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Makungu M. Akinyela PhD LMFT

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Dr. Makungu M. Akinyela is a leading authority on cultural democracy, narrative practice, anti-racist resistance and mental health. He is a licensed psychotherapist practicing in Atlanta, Georgia and an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Georgia State University. He is the creator of the African Centered approach to narrative practice called testimony therapy. He is the author of the forthcoming book on his clinical ideas entitled "Testimony therapy: Decolonizing Mental Health for Black Therapists and Clients" (May 5, 2026) published by W.W. Norton, as well as the author of the book "Culture, Politics, Spirituality and Practice: A book of resistance and critical theory for disturbing times" published by Dulwhich publications. As a scholar activist Dr. Akinyela is a life long committed social justice organizer with a focus on struggles for human rights and justice for Black and other oppressed people in the United States and the African diaspora. His research and writing includes such subjects as cultural democracy and mental health care; cultural domination and therapeutic resistance; reparations and the role of mental health workers in repairing oppressions wounds and African centered family therapy. He is a Clinical Fellow and an Approved Supervisor of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).
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