The Black Male Mental Health Struggle | Curtis Jasper | TEDxGeorgiaTechSalon
This talk will involve the current state of The Mental Health industry and how it does not address, support, or sustain the current state of Black Mental Health— specifically Black Males and the struggles and challenges of receiving effective, culturally specific, accessible mental services from qualified mental health practitioners. Dr. Curtis Jasper will address how these deficiencies sustain the prolonged struggle faced by Black Men regarding their unique-lived experiences filled with grief, trauma, injustice and abuse. This talk will also include an explanation of the struggle, why the struggle persists and what we as a society can do about it. Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, PhD, MEd This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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Emotional exhaust makes a whole lot of since
Wish my boys would watch this😢
Yes they use to chunk me at the back of the class, even when l was first doing my work 😢😮😢
This should have over a million views!
sometimes life is so hard. sometimes i wonder why i was even born. its all very challenging, sometimes its just so hard
Thanks!
One of the many reasons why I become a mental health professional
This is my 8th grade teacher ❤️. Absolutely powerful!
I need this
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Needed Ts Fr🤞🏾💯
This was hands-down the best webinar I have ever attended. You kept me engaged from the first sentence. You seamlessly broke the topics down into small wins. The information was easier to receive because of your delivery. THANK YOU!
The title of this video is divisive men's mental health.doesn't discriminate. Doesn't matter what colour you are!!
Self accountability is the only end to the struggle.
Man I needed to hear this. In the south it’s tough to find help.
You just don’t know who needed to hear this. In the south it’s really tough to get folks to understand our struggles. Thank you!
Let your journey be apart of your healing ❤️🩹 Beautiful 🥹
1.Emotional support 2.Spiritual Maturity 3.Discipline
I needed hear this Fr thank you
I can relate to this brother on so many levels, from losing my mother to cancer, trying to re-establish a 40+-year fractured relationship with my dad, losing my younger brother to a heart attack, and even to how I started my journey to becoming a mental health professional. It was during a therapy session when I told my therapist that, for the first time in my life, I felt stuck. I didn't know what to do after serving two decades in the full-time ministry and now having to start over. My therapist said, "Have you ever thought about becoming a therapist? You've been in the ministry for 20 years and have a unique perspective that can help a lot of people." The rest, as they say, is history. I want to be for other men of color what I needed someone to be for me. Thank you for this inspirational and validating talk!