Are you the kind that believes in leaving it all to Jesus for Him to fix it? Don’t get it twisted, we love Jesus, but we believe therapy is essential. Tee suffered postpartum depression, but nobody understood what she was going through. She ended up being institutionalized, but was that the solution? We believe therapy is what was needed most but couldn’t receive it. Equally, I went through depression, and like Tee, nobody understood. My mum thought I had gone crazy. I once heard her telling my sister that I was crazy.

We both have gone through therapy and we can comfortably say it is among the many good things that have happened to us. Unfortunately, we have seen people who have gone through some therapy sessions, but it turned out to be the worst due to medical mistrust and cultural stigma.

People of color find it challenging to get along with therapists who are white because, in most cases, they find themselves trying to explain too much about themselves to therapists for them to understand them and their culture. Others end up being termed mentally unfit while all they need is therapy.

In this episode, we’ll look at why people don’t go for therapy, and we hope that by the end of the session, some people will be encouraged to go for therapy.

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“It’s difficult and hard to understand why this big country still doesn’t have universal health care, like other countries.”

“I want my president to represent me. I want my doctors to represent me. I want my mental health professionals to represent me. If there’s a lack of diversity in healthcare and therapy, it’s so hard. You’re not representing me.”

“Going through therapy has taught me more than anything else in the world. “

“Find out who you are. And don’t apologize for being what you need to be known for being who you want to be.”

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Teresa & Kim