Join Our Growing Community

For Black Male Mental Health Professionals

The Counseling Brothers of Atlanta is more than a therapist directory — it’s a professional community built by and for Black male mental health professionals. Whether you’re a student just entering the field or a licensed clinician ready to deepen your impact, CBOA offers the mentorship, education, and peer support to help you thrive.

What You Gain as a Member

Membership connects you to a community grounded in lived experience, cultural humility, and collective growth.

Mentorship

We offer structured, ongoing mentorship designed to meet you where you are in your professional journey. Whether you’re navigating graduate school, pursuing licensure, or stepping into leadership, you’ll have access to guidance from professionals who understand the unique experience of being a Black man in the mental health field.

Members report increased confidence in their professional role, clearer career direction, stronger clinical and leadership skills, and a more expansive professional network.

  • Professional identity development
  • Licensure and career guidance
  • Leadership coaching
  • Academic and clinical support
  • Community engagement and advocacy opportunities

Continuing Education

CBOA offers culturally responsive professional development for clinicians at every stage of their career. Our trainings go beyond the basics, covering topics that matter to practitioners working within Black and BIPOC communities.

Trainings are offered virtually and in-person through workshops, panel discussions, and continuing education events. Select programs offer CE credits, certificates of completion, and documented professional development hours.

  • Black men’s wellness
  • Suicide prevention
  • Ethics and supervision
  • Advocacy and systems-level practice
  • Healing-centered clinical approaches

Join the Brotherhood

Becoming a member gives you visibility, community, and professional resources, rooted in a shared commitment to mental health equity.

Full Membership

$99/year

For fully licensed clinicians or license-eligible professionals in the state of Georgia who identify as Black male and live in the Metro Atlanta area.

Student Membership

$25/year

For Black male students pursuing an advanced degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related behavioral health field.