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 30 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

Every year in October, we observe national domestic violence awareness month.

So I definitely wanted to spend some time this month talking with you about domestic

violence and specifically some of the red flags that you want to maybe consider when

you're beginning a new relationship.

So the information I'm going to share with you now comes from a website called Carrying

Unlimited.org.

And of course, you will be able to find all of this information and the show notes.

That'll be at therapyforblackgirls.com.

Backslash session 30.

So the handout says, the following is a list of red flags for you to notice and pay attention

to when dating someone or beginning a new relationship.

Some of them are indicators that the relationship may become abusive and others are positive indicators

that you are becoming involved with an abuser.

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