​Tanya Akilah Alkhaliq is a dynamic therapist, theologian, liberationist scholar, and cultural strategist whose work sits at the powerful intersection of Black mental health, spirituality, gender, and systemic healing. With over 15 years of experience in behavioral health and religious trauma, Tanya has worked extensively with clergy, individuals, families, and change agents working to navigate the weight of identity, faith, and intergenerational pain. Her therapeutic practice is grounded in Narrative Therapy, African-Centered frameworks, and experiential modalities, offering a transformative lens for individuals and families to reclaim agency and heal in context. As a 45-year-old Black woman from the Deep South, Tanya understands the complexities of navigating survival in spaces never built for her - and has made it her life’s work to imagine and embody something beyond survival: liberation, self-definition, and joy. She weaves together her lived experience with academic rigor and spiritual insight, currently completing her M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy while preparing to pursue a Ph.D. in African American Studies. Her doctoral work will examine the intersections of PTSD, microaggressions, and mental health stigma in Black religious and queer communities through the lens of African Traditional Religion and culturally relevant therapy. Tanya is also a speaker, gospel composer, political commentator, and founder of a multimedia platform that engages audiences through Substack, YouTube, TikTok, and her upcoming Black liberation gospel album. She leads projects such as The Tree that Watched the Nations Burn - a speculative novel rooted in oral tradition and Black sovereignty - and Decolonizing Therapy, a groundbreaking book exploring the history of racial, religious, and psychological oppression in Black communities. Whether she’s preaching, teaching, singing, or counseling, Tanya’s work speaks to the soul of a people rising from inherited trauma and reaching toward sacred wholeness. Her brand - Where Black Truth, Therapy, and Spirit Meet - is more than a tagline; it’s a call to reconstruct the self in truth, tend to the soul with care, and live beyond the limits of colonized consciousness.