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9 Latina Therapists Breaking Barriers and Destigmatizing Mental Health

Nicole YoungMarch 22, 2023

by Nicole YoungMarch 22, 20230981

The Latinx community faces unique challenges when it comes to mental health, including cultural stigmas that often prevent people from seeking help. There’s the idea that you’re “loco” if you seek help and that mental health issues aren’t to be...

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J Balvin Announces Upcoming Bilingual Mental Health App Oye

Virginia IsaadMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022

by Virginia IsaadMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022015614

Colombian reggaetonero J Balvin has been open about his struggles with mental health having previously shared his struggles with anxiety and depression. In a tweet from 2019 he revealed he was in an “infierno” for two months of battling mental...

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Digame: Therapist Jacqueline Garcia is Destigmatizing Mental Health

Virginia IsaadNovember 19, 2021

by Virginia IsaadNovember 19, 202106765

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Jacqueline Garcia is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker who is using social media to amplify the importance of mental...

Culture

Five Struggles BIPOC Face in Accessing Mental Health Resources

Nicole YoungMay 21, 2021

by Nicole YoungMay 21, 202108214

Mental health remains stigmatized in communities of color but another major hurdle BIPOC face is access to mental health resources. While mental illness does not discriminate, unfortunately, our healthcare system does. Fewer than half of all adults in the U.S....

Lifestyle

9 Latina Therapists Share Stress Relieving Tips and Practices

Nicole YoungApril 23, 2021April 27, 2021

by Nicole YoungApril 23, 2021April 27, 202105673

The pandemic that dominated most of 2020 was hard on all of us which meant we dealt with an overwhelming amount of stress every single day. Stress has been dubbed “the silent killer” because the effects are gradual but, if...

Lifestyle

13 Resources for Free or Affordable Mental Healthcare

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiOctober 2, 2019July 24, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiOctober 2, 2019July 24, 202004888

Our health extends past what our bodies experience. When our arm hurts, we go to the doctor, but why is it so taboo to talk to someone about depression, anxiety, or any other mental health illness? Even saying the words...