About this episode

Ashley McGirt Adair discusses racial and generational trauma, focusing on its roots and the barriers to mental health access in Black communities.

Ashley McGirt Adair is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker specializing in racial trauma, crisis response, and racial equity. She speaks on generational trauma and its roots in slavery, as well as the cultural dynamics that shape how Black communities engage with therapy. She also shares her work at the Therapy Fund Foundation–a nonprofit she started–that focuses on removing financial, cultural, and systemic barriers to mental health access. Look for her book, The Cost of Healing in Silence. More about Ashley https://www.ashleymcgirt.com/ https://www.thecostofhealing.com/ This episode is sponsored Quince . Go to www.Quince.com/mental for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. This episode is sponsored by Alma . Search their directory of over 20,000 therapists with different specialities, life experiences, and identities, and 99% of them take insurance. Go to www.HelloAlma.com/happyhour This episode is sponsored by Timeline . Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price . Mitopure now starts at $99, with the exact same science and formula and listeners can still get 20% off when they go to…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Gilmartin

Guest: Ashley McGirt Adair

Topics covered

• racial trauma
• generational trauma
• mental health access
• cultural dynamics
• therapy engagement

Keywords

• racial trauma
• generational trauma
• mental health
• therapy
• cultural dynamics
• financial barriers
• systemic barriers

Sponsors

Quince, Alma, Timeline

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Therapy Fund Foundation

Books & works: The Cost of Healing in Silence

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