Shadeen Francis | Source | Licensed Psychotherapist, Media Personality, and Author at Mine'd
Shadeen Francis
Shadeen Francis is a licensed psychotherapist, media personality, graduate professor, and author whose expertise spans the domains of sex therapy, emotional intelligence, and social justice. She has been featured on platforms like ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and the New York Times to share her unique perspective, and her insights have been printed by Cosmopolitan, MindBodyGreen, Refinery29, Playboy, Nylon magazine, and Tinder Swipelife, among others.
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Licensed Psychotherapist, Media Personality, and Author
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A Psychotherapist On How To Be There For Your Black Friends Right Now
How to support your black loved ones in these tense times.
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Reaching out to ask 'how are you' is rarely a productive conversation starter. And it can put extra pressure on your black friends to describe their pain to you in an already overwhelming and traumatic time. Racism isn't new, and for black people's pain to be suddenly spotlighted once there is national outcry, doesn't make the check-in feels supportive. It just acts as a contrast to all the times in the past their pain wasn't acknowledged.
