Araya Baker During a session back in 2016, Trevor, a student at the high school where I worked, quietly told me he felt suicidal. Assuming that he simply wished to escape painful feelings, I validated the normalcy of his emotional response to school and family stressors. But, with his head in his hands, he started Read More…
“I used to have waist-length hair but 2 or 3 years ago, when I was in high school, I was feeling so stressed that I wanted to kill myself, and I cut it all off. That’s when I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. It means you can’t control your emotions, you’re always getting too high Read More…
I want to share a story about Ronald Keith Davis, a 37-year-old police officer from Pennsylvania. It’s an incident that left me deeply concerned. You see, Ronald, who is a husband and a father, took his girlfriend to a mental health facility against her wishes. What’s troubling is that he didn’t just escort her there Read More…
Nationwide — An exciting new animated series called Super CJ: The Animated Series has been launched on YouTube to bring much-needed awareness to the critical mental health crisis facing Black children today. The series features a Black superhero, Super CJ, and his sarcastically funny sidekick, Rex the super dog. The Super CJ Children’s Mental Health Read More…
“Today I had one of the hardest experiences with my client who I am keeping anonymous, I had a 16-year-old girl come in who has been dealing with severe depression for a few years now. She got to the point where she felt so down and so worthless she couldn’t even brush her hair, she Read More…
(South Central Heaven, Paradise) — On Sunday morning, theGrio began receiving preliminary reports that the secret naval unit of Black America had been dispatched to Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Ala. The unit was responding to a skirmish that the Montgomery Advertiser would later describe as “racially divided,” after a dockworker asked pontoon boaters to move Read More…
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