For Black ladies, our relationship with our hair stylist is parallel to that of a therapist. Traditionally, the hair salon serves as a protected house for these few hours each couple of weeks the place we will escape the woes of our profession {and professional} life. To not point out, it serves as a much-needed reset for the stresses that accompany day-to-day life, and for some, the one remedy that we will afford.
Can we additionally speak concerning the bodily confidence that comes from a great “hair remedy” session? Fortunately, PsychoHairapy, understands.
The psychological well being and hair motion firm based by Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, has created this certification program in partnership with Maui Moisture that equips hairstylists with the talents to acknowledge psychological well being points of their purchasers and administer culturally knowledgeable psychological well being providers and sources.
“I’m humbled and honored to collaborate with Maui Moisture on my life’s ardour, utilizing hair as an entry level into psychological well being care,” says Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka. “I can extra confidently think about a world the place hairstylists can assist purchasers by disturbing life experiences, by constructing confidence in utilizing therapeutic phrases and hair merchandise.”
Maui Moisture’s mission is to supply curl confidence to assist enhance self-perception and esteem, one thing many ladies and women within the textured hair neighborhood battle with.
“At Maui Moisture, we embrace all hair sorts and cater to these throughout the curl spectrum, which is why PyschoHairapy’s mission resonates with us,” says Sheena Henry, Earned Media Supervisor for Maui Moisture. “We all know that texturism, microaggressions, and discrimination have a deep and adverse influence on how our shopper sees herself, affecting her confidence and general psychological well being. We perceive the deep connection between hair and psychological well being and wish Black ladies and women—particularly these in underserved communities—to have the perfect sources for each their hair and their psychological wellbeing.”
The model’s ultra-hydrating, vegan-friendly formulation rework curls through the use of 100% aloe vera as the primary ingredient in all their merchandise, delivering 40x extra moisturizing properties and 80% stronger hair*. With the model’s goal of transformation in thoughts, Maui Moisture enacts this partnership with PsychoHairapy to make sure their position in reworking ladies’s lives goes past a great hair day.
The PsychoHairapy Certification was initially established in 2019. With the present well being pandemic, PsychoHairapy has been translated into the digital panorama and the demand for the course grew, coaching near 2 hundred stylists. With Maui Moisture’s $100,000 funding, PsychoHairapy hopes to coach an extra 100+ PsychoHairapists, rent psychological well being professionals to supply digital group remedy, create PsychoHairapy workbooks and produce a self-paced digital class to extend accessibility for certifications.
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