Derrick D. Sebree Jr., PsyD, is an American Descendant of Slavery (ADOS), a core faculty member of the MA program, and MA program director at the Michigan School of Psychology (MSP). In 2016, Derrick graduated with his doctorate in clinical psychology from MSP, also earning a MECCA certificate during his clinical placement at Michigan State University CAPS. He currently offers clinical services in the Ann Arbor area, working with a variety of populations with a focus on young college students and adults. Derrick also has coordinated with numerous social justice organizations around food security, racial equity, reparative justice, mental health equity, and other environmental justice issues within the Black American community.
In his work as a therapist, an educator, and mentor, Derrick emphasizes community-oriented social justice praxis informed by Black Existentialist, liberatory psychologies and counseling; multicultural identity theory; and ecopsychology/ecotherapy and climate psychology. Derrick values the philosophy of servant leadership and giving back from the value ethic of generational equity. He has been an active member of the Society for Humanistic Psychology, APA Division 32, having begun as a student ambassador in 2013 and having served (either currently or previously) as a member-at-large; membership chair; co-chair of the Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee; and advocacy liaison to APA’s Advocacy Office. Further, Derrick is a current member of the board for the Michigan Psychological Association and of APA’s Climate Advisory Board. He also extensively consults with various national and regional organizations, he is identified on APA’s Media Advisory List as an expert in environmental justice issues, and he provides psychological expertise on climate change to various organizations and brands.
Derrick’s published works include co-authored chapters in The Evidence-Based Foundations of Existential–Humanistic Therapy, the APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology, and Clinical Psychology Responses to the Climate Crisis. He is an editorial board member for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, an ad hoc reviewer for The Humanistic Psychologist, and a reviewer for several environmental and ecopsychology-focused journals.