Maui Moisture Donates $100,000 To PsychoHairapy To Support Training Hair Stylists To Provide Mental Health Services

Maui Moisture—a haircare products company—donated $100,000 to PsychoHairapy, a program which provides mental health training to hair stylists. PsychoHairapy will use the funding to train stylists in psychotherapy and mental health first-aid resources. PsychoHairapy hopes to train and certify more than 100 more stylists, hire mental health professionals to offer virtual group therapy, create PsychoHairapy workbooks, and produce a self-paced virtual class to increase accessibility for certifications.

PyschoHairapy was launched in 2014 by clinical psychologist Afiya Mbilishaka, Ph.D., as a research space for psychology faculty and students at Howard University in the District of . . .