Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men: Hope to Keep Going

by Nicholas Grier

Overview

As mental health is a critical but often neglected issue, especially among Black men, this book examines that sensitive topic in conjunction with reflections on race, gender, sexuality, and class to offer a hopeful and constructive framework for care and counseling and to point the way forward to integrating mental and spiritual health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498567121
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Series:	Religion and Race
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nicholas Grier (PhD, LPC) is associate professor of practical theology, spiritual care, and counseling at Claremont School of Theology. He is also a counselor at the Bishop Wellness Center and founder of Coloring Mental Health Collective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: A Prelude to Keep Going Part I: Understanding Context Chapter One: Chronically Dissed Chapter Two: Breathing Racism’s, Sexism’s, and Classism’s Toxic Air Chapter Three: The Urgency for Men to Embody Empathy and Support for Women Chapter Four: Intertwined Worlds in the Mind Part II: A Hope to Keep Going Framework for Care and Counseling Chapter Five: Spiritual Hope Chapter Six: A Hope to Keep Going Model Of Change: Activating Communal Agency to Care for Black Men Chapter Seven: A Hope to Keep Going Model of Change: Activating Creative and Constructive Agency in Black Men Conclusion Appendix A: Vignettes Appendix B: Individual Interview Questions Appendix C: Research Participants References About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Review of Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men in the Journal of Black Psychology: https: //journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0095798420934950

A creative, compelling, and nuanced contribution to the flourishing of black men. Placing blackness at the center of mental health, Grier draws on the words and experiences of black men to demonstrate how care and counseling can promote lives unlimited--and unstrained--by racism, sexism, heteronormativity, homophobia, classism, and religious bigotry.

Nicholas Grier has written a critically important addition to the fields of spiritual care and pastoral theology concerning the care of Black men with his Hope to Keep Going framework. Grounded in current research, his thoroughgoing scholarly yet sensitive approach, using qualitative inquiry as his methodology, affords the practitioner or researcher a wealth of nuanced data from interviews with Black men regarding their lived experiences. This is a much-needed resource for those of us who care about Black men!

From the Publisher

Review of Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men in the Journal of Black Psychology: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0095798420934950

Brian E. Tross

Nicholas Grier has written a critically important addition to the fields of spiritual care and pastoral theology concerning the care of Black men with his Hope to Keep Going framework. Grounded in current research, his thoroughgoing scholarly yet sensitive approach, using qualitative inquiry as his methodology, affords the practitioner or researcher a wealth of nuanced data from interviews with Black men regarding their lived experiences. This is a much-needed resource for those of us who care about Black men!

Marsha Foster Boyd

A creative, compelling, and nuanced contribution to the flourishing of black men. Placing blackness at the center of mental health, Grier draws on the words and experiences of black men to demonstrate how care and counseling can promote lives unlimited—and unstrained—by racism, sexism, heteronormativity, homophobia, classism, and religious bigotry.

Duane R. Bidwell