Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, where we discuss all things 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.

To get more information and resources, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

And 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 a session 23 of Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

So this week we have another special request episode.

In this episode is for all of the parents or loved ones of teens in the audience who

said, please give me something to help me deal with my teen to help me have difficult

conversations with my teen.

So this week I am joined by another very special guest therapist.

From suffering from teen depression to being written off by her family and teachers as

being just another troubled teen, Jean-Nay Johnson has always been a firm believer that

at any given moment you have the power to say, this is not how the story is going to

end.

Jean-Nay chose to take control of her story.

Choosing to dedicate her life to uplifting and empowering the leaders of tomorrow, Jean-Nay's

body of work includes a published book, magazine features, radio interviews, and multiple

guest appearances.

Recently, she has been featured on Essence.com, exploring reasons why marriages fail,

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