02/16/2026
Dr. E. Kitch Childs was a respected psychologist, educator, and advocate who dedicated her career to improving mental health care for Black individuals and families.
Her work emphasized culturally responsive treatment, education, and the importance of meeting people where they are—with dignity, understanding, and compassion. She helped shape how mental health services could better serve communities that had long been overlooked or misunderstood.
Her influence continues in the professionals she mentored and the lives she touched.
Black history is American history.
And mental health leadership is part of that legacy.