Counseling African Americans: the current state of affairs / Thomas A. Parham -- African-centered psychology: basic principles / Cheryl Grills -- Understanding African American mental health: the necessity of new conceptual paradigms / Thomas A. Parham, William D. Parham -- Understanding personality and how to measure it / Thomas A. Parham -- Reconceptualizing the notion of self from the African deep structure / Ezemenari M. Obasi -- African-centered conceptualizations of self and consciousness: the Akan model / Cheryl Grills, Martin Ajei -- Counseling models for African Americans: the what and how of counseling / Thomas A. Parham -- Counseling African American fathers: a program for active involvement / Michael Connor -- Raising the bar for what passes as competence / Thomas A. Parham.