Discovering Who YOU Are Before the World Told YOU Who You Should Be

    Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PMPacific Daylight Time UTC -07:00

    Black Excellence Seminar Series

    William Parham, Ph.D. ABPP

    Professor of Counseling
    Director, Center for Trauma Informed Education
    LMU School of Education

    William D. Parham, Ph.D., ABPP is a professor in LMU's School of Education'scounseling program and director of the Center for Trauma-Informed Education. He is past president of the LMU Faculty Senate, and former associate dean of faculty at SOE. Dr. Parham has devoted his professional career to teaching, training, clinical, administrative, and organizational consultation venues. He is a licensed psychologist, Board Certified in Counseling Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and Past-President of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. In addition, Dr. Parham served as the inaugural Director of the Mental Health and Wellness Program of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and is a member of the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Mental Wellbeing. For most of his professional career, Dr. Parham has focused on working with athletes across organizations (e.g., National Basketball Association; National Football League; Major League Baseball; United States Olympic Committee; United States Tennis Association; Major League Soccer, UCLA, UC Irvine) across levels (e.g., professional, elite, amateur, collegiate and youth) and across sports (e.g., basketball, football, gymnastics, softball, baseball, track and field, tennis, golf, swimming, volleyball, figure skating). He also has worked with performance artists in drama, theatre and music. Much of his current work focuses on trauma, an unfortunate personal experience of far too many athletes, artists and everyday citizens. Dr. Parham’s emphasis on personal empowerment, discovering and cultivating innate talents and looking for hidden opportunities in every situation are trademark foci. He is widely known through his scholarship, as well as conversations with domestic and international audiences, (via requested keynote appearances, conference presentations, radio programs, and podcasts), for his work on the interplay between sport psychology, diversity, intersectionality, trauma, and health psychology as these life experiences fuel discovery of excellence in human performance.
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