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.

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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 138 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

Oftentimes, I hear people talking about someone struggling with social anxiety, and it's

clear that what they're really talking about is that person being introverted.

They're definitely not the same thing, and I wanted to be sure we spent some time chatting

about the differences this week.

For this conversation, I was joined by Janaya Sadler.

Janaya is a licensed clinical social worker in Raleigh, North Carolina.

She's the owner of Urban Healing Counseling, a group psychotherapy office, and founder and

co-owner of Introverted Girlfriends, a safe space for introverted women to promote and

uplift each other.

Janaya and I chatted about the differences between being introverted and struggling with

social anxiety.

How you might know if you're introverted, how social anxiety impacts people's lives, and

what kinds of treatments are used to help those who struggle with social anxiety.

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