Felix Morton IV, Ph.D., LCMHC-QS, GTC (he/him/his) is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Counselor Education at William & Mary, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Clinical Supervisor, and Geek Therapy® Certified Therapist. His clinical experience spans hospital trauma units, community mental health, schools, and college and university settings, informing a professional identity grounded in culturally responsive, strengths-based and liberatory approaches to counseling and wellness.
Dr. Morton’s scholarship centers the mental health, wellness and flourishing of Black men and boys, with particular attention to identity, belonging, culture and the conditions that allow people and communities to thrive. As a counselor, educator, researcher and public scholar, he explores the intersection of mental health and popular culture, drawing on storytelling, fandom and Afrofuturism to imagine new possibilities for healing, connection and self-understanding. He is the author of the forthcoming book Black Panther & Black Men's Mental Health: A Wakanda Within Reach (Wiley), which explores Black men’s wellness through the cultural and narrative world of Marvel’s Black Panther. Across his work, he advocates for honoring the stories, cultural knowledge and imaginative worlds people already use to understand themselves and their lives.
Dr. Morton has served as a fellow with the American Psychological Association and remains actively engaged in the counseling field as a practicing therapist and speaker. He also founded and leads a nationally recognized professional network of more than 500 Black male counselors and counselor educators, designed to expand access to culturally affirming and representative mental health care. He has delivered national and international presentations across both academic spaces, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Association for Humanistic Counseling, and non-academic spaces, including Star Wars Celebration Tokyo and San Diego Comic-Con. These engagements reflect his commitment to bringing conversations about mental health and human flourishing into the cultural spaces where people already find meaning, connection and community.