Healing is a collective practice.
We are the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists. Since 1976, our community of psychologists, clinicians, scholars, and students has worked for the psychological liberation and wellness of people of African descent, in Atlanta and beyond.
Born from the Association of Black Psychologists, founded in 1968 by Black psychologists who believed our communities deserved a psychology built from our own culture, history, and strength.
Four commitments anchor everything we do.
Community
Culturally grounded outreach, service, and healing spaces that meet the real needs of Black communities across Metro Atlanta.
Development
Workshops, continuing education, and mentorship that sharpen our members at every stage, from student to seasoned clinician.
Advocacy
A clear, credible voice for policies and practices that treat Black communities with dignity across the mental health landscape.
Scholarship
African-centered research and theory that begins from our strengths, not from someone else's deficits.
Care works better when your provider already understands the world you live in.
Nearly half of Black adults who sought mental health care in a recent national survey said it was difficult to find a provider who understood their background and experiences. We exist to close that distance, in the therapy room and far beyond it.
Source: KFF Survey of Racism, Discrimination and Health, 2023
of U.S. psychologists are Black, while Black Americans are roughly 14% of the population.
Source: American Psychological Association workforce data
2026 marks fifty years of MAABPsi organizing Black psychology in Atlanta. That legacy is yours to join.
The Baobab Tree Mentorship Program
Named for the tree of life, our mentorship program pairs students and early-career psychologists with experienced Jegnoch, honored elders and protectors of culture, for structured mentorship rooted in African-centered psychology.
Mentors and mentees meet monthly, with skill workshops each quarter, inside a structure built to outlast any single career.
Explore our programs →“I am because We are, and because We are, therefore I am.”
A guiding principle of the ABPsi community
Come sit at the table.
Psychologists, counselors, scholars, students, and neighbors: if Black mental health is your work or your cause, come to a meeting and meet the people doing it here.