Session 315: Navigating Interracial Relationships
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
When it comes to dating outside of your race, Black women are up against cultural stigmas, thoughts of missing out on Black love, fear of losing our “Black card,” and disapproval from family, friends, and social media. How many of these sentiments against interracial dating are reasonable things to consider, and how many are blocking us from finding what could be true love? To answer these questions and more, I’m joined by Dr. Racine Henry. Dr. Henry is a licensed marriage and family therapist whose practice focuses on Black, interracial, and non-monogamous couples.
In our conversation, we unpack both the common and unanticipated conflicts experienced in interracial relationships, things to consider before and while in an interracial relationship, and how to navigate disapproval from family, friends, and society at large.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health, |
| 0:16.9 | personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions |
| 0:22.2 | of ourselves. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:29.9 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com. |
| 0:38.4 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute |
| 0:45.0 | for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 0:48.5 | Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 315 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast. |
| 1:01.7 | We'll get right into our conversation after a word from our sponsors. |
| 1:14.3 | When it comes to dating outside of our race, black women are up against cultural stigmas, |
| 1:19.6 | thoughts of missing out on black love, fear of losing our black card, and disapproval from |
| 1:24.7 | family, friends, and social media. |
| 1:27.8 | How many of these sentiments against interracial dating are reasonable things to consider, and |
| 1:32.5 | how many are blocking us from finding what could be true love? |
| 1:36.3 | To answer these questions and more, I'm joined by Dr. Racine Henry. |
| 1:40.6 | Dr. Henry is a licensed marriage and family therapist whose practice focuses on black, |
| 1:45.5 | insuracial, and non-monogamous couples. |
| 1:48.2 | Based in New York, she is the founder of San Cofa Marriage and Family Therapy, creator of |
| 1:53.5 | the Appaluch for Love series, and a member of the core faculty at the Family Institute |
| 1:59.0 | at Northwestern University. |
| 2:01.2 | In our conversation, Dr. Henry and I unpacked both the common and unanticipated conflicts |
| 2:06.7 | experienced in interracial relationships, things to consider before and while in an interracial |
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