Out of the Fire : Healing Black Trauma Caused by Systemic Racism Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payne, Jennifer Shepard.

Contributor:

Walser, Robyn D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acceptance and commitment therapy.

Racism--Psychological aspects.

Racism.

African Americans--Psychology.

African Americans.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2022.

Summary:

Black Americans are disproportionately affected by trauma and historically lack access to mental health resources. In this book, Black clinician and professor, Jennifer Shepard Payne, provides culturally tailored skills grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to meet the specific needs of Black readers dealing with trauma due to systemic racism, so they can live their life fully aware and in tune with their own values.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction: We Are Continuously Burned by Fire

Chapter 1. Suffering and the African American Experience

Chapter 2. Moving from Fire to Psychological Flexibility

Chapter 3. "It Is What It Is"-Acceptance

Chapter 4. "Freedom to Let Go"-Cognitive Defusion

Chapter 5. "In the Here and Now"-Present Moment Awareness

Chapter 6. "More Than What I've Been Through"-Self-as-Context

Chapter 7. "Living Our Life Like It's Golden"-Values

Chapter 8. "Getting it Done"-Committed Action

Chapter 9. Bringing It All Together: Hexa-dancing with Blacks in America

Chapter 10. In the Fire, Yet Not Consumed

Afterword: Building a Life That's Golden

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: The POOF (Pulling Out Of Fire) Model

Appendix B: Collective Committed Action Resources

References.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Payne, Jennifer Shepard Out of the Fire

ISBN:

9781684039890

1684039894

OCLC:

1350686539