resources on Giftedness
previously “Our Wild Minds”
In 2023, I founded Our Wild Minds which offered an online community and course intended to help meet the unique social-emotional-intellectual needs of gifted Black adults from around the world. Though the business is now closed, the original resources I developed featuring intersectional perspectives on giftedness are available below, along with a listing of other resources to consult. In addition, I remain available for clinical consultations and limited coaching/mentoring. Learn more about these services here.
foundational resources
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CONTENTS
→ Origins of "Gifted" and the Complicated History of the Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
→ Changing Definitions of Giftedness, incl. Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
→ “But Aren’t We All Gifted?”
→ Where + How to Spot Giftedness
→ Kazimierz Dabrowski on Giftedness
→ Twice-exceptionality, Multipotentiality, and Misdiagnosis
→ Giftedness, Power + Identity
→ Becoming a Gifted Ally
→ The Gifted Person’s Bill of Rights
→ 5 Key Action Steps for Gifted People
→ Full Notes + References
→ Recommended Reading Lists
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Interviews + Presentations
find gifted support
Gifted-Serving Organizations
Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
Offers an annual conference, professional development opportunities, and maintains a directory of gifted-serving mental health professionals around the world.
Online community and assorted programming for gifted and neurodivergent creatives.
Offers a podcast, annual conference, and other resources grounded in Kazimierz Dąbrowski's theories of personality development.
Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted
Offers resources for and about highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted people across the lifespan.
Online community for twice-exceptional (2e) adults led by Julie Skolnick, author of Gifted and Distractible.
Other Resources
Black Practitioners
Kaitlin Smith, MSW (that’s me!)
Learn more about my clinical consultations and limited coaching/mentoring offerings here.
Sheldon Gay
Speaker and host of the I Must Be BUG’N (Black Unidentified Gifted and Neurodivergent) Podcast.
Baptist reverend, licensed therapist, and co-founder of Black Boy Therapy LLC based in Greater Washington D.C. Rev. Young also operates a Gifted & Talented Support Group.
Nalwanga Musisi, MSW
Licensed psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada and founder of Karibu Mental Health Network.
Somatics expert offering attunement coaching with a focus on gifted clients; based in Quebec, Canada.
Other Fantastic Practitioners
Counselor (in Oregon), coach (for clients everywhere), and author of numerous books including Your Rainforest Mind.
Gifted-serving counselor and coach. He offers counseling to clients in North Carolina and South Carolina, and coaching to clients located anywhere. He also runs an array of virtual community-based events where gifted adults can spend time with peer
Coaching for highly sensitive gifted adults in English and French located anywhere.
Self-attunement coach serving clients everywhere.
IFS Therapy for highly sensitive creatives, artists, and deep thinkers oriented toward questions of social justice across New Mexico.