As we continue to break barriers and erase the stigma associated with therapy in the Black community, we wanted to address one of the key topics that many people overlook. Selecting the ‘perfect’ therapist can seem like a very cut-and-dry…
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Mental Health Advocate Kier Gaines’s Top Tips for Finding a Great Therapist
2023 is all about honesty, revelation and renewal. So let’s be real: the Black community has always had a contentious relationship with mental health and taking action to protect it. Though there are many origins of the taboo nature of…
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Therapist Fired For TikTok Video Defends Her Comments On Black Men Needing Therapy
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Shabree Rawls, the therapist who was fired from her job after urging Black men to seek therapy on TikTok, is finally speaking out about the backlash she received after her controversial post went…
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Rickey Smiley Speaks On Therapy Following Daughter’s Shooting And PTSD
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The aftereffects of gun violence are setting in for Rickey Smiley and his daughter after she was shot multiple times over the Fourth of July weekend. His 19-year-old daughter Aaryn Smiley had to undergo surgery…
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Taraji P. Henson And The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation Raise Money To Provide Mental Health Resources Amid COVID-19
Actress Taraji P. Henson is furthering her efforts to provide the Black community with mental health resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Deadline, her Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation joined forces with the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation to raise funds…
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