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 session 81 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

Today we'll be digging into helping you explore your relationship with substances.

For today's conversation, I'm joined by Dr. Delisha Pittman, whom I had the pleasure of

helping to train while she was a student at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Pittman is an assistant professor and the director of the Clinical Mental Health

Counseling Program at the George Washington University.

She's also a licensed psychologist in the District of Columbia and Virginia.

Additionally, she maintains a private practice in Woodley Park.

Dr. Pittman and I discuss how you can tell if your use of substances has become more

than recreational.

The steps you can take to get help if you think you might be struggling, how some of our

cultural practices may be contributing to masking issues with substance abuse, and how

to help if you think a friend may be struggling with their substance use.

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