Read More Published on: 01 Feb 20214 minute read The Best Way to Honor Black History Month Is to Stop Co-opting the MovementPublished on: 01 Feb 2021Written byTamara PridgettFeb 01, 2021 The events of 2020 — racial and social unrest, the killings of countless Black people, the disproportionate rate of…
Read More Published on: 23 Sep 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD4 minute readClinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD Our Country’s Inability to Control the Pandemic Is Severely Impacting Our Mental HealthPublished on: 23 Sep 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCDWritten byTamara PridgettSep 23, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD It’s been eight months since the first case of the novel coronavirus was reported in the United States,…
Read More Published on: 24 Aug 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S4 minute readClinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S A Psychiatrist Explains Why Racism Is Not a Mental IllnessPublished on: 24 Aug 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-SWritten byTamara PridgettAug 24, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S As Black people and people of color continue to fight for racial justice the conversation surrounding racism cannot…
Read More Published on: 22 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R5 minute readClinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R Racial Trauma at Work — Here’s What It Looks Like and How to Navigate ItPublished on: 22 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-RWritten byTamara PridgettJul 22, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R Racial Trauma is a form of race-based stress that affects Black people and people of color when they…
Read More Published on: 02 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD6 minute readClinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD This Is How Racial Trauma Is Affecting the Mental Health of Black PeoplePublished on: 02 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCDWritten byTamara PridgettJul 02, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD Black people have witnessed the social and racial injustices inflicted on our communities due to the color of…
Read More Published on: 01 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD5 minute readClinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD Why Self-Care Is a Critical Component to Racial Justice For Black PeoplePublished on: 01 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCDWritten byTamara PridgettJul 01, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD Updated 2/22/2022 Civil rights activist, writer, and feminist Audre Lorde coined the term “self-care,” when she proclaimed, “Caring…
Read More Published on: 25 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW7 minute readClinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW The Lack of Adequate Mental Health Care in Black CommunitiesPublished on: 25 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSWWritten byTamara PridgettJun 25, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW Updated on 9/14/2022 Mental health conditions don’t discriminate, so why are Black people and people of color at…