The IWS Podcast

This episode was speaking with Luis, a Latino male therapist discussing his journey from working in community mental health agencies, behavioral institutions with male youth, and ultimately to beginning his own private practice. The discussion was largely focused on men's mental health, parenting, challenges for quality services for Black and Latino communities, as well as the challenge of encoura...

This episode was speaking with Luis, a Latino male therapist discussing his journey from working in community mental health agencies, behavioral institutions with male youth, and ultimately to beginning his own private practice. The discussion was largely focused on men's mental health, parenting, challenges for quality services for Black and Latino communities, as well as the challenge of encoura...

This episode was speaking with both Isaiah, a Black male who is both a mental health advocate and someone on his own therapeutic journey and Travis, a Black mental health therapist who has journeyed in various settings of clinical practice in both rural and urban Georgia. The discussion covered a variety of topics including: vulnerability for men, family dynamics and environments, impact to the Bl...

This episode was speaking with both Isaiah, a Black male who is both a mental health advocate and someone on his own therapeutic journey and Travis, a Black mental health therapist who has journeyed in various settings of clinical practice in both rural and urban Georgia. The discussion covered a variety of topics including: vulnerability for men, family dynamics and environments, impact to the Bl...

This episode was speaking with Darryon, a young, Black male therapist to discuss the his journey from working in a correctional facility with juveniles to beginning his own private practice. The discussion surrounding vulnerability for men, upbringing and family dynamics, as well as representation in the field for Black male therapists are all discussed in length as visibility for this demographic...

This episode was speaking with Darryon, a young, Black male therapist to discuss the his journey from working in a correctional facility with juveniles to beginning his own private practice. The discussion surrounding vulnerability for men, upbringing and family dynamics, as well as representation in the field for Black male therapists are all discussed in length as visibility for this demographic...

This episode was speaking with Chad, a young, Black male therapist to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within the Black community as well as other issues that have arisen since that time. Representation matters and for many within that community, mental health is still a taboo subject that many shy away from so this interview was largely in service to normalize that conver...

This episode was speaking with Chad, a young, Black male therapist to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within the Black community as well as other issues that have arisen since that time. Representation matters and for many within that community, mental health is still a taboo subject that many shy away from so this interview was largely in service to normalize that conver...

This episode was speaking with Mikaela, a young, Latina woman that the host met recently and discussed various topics including: relationships between parents and children, being raised by a single father, the importance of learning to express one's self emotionally, challenges with romantic relationships when growing up with separated parents, and cultural norms and roles as it pertains to how a...

This episode was speaking with Mikaela, a young, Latina woman that the host met recently and discussed various topics including: relationships between parents and children, being raised by a single father, the importance of learning to express one's self emotionally, challenges with romantic relationships when growing up with separated parents, and cultural norms and roles as it pertains to how a...

This episode was speaking with Franklin, a young, Nigerian man that the host has had the fortune of getting to know when he first came to America to study at the university. This episode's topics were focused on discussing relationships between fathers and sons, the importance of learning to express one's self emotionally, particularly for men, and implications of growing up as a Nigerian man and...

This episode was speaking with Franklin, a young, Nigerian man that the host has had the fortune of getting to know when he first came to America to study at the university. This episode's topics were focused on discussing relationships between fathers and sons, the importance of learning to express one's self emotionally, particularly for men, and implications of growing up as a Nigerian man and...