A book for the Black community of today
Wildling Press of Richmond, Virginia, announces the upcoming publication of The Miseducation of Thomas Lee Crockett: A Mental Health Love Letter to the Black Community by Thomas Lee, available June 30, 2026, in paperback and e-book.
Mixing the candid storytelling of George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue with the accessible and intersectional psychology of Dr. Rheeda Walker’s The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, Marriage and Family Therapist Thomas Lee is on a mission to fill a space on the shelf that’s still way too empty: Mental health education for the Black community.
This book isn’t some abstract psychology text written by an old white man a hundred years ago—this is therapy by, about, and for the Black community of today. In this guidebook/memoir, 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.
Each chapter blends mental health terms, cultural references, and lessons learned from Lee’s own life: growing up in Mississippi 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.
Topics include emotional suppression, family dynamics, toxic masculinity, generational trauma, systemic racism, anxiety microaggressions in social, academic & work spaces, grief & loss, long-term illness, mental illness, LGBTQIA+ & homophobia and more!
The book is available on June 30, 2026, in paperback and e-book for $17.95, under the categories of Mental Health, Memoir, Black, LGBTQ+.
For information, visit www.wildlingpress.com/miseducation-of-thomas-lee-crockett.html.
About the Author: Thomas Lee is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Thomas received a Master of Arts in mental health counseling and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. His clinical experience includes working as a therapist in residential treatment facilities and in private practice, and as a clinical manager at a nonprofit organization. You can follow him on Instagram @solelymiseducatedthomas.
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