Dr. Darlene M. Davis Goodwine is a licensed clinical psychologist, researcher, and consultant at Aidan Behavioral Health & Consulting whose work centers on behavioral health systems, access to care, community engagement practices, and culturally responsive supports across clinical, research, and community settings.

Her work with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) spans clinical treatment, training, and research, with a specific focus on how OCD is experienced, assessed, and treated among Black individuals. Her research has examined culturally relevant factors in OCD symptom presentation, assessment, and treatment engagement, as well as broader questions related to anxiety, parenting practices, help-seeking/treatment-seeking, and mental health functioning in underserved populations.

Through years of clinical practice and research, a consistent pattern emerged: OCD in Black communities was often under-recognized, misinterpreted, or disconnected from culturally relevant frameworks of understanding and care. These gaps—across awareness, dissemination of knowledge, and outreach—became the foundation for the development of the Black & OCD Resource site.

Dr. Davis Goodwine leads the Black & OCD Think Tank Initiative, using a community-engagement framework to build meaningful pathways to OCD resources and supports. Her work emphasizes building strategic partnerships with organizations, service providers, and community stakeholders to strengthen how behavioral health is understood, communicated, and delivered.

Her work deliberately connects research, clinical expertise, and the community voice to advance behavioral health awareness, expand dissemination of information and resources into underserved communities, and support outreach efforts that are more responsive, community-informed, and culturally grounded.