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As an upwardly mobile professional, you may face unique challenges ranging from survivor’s guilt to maintaining healthy relationships with loved ones from the past to creating support networks with people in your present. In this episode, Dr. Akua Boateng, a licensed professional counselor, discusses how therapy can help Black female professionals take ownership of their emotional health, become aware of unhealthy patterns, cope with challenges faced in the workplace and beyond, and work toward a more authentic existence.

Topics Covered: 

• The difference between various mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counselors, clinical social workers)
• Debunking the stigma around mental health treatment in communities of color
• Overcoming survivor’s guilt as an upwardly mobile professional
• The underdiagnosis of depression in Black women and recognizing signs of depression
• Self-care and prioritizing your Self
• Cultivating safe and positive spaces
• What to look for when seeking a therapist
• Resources for finding a Black therapist: www.therapyforblackgirls.com and Psychology Today

Highlights:

• “Our strength is really connected to our pain. It’s not in spite of it.”
• “Self-care absent of insight is really not beneficial to you.”
• “If you see someone and you think, ‘Wow her glow is amazing. I love the energy she has.’ Talk to her. Link up with her. Share conversations with her because there is something that is attracting you to that energy and that might be something you need in your life.”
• “Oftentimes people don’t realize that it’s actually you interviewing the therapist. You get to choose. This is your space.”

Connect with Akua: 

On her website: https://www.akuakboateng.com/ 

On her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akua-k-boateng-phd-65a53a89/ 

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akuakboatengpsychotherapy/ 

On Twitter: @akuakboateng 

On Instagram: @akuakboateng

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