Shelley Harrell

Shelly Harrell, PhD

What You'll Learn

About Shelly Harrell, PhD

Dr. Shelly Harrell is a licensed psychotherapist and has served as a consultant and trainer on issues of cultural diversity and intergroup relations for nearly 30 years. She is a Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology where her research focuses on culturally-responsive and resilience-oriented interventions. Most recently, she has developed a “soulfulness” approach to mindfulness that centers cultural context and sociopolitical aspects of ethnoracial trauma and liberation relevant to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).

You can find out more about Dr. Harrell and her work, including publications, on her psychotherapy practice website and her "soulfulness" website.