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 session 42 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

In session 21, I discussed how racism impacts our mental health.

And today, I wanted to dig a little deeper into a discussion about race-related stressors

and how therapy can be used to heal from them.

For today's episode, I'm joined by Crystal Joseph.

Crystal is a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Maryland, licensed

professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, national certified counselor,

and board certified case manager.

Holding a master of arts in counseling psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology,

Crystal's clinical training includes cognitive behavior therapy and Black Psychology with

an individual family and group therapy settings.

Crystal specializes in anxiety, depression, racial identity formation, and cultural trauma

in African-Americans.

Her love for psychology began in high school after completing college level psychology classes.

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