Psychological Injury: Exploring Racial Trauma
Claim This Podcastby Alexander Walker
Podcast Overview
<p>What do you do when your very identity is a source of trauma?</p><p>Psychological Injury: Exploring Racial Trauma, is a podcast series that examines the lack of a standard of care for racial trauma in the mental/behavioral healthcare system. Inspired by multi award-winning journalist Alex Walker’s own mental health journey, therapists, patients and experts share their stories, concerns and hopes for a country still coming to terms with the 2020 racial reckoning and Black Lives Matter protests. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZOMEE0HMDY&ab_channel=AlexSpearman">Youtube.</a></p>
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2/19/2023
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July 2, 2023
Bonus: Stopping The Stigma
<p>Do you want to make a real impact on the advocacy work I do while also supporting a Black queer journalist and storyteller? Consider donating to my fundraiser. Your donation will help me cover over $4,000 in mental health medical bills and relocation for my new career. Please share! <a href="https://gofund.me/d927ae84">https://gofund.me/d927ae84</a> Stigma keeps too many people from getting the help and healing they deserve for their mental health. In this bonus episode Alex breaks down the different forms of mental health stigma and how each of us can make the world safer for people who are struggling to get the care they need. Sources: <a href="https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/stigma-and-discrimination">https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/stigma-and-discrimination</a><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00687-5/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00687-5/fulltext</a><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798266/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798266/</a></p>
February 19, 2023
Episode four: My grandmother’s hands.
<p>Best-selling author and therapist Resmaa Menakem talks one-on-one with Alex about the book that inspired Psychological Injury. In a wide ranging and often lighthearted discussion, the two go in-depth on racial trauma, body-centered psychology and how critical race theory, and improving communal mental health go hand-in-hand. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdSb4duECpg&ab_channel=AlexSpearman">Youtube. </a></p><p>Resmaa Menakem: <a href="https://www.resmaa.com/">https://www.resmaa.com/</a></p><p>Debra Cruz: <a href="https://www.debraanncruz.com/">https://www.debraanncruz.com/</a></p><p>Janice Evans: <a href="https://jlevanslpc.com/">https://jlevanslpc.com/</a></p>
February 19, 2023
Episode three: The search for cultural competence.
<p>Black therapists explain the long standing lack of cultural competency in the psychology profession, specifically when it comes to treating racial trauma. Research shows that while improvements have been made to diversify the ranks and population in the field, patients are still struggling to have their needs met. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1juIMR3QEx0&ab_channel=AlexSpearman">Youtube. </a></p><p>Mental Health America: <a href="https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health">https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health</a></p><p>Debra Cruz: <a href="https://www.debraanncruz.com/">https://www.debraanncruz.com/</a></p><p>Janice Evans: <a href="https://jlevanslpc.com/">https://jlevanslpc.com/</a></p><p>APA: <a href="https://www.apa.org/education-career/ce/topic/?query=cetopic:Race,%20Culture%20and%20Identity">https://www.apa.org/education-career/ce/topic/?query=cetopic:Race,%20Culture%20and%20Identity</a></p>
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- What is Psychological Injury: Exploring Racial Trauma?
<p>What do you do when your very identity is a source of trauma?</p><p>Psychological Injury: Exploring Racial Trauma, is a podcast series that examines the lack of a standard of care for racial trauma in the mental/behavioral healthcare system. Inspired by multi award-winning journalist Alex Walker’s own mental health journey, therapists, patients and experts share their stories, concerns and hopes for a country still coming to terms with the 2020 racial reckoning and Black Lives Matter protests. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZOMEE0HMDY&ab_channel=AlexSpearman">Youtube.</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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