Professor of Counseling
El Camino College
Culver City, California, United States
Dr. Yamonte Cooper is a nationally recognized trauma and relationship expert with extensive experience in couples therapy, trauma, and sexual health. He earned his Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Education from the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Cooper is a Professor of Counseling at El Camino College, the Clinical Director of the West Coast Sex Therapy Center, and a Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor (CST-S). He has more than two decades of experience spanning higher education, mental health, and clinical practice, with a career that integrates scholarship, clinical leadership, teaching, supervision, and public engagement. Dr. Cooper has worked with diverse populations across clinical, educational, and community settings and is particularly noted for his contributions to culturally responsive therapeutic practices and trauma-informed care, especially as they relate to race, gender, intimacy, and relational health. His work has been recognized nationally, including selection as a Featured Author at the Bay Area Book Festival (BABF). As a Fulbright Scholar, he has collaborated internationally to advance best practices in career development within educational systems. Dr. Cooper is the author of Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impacts, Disparities, and Interventions; co-editor of Black Couples Therapy: Clinical Theory and Practice; and editor of the forthcoming volume Black Male Sexuality: Race, Genre, and Class, to be published by Cambridge University Press. His scholarship and clinical work examine the psychological and relational consequences of structural violence, gendered racism, and institutional inequality, with an emphasis on translating research into practice. Through his writing, teaching, supervision, and public scholarship, Dr. Cooper continues to shape contemporary conversations in counseling psychology, trauma studies, education, and sexual health.
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Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impacts, Disparities, and Interventions
Saturday, March 28, 2026
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US Pacific Time