by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 8, 2025 | Alabama Local History, Birmingham
In 1990, the Alabama State Legislature did something peculiar. With the stroke of Governor Guy Hunt’s pen, Act 90-203 declared Star Blue Quartz the official state gemstone. The legislation described it as “one of the most beautiful gemstones on earth, and...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 30, 2025 | Mental Health and Psychotherapy Resources in Alabama, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama, Psychology of Buildings and Architecture, Therapy Resources for Alabama
The Burden of Elevation: Understanding Alabama’s Most Aspirational Suburb Perched atop Shades Mountain, Vestavia Hills, Alabama represents one of the most fascinating case studies in American suburban psychology—a community whose very identity was architected...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 30, 2024 | Alabama Local History, Psychology of Artists, Poets, and Writers, Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
The photograph was taken during the civil rights demonstrations of March 1965, sometime between Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery March. Alabama Media Group Who Was Spider Martin? In times of great societal upheaval and injustice, the power of visual...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 30, 2024 | Alabama Local History, Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Recovering from Abuse, Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
The African American experience has been marked by a history of trauma, oppression, and displacement, resulting in a sense of rootlessness and disconnection from African myths and traditions. This phenomenon is not merely sociological but biological. Research into...
