Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions

of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute

for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 129 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I thought it was important for us

to revisit this topic as Black women continue to be disproportionately impacted by domestic

violence.

For this conversation, I was joined by Dr. Shinita Brown.

Dr. Brown is a licensed professional counselor, speaker, educator, and trainer that foster

transformative and empowering dialogue about intimate partner violence and mental health

wellness.

With over 10 years of experience in the clinical mental health field, she is a servant leader

dedicated to breaking the silence and empowering change to foster the next generation of advocates

and leaders.

Dr. Brown and I chatted about how you can recognize the size of domestic violence, why it is important

to understand domestic violence in the context of power and control as opposed to anger management,

how you can support a loved one who may be in a relationship with an abusive partner,

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