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 298 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

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When Beyoncé, Giselle, knows Carter, declared, let it go girl, let it out girl,

12-ed thing like you came up out the South girl.

Church girls whip their hips across the eastern and western hemisphere.

With the homage to the Clark sisters embedded in the beats,

many felt sanctified and seen all within the same breath.

For many of us, it was a call for healing.

Well, what happens when our church communities have been responsible for our home and not our healing?

To discuss this complex and sensitive topic, today I'm joined by Dr. Tamah Bryant,

a licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and the 2023 president of the American Psychological

Association. She's an ordained elder at first AME church in South Los Angeles,

where she directs the mental health ministry, and she's also the host of the Homecoming Podcast,

a mental health podcast to facilitate your journey home to your authentic self.

In our conversation, we discuss why it's important for faith communities and psychological

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