{"product_id":"the-miseducation-of-thomas-lee-crockett-a-mental-health-love-letter-to-the-black-community-9781957833187","title":"The Miseducation of Thomas Lee Crockett: A Mental Health Love Letter to the Black Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eWant to better understand yourself and your relationships?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant to learn how to navigate a world full of racism, homophobia, toxicity, and white supremacy while protecting your own sanity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this guidebook\/memoir, marriage and family therapist Thomas Lee walks readers expertly through a wide range of mental health topics and tips for staying well in an unwell world. This isn't some abstract, hard-to-follow textbook written by an old white man a hundred years ago-this is therapy by, about, and for the Black community of today. Lee weaves together individual wellness, family dynamics, and the social\/historical context that makes mental health in the Black community both unique and particularly important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each chapter you'll find a mix of mental health terms, cultural references, and lessons learned from Lee's own life: growing up in Arkansas in a toxic family, losing his mother to cancer, working in spaces steeped in white supremacy, wrestling with homophobia and misogyny to be his authentic self, and eventually finding his place in all of it: as a mental health therapist determined to bring love, hope, and wellness to the Black community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional suppression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily dynamics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToxic masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerational trauma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSystemic racism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicroaggressions in social, academic, and work spaces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrief \u0026amp; Loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong-term illness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMental illness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLGBTQIA+ \u0026amp; homophobia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnxiety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildling Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957833187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"Thomas Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537503121589,"sku":"9781957833187","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8c5c2bd-27f2-4a46-b09f-50d08ccee073.jpg?v=1779169843","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-miseducation-of-thomas-lee-crockett-a-mental-health-love-letter-to-the-black-community-9781957833187","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}