I speak and write about love, relationships, relational life, Black intimacy, and the ways psychology and culture shape how we live with one another —I also educate counselors and helping professionals on understanding and working within the cultural and relational contexts of Black intimate relationships.

Key Talks

The Architecture of Love
How We Build Relationships That Can Hold a Life

How We Learn to Love
Relationship Scripts, Trauma & the Construction of Intimacy

Rethinking Black Intimacy
Building More Expansive Ways of Relating

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Relational Health
Culture, Context, and the Relationships We Build

Building a Practice That Can Hold You
Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the Helping Professions

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