Transform Your Career: Become an expert in mental health first aid and raise your value as a hairstylist or barber. When you learn to spot signs of distress and create a safe, emotionally supportive space, your clients will return—and they’ll bring their friends.
Elevate Your Service: Clients today want more than just a cute style or great cut—they want emotional support. This course teaches you how to offer more care. Adding wellness-based services will allow you to raise your rates and position yourself as a go-to professional in your community.
Apply it Directly to Your Chair: Get real-world strategies to support clients during times of stress, anxiety, and more, all tailored to your unique role as a stylist or barber. Position yourself as a professional who cares deeply about both hair and mental well-being.
Convenient? YES!
🎥 Bite-Sized Learning: Short, engaging video clips (2–11 mins max) that fit easily between clients or during breaks. 🖱️ Interactive Panels: Real-world scenarios and quick-response tools that let you practice what you’re learning — not just watch. 📱 100% Online & On-Demand: Take it anytime, anywhere, on your own schedule. And your progress towards completion is automatically tracked.
What are people saying about this course?
"Love, love, love everything about it! It’s the foundation of truth and understanding where we are today." "It was very informative and easy to understand." "Interactive and engaging mix of history, visuals, research and humor." "I really enjoyed the confirmation and supporting evidence that Spirit has always been engaged and intertwined in our beauty rites. The history of hair section was jam packed with applicable lessons for our modern time." "Mental health is so important to our industry and I just love that we are here doing this NOW." "There is so much truth to being able to identify one's mental state with the physical appearance of their hair - that hit home. Especially when we consider the lack of care and/or lack of knowledge with how to care for one's hair." "I really enjoyed the amount of detail for each of the mental health concerns." "I felt that I received some really good information and skill to better address and be a safe space for mental health issues." “Now that I’m certified in PsychoHairapy: I can support you while you are in my chair, I can be a listening ear, I can be a sounding board, and I can offer resources to you. I learned the correlation between our hair, our hair’s history, and our mental health.”
Meet Your Instructor
Led by Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, a licensed clinical psychologist and hairstylist with over 20 years of experience, PsychoHairapy is the ONLY program specifically designed to elevate you—both as a professional and as a person. Dr. Afiya's expertise makes this course unique, providing scientific insights into mental health and wellness that are easy to understand and immediately applicable in your day-to-day work.
About the Course
The PsychoHairapy Certification Course gives you the tools to combine mental health first aid, cultural competence, and healing-centered practices to create an environment where clients feel heard, supported, and truly cared for. This is achieved in three modules: 🌀 Module 1- Hair History: Discover the deep roots of hair and the best of our traditions. From ancient rituals to resistance through styles, you’ll explore how hair has always been tied to mental health, identity, and culture. You'll see your work behind the chair as part of a sacred legacy. 🧠 Module 2- Recognizing Signs & Symptoms of Mental Illness: Learn how mental health shows up in real life — and in your chair. You’ll explore mood disorders, anxiety, psychosis, and more. You’ll learn how to notice warning signs and show up with empathy and awareness without needing to be a therapist. 🗣️ Module 3- Micro-Counseling Skills for the Hair Space: This is where the magic happens. Practice small but powerful communication tools, like how to listen deeply, assess distress, diffuse a crisis, offer supportive words, and refer clients to the right resources. You’ll walk away feeling ready and confident to hold space in a whole new way.
Take the Next Step Towards Mental Wellness
Empower yourself with the skills to make a difference in mental health advocacy. PsychoHairapy: A glow up for you, your clients, and your career. Join us today!
$350.00