About this episode

Aycee Brown interviews Ashley McGirt-Adair about trauma, mental health in Black communities, and the importance of culturally responsive care.

In this episode of 'Is My Aura On Straight?', host Aycee Brown interviews licensed psychotherapist Ashley McGirt-Adair, founder of the Therapy Fund Foundation and author of the upcoming book ' The Cost of Healing in Silence ', about how trauma and generational survival shape Black communities and the need for culturally responsive mental health care. Ashley shares wanting to be a lawyer inspired by Johnny Cochran, pivoting to therapy after inadequate support for her own mental health, and continuing court-related work as an expert witness on discrimination and police brutality cases, including a difficult deposition where her social media was used against her. She explains why her book leads with personal stories through her grandmother's lens, drawing from hospice work that highlighted stark health disparities. They discuss emotional numbness, the difficulty of leaving dysfunction, social media's harms and benefits, grounding practices, and the importance of healing out loud and finding chosen family support. Purchase Ashley's book, " The Cost of Healing in Silence " HERE Connect with Ashley at www.ashleymcgirt.com and @therapywithash on Instagram. Click To Join Magical Muth a…

People in this episode

Host: Aycee Brown

Guest: Ashley McGirt-Adair

Topics covered

• trauma
• mental health
• Black communities
• culturally responsive care
• healing
• social media

Keywords

• healing
• trauma
• mental health
• Black communities
• social media
• culturally responsive care
• emotional numbness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Therapy Fund Foundation

Books & works: The Cost of Healing in Silence

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