"Therapy in the Black Community"

“Crazy”...”Throwed Off”...”Off your Rocker”...”Gone Pecan”....I mean how often have you heard those phrases thrown around to describe someone seemingly deviating from our sense of “normal”? But what really IS normal...and WHY is it taboo in communities of color regarding the stigma surrounding mental illness? There are several cultural factors that contribute to the negative attitudes and beliefs that make it difficult for individuals to seek help from a mental health professional. Today the HeauxmGirls for the first time EVER have invited a special guest speaker, Devyn Walker, Licensed Therapist and Racial Trauma Counselor, to help change the narrative of therapy and its importance in breaking mental health barriers in the black community.