When Mental Health Awareness month began, I was pushed to do something I had been wanting to do for a couple of years. I don't need a study to show me the prevalence of mental illness, the most likely causes of mental illness, the stigma and attitudes toward mental illness, the lack of access to medical care, the issues with treatment of mental illness, the lack of representation of minorities treating those with mental health issues and the devastation that mental illness can cause in the African American community...I see it in my community, in families around me, in my friends and in my patients daily. But what can I do about it?!?! I don't have the capital, the power or the platform to change these things....but I have love, empathy, knowledge, resources and great friends. So I called my dear LS Mrs. Sharita Bilson with the new Grace Place Therapy in Little Rock, Arkansas and my friend Ms. Kendra Glasper, an awesome social worker in Northwest Arkansas, to help me make a MELANATED MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORY for THERAPISTS! (I am so grateful for these ladies). This is a work in progress, but this is our first one. We have comprised a list of minority therapist in Little Rock, NLR, Conway, Benton, Searcy, Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, Dermott, Fayetteville, Rogers and Fort Smith. I will attach the link to this directory in my bio. Please copy and distribute...to providers you know, your clinics, your friends, EVERYONE! If you know someone who should be on the list, let us know! We are a village....who can benefit from both structured medical care and prayer. Let's help each other!
