Moving beyond intergenerational and personal trauma
Moving beyond intergenerational and personal trauma

Biographical Sketch Background Summary Brief Biography Professional Overview Career Highlights

Yusuf Malik Frederick holds a JD in law and a PGD in Psychology. He also has a BA in Theology and extensive experience in pastoral counseling. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Trauma Psychology, his research focuses on Spiritual Abuse and Religious Trauma, Multicultural psychology, Collective trauma, Disaster trauma treatment, Marriage and Family relationships within the context of trauma, and Historically racialized and Intergenerational trauma. He shares his research and collaborates with scholars and students through this platform. His work centers on addressing the challenges faced by marginalized groups, such as African Americans, Caribbean, and Black Muslim families in the American context, and explores the impact of religious trauma and collective trauma on these individuals.
Areas of Focus

Empower. Enrich. Educate

Historical Trauma

A brief Introduction and Conclusion The Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) program was developed in 1996

Marriage & Family Relationships

Substance use disorder (SUD) affect families in many different ways. Today, one of the most prevalent substance misuses is prescription

Multicultural therapy

In their recent work on Multicultural Psychology Organista et al., (2018) posited that, even though Psychologists have significantly

Islamic Centered Psychology

Theorists and researchers considering cultural issues within therapy have highlighted the challenge of engagement

LGBTQIA + Trauma

The June 12, 2016 shooting at the Latin Pulse LGBTQIA nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was the deadliest mass gun violence of its kind

Trauma informed therapy

Name of Disorder Diagnostics Prevalence Differential Disorders Risk and Prognostic Factors Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)

African American Mental Health Focus

Black people are far less likely to seek care. Statistics tell us that about 25% of African Americans seek mental health treatment, compared to 40% of white Americans. Unequal access to health care is one major contributor to this disparity. Nearly 10% of Black people in the U.S. do not have health insurance, compared to 5.2% of non-Hispanic white people. When members of the Black community do seek mental health care, they are more likely to receive it from an emergency department than from a mental health specialist.
According to Crawford, other reasons Black Americans receive less care include “the lack of cultural sensitivity by health care professionals, African Americans feeling marginalized, and the reliance on family, community, and spiritual support instead of medical or psychiatric treatment—even when it is critically necessary.”

Healing from Spiritual Abuse and Religious Trauma

Spiritual abuse
A single event or series of experiences that can be traumatizing but are often subtle and insidious. Spiritual abuse can include manipulation, coercion, emotional blackmail, or sexual misconduct. It can also involve preventing someone from practicing their religious beliefs, forcing them to participate in religious practices they don’t want to, or using religious beliefs to manipulate or shame them.
Religious trauma
The ongoing effect of spiritual abuse on a person’s life. Religious trauma can be triggered by hearing specific phrases, hymns, or songs or by reading particular verses of the Bible or Quran. It can also be caused by general religious experiences, such as hearing a sermon on hell on the radio or video.

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Why Historical Trauma Is Critical to Understanding Black Mental Health

Kyaien O. Conner Ph.D. | September 1, 2024
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On the devastating life-long effects of Spiritual Abuse

Online Blog Posting | September 18, 2024
The news that there’s a move afoot to remove the term spiritual abuse from the categories of abuse in…

7 Mental Health Tips For Black Folks From Black Therapists

Yuri Tomikawa | October 7, 2024
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15 Different Morals in a Relationship With Examples

Sylvia Smith | September 25, 2024
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State-Sponsored Spiritual Abuse

Online Blog Posting | September 20, 2024
I first looked up the term “spiritual abuse” in 2003 when I was a student at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, one of the most conservative Catholic…

Domestic Violence and Faith

Online Blog Posting | September 26, 2024
Faith can be an important part of a survivor’s journey of healing, but in some cases it can also complicate their path to safety. Some survivors may…