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 47 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

So this is the episode that you probably saw coming.

If you receive my newsletter, which you totally should, then you know I've been absolutely

obsessed with Black Panther since it opened a few weeks ago.

In today's episode, I'm joined by the biggest comic book-loving therapist that I know.

Mercedes Samudio.

For those of you who've been around a while, you'll remember that Mercedes was our guest

on session 9 where she talked all about her movement to end parent-shaming.

Mercedes is a licensed clinical social worker, a parent coach, speaker, and best-selling author

who helps parents and children communicate with each other, manage emotional trauma, navigate

social media and technology together, and develop healthy parent-child relationships.

For the course of her career, she has worked with adoptive families, foster families,

teen parents, parents navigating the child protective services system, and children living

with mental illness.

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