko eziningi kusukela ku-PTSD kuya ekukhathazekeni. Ngenkathi zingakwazi ukuthatha indawo yokwelashwa kwangempela, lezi zingxoxo zinganikeza ukuqonda okudingeka kakhulu kulokho wena noma othandekayo ongahle ubhekane nakho. Uma ufuna umelaphi, bheka uhla lwemibhalo lwabo lwe-inthanethi Abelaphi besifazane abamnyama. Ungaphinda ubheke ama-bios afakiwe emakhasini abo ezinkundla zokuxhumana. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Kunzima Kangaka Ukwenza Ukuqokwa Kwakho Kokwelashwa Kokuqala?)

Iqoqo Lokukhipha

Ufuna ukubona injabulo emnyama nokuqina komzimba? Landela le akhawunti. Ngaphandle kokubukwayo okwakhayo, ungathembela ku-The Unplug Collective ukuze wabelane ngamavidiyo ayiqiniso e-IGTV, njengokuthi "Kungani Ngingabikanga," kanye namanye aqinisekisa okuhlangenwe nakho kwabesifazane abamnyama. Qonda kuwebhusayithi yabo, ipulatifomu lapho abantu abamnyama nabansundu be-womxn nabantu abangahlanganisi bangabelana ngezindaba zabo, bafunde ngokuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila komphakathi okungathathwanga, futhi bahambise izindaba zabo.

Sista Afya

I-Sista Health ngumphakathi wezempilo osekela abesifazane abaMnyama ngokunikela ngezinsizakalo ezingabizi njengamaqembu okusekela online, izinketho zokwelapha ngokushelelayo (okusho ukuthi, izindleko ziyalungiswa ngalokho okwazi ukukukhokha), kanye nezikhathi zokwelashwa kweqembu uqobo. t ibiza ngaphezu kwama-$35. (Okuhlobene: Ungayi Kanjani Ukwelashwa Uma Usesabelomali)

Iqoqo lezeMpilo labamnyama ngokomzwelo nangokwengqondo (BEAM)

IBlack Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) yakhiwe ngabelaphi, othisha beyoga, abameli, nezishoshovu ezinomsebenzi owodwa — ukudiliza imigoqo yokwelapheka kwabamnyama. Benza lo msebenzi ngokunikela ngemicimbi yamahhala, njengokuzindla ngamaqembu nokubhala imihlangano yokusebenzela ukukhulula ukucindezeleka nokukhathazeka.

Iqoqo Lempilo Yengqondo

Usonhlalonhle uShevon Jones ubuchopho nomphathi ngemuva kweMental Wellness Collective, umphakathi oku-inthanethi osekela abesifazane abanempilo yengqondo ngombala. Uphatha amathebula amahhala (angokoqobo) osonhlalakahle anabameli nabahlinzeki bezempilo abaMnyama ukuze axoxe ngezihloko ezinjengokubhekana nokuhlukumezeka nobuhlungu futhi anikeze nezikhathi zokuzindla zemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu. Thola okunye okudlalwayo lapha.

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