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Listen Hunnay with Jeannie Mai

The Importance of Accessibility to Therapy with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford

Listen Hunnay with Jeannie Mai

Studio71

Comedy, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Resident psychologist at O Magazine and the founder for Therapy for Black Girls, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford sits down with Jeannie to unpack everything from her passion for making mental wellness and therapy accessible to the Black community to why it's crucial for non-Black folks to examine their own behavior with regards to race before talking to their children. Plus, Jeannie shares how her own personal relationship to therapy has changed from her childhood to now. Follow Dr. Joy on Instagram Follow Dr. Joy on Twitter therapyforblackgirls.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Listen honey, listen honey.

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Oh my gosh, I cannot begin to tell you how I'm excited I am about my guests today because I'm going to be busting out with all the questions

0:17.3

that I have zero answers to and I have zero friends that have given me direction on how

0:22.4

to answer. And that is why I'm so pleased to have with us resident psychologist at Oprah

0:27.8

magazine and the founder of therapy for black girls Dr Joy Joy Hardin Bradford. Dr Joy is what what I'm putting you in my

0:35.8

phone as. I appreciate it. I'm excited to have you here specifically because of the kids part.

0:44.3

The fact that I see your Instagram and you go straight in on the hard-hitting topics

0:50.1

that we adults are talking about, but you interlace them into kids at all ages it seems so first

0:55.2

tell me about therapy for black girls what exactly is that business yeah so therapy for

0:59.5

black girls is designed to be a community focus on the mental health and wellness of black women and girls.

1:05.0

So our mission really is to make information and experiences that are relevant and accessible for black women and girls.

1:11.0

So we try not to use a lot of jorgon in all the

1:13.9

million dollar words, but to really look at all of the small ways that we can

1:17.8

prioritize our mental health. And what made you realize that this business

1:22.2

needed to be founded?

1:24.2

Well, a lot of my focus in grad school

1:26.6

and throughout my training has been looking

1:28.2

at the different ways that mental health impacts

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