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.

To get more information, 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 60 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

The conversation I'm bringing to you today is one that is often very difficult to have

in our community, but so very necessary.

Today we're going to be talking about colorism and texturism and how they impact our mental

health.

For this conversation, I'm joined by Dr. Donna O'Reo-Woe.

Dr. Donna is an international speaker, sex and relationship educator, and therapist

located in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

She went to undergrad at the Morgan State University, earning her bachelor's in psychology

before moving to a widener university where she earned her PhD, MSW, and MED in human sexuality,

social work, and education respectively.

She is the owner and lead therapist of a not right, whose mission it is to help others

reclaim their sexuality, identity, and self-love by being their most wise, free, and authentic

selves in addressing intersectionality, culture, and race in both educational and therapeutic

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