Black Mental Health Matters with Dr. Kerry-Ann

By: Kerry-Ann Williams M.D.
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  • Black Mental Health Matters is an online talk show and podcast that streams every Sunday at 1pm EST on YouTube and Facebook Live (drkerryann). Uploads weekly on Fridays to Apple Podcasts. To hear more from previous shows, go to my website: https://www.drkerryann.net/previous-shows
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  • Dissolving the Anchor with Hailima Yates

    Dissolving the Anchor with Hailima Yates
    Apr 7 2025

    Untether dysphoria and self-doubt with mindset coach, Hailima Yates, as she joins us for this episode to talk about her book, "Dissolving the Anchor."

    Black Mental Health Matters is a podcast that will educate and empower you as you work towards your mental wellness goals. Find us on YouTube @drkerryann6075
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    30 mins
  • Community Resources for Teens with Angela Walukevich and Dasia Miles-Langaigne

    Community Resources for Teens with Angela Walukevich and Dasia Miles-Langaigne
    Jan 10 2025
    Are you looking for resources for your teen post-COVID? In this episode, I'm joined by graduate students at William James College - Dasia Miles-Langaigne and Angela Walukevich, as they talk about the ins and outs of finding resources for teens in the community. See below a list of resources in Massachusetts compiled by today's guests: Resource List Resource: (Targeted to knowledge/information gathering - can be used both for the organization level and also family level) Afterschool Programs | Youth.gov Afterschool 101 — Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership Can apply for vouchers for childcare and transportation reimbursement: Child care voucher 13y/o and younger Get Child Care and Transportation Help | Mass.gov Apply for funds for child care and/or after school programs: Child Care Financial Assistance | Mass.gov Applying for Childcare assistance: Mass211’s Child Care Services & Financial Payment Assistance | Mass 211 Partial reimbursement transportation that is work and child-care related activities: Get Child Care and Transportation Help | Mass.gov Apply for Grant(s) for youth sports: Youth Sports Grants - All Kids Play Every Kid Sports – We pay. Kids play. For younger/small children, but still seems like great resource: (play groups, activities, vouchers) Child Care Works – PACE EBT Card for Culture (lower/free access for humanities, arts, sciences): EBT Card to Culture - MA SNAP-ED EBT Card to Culture Organizations | Mass.gov Additional Places: Brookline Teen Center: (middle and high school; teen jobs) - Mix of gaming, music/art, cooking, sports Brookline Teen Center – A safe space for discovery, creative expression, and social change. Children’s Services of Roxbury: (music group, peer leadership/advocacy program, & drop in center - access food, housing, jobs, resources) Youth Resiliency & Development | Children's Services of Roxbury Zumix: (Music based: teens, but also ages 7-13, filmmaking, music production, and even podcasting) Who We Are – ZUMIX Younger Kids/to Grade 5: Arlington Child Center: (toddler, preschool, kindergarten, but also after school and summer programs for 6-11y/o/just completed 5th grade) Programs for Arlington Children's Center, Arlington Ma Think Together: (K-12 - academic focused, dynamic learning, enrichment) + college and career readiness Afterschool Expanded Learning - Think Together | Nonprofit The Black Man Can (mentoring, focused around boys/young men) The Black Man Can Foundation Follow Suit Mentoring (mentoring, workshops, focused around boys/young men) Follow Suit Mentoring Boston Project Ministries (multiple programs, mentoring, art, community) The Boston Project Ministries Girls on the Run (Physical activity for girls) Girl Empowerment Programs | Girls on the Run Swaby Tae Kwon Do (Tae Kwon Do) ww1.swabystaekwondoboston.com/lander YMCA Before and After School: (Greater Boston - local) Before / After School - YMCA of Greater Boston Additional local/community locations to consider: · Parks · Library · Boys and Girls Club Might be helpful for the organization: – “Youth Voice” - youth having voice in society. Ways to have culturally competency in the programs Youth Voice — Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (STEM) Boston After School and Beyond: Hub to look for activities/programs (funding on organizational level), can search by neighborhood, age, topics Boston After School & Beyond | Youth Educational Programs
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    34 mins
  • Disparities in Neuropsych Assessments with Sonia Cordero and Ellie Deveaux

    Disparities in Neuropsych Assessments with Sonia Cordero and Ellie Deveaux
    Jan 9 2025

    What are neuropsychological assessments? Are you trying to find one in the Boston area? In this episode, two graduate students from William James College - Ellie Deveaux and Sonia Cordero - talk about cultural disparities in neuropsychological assessments and provide resources for accessing these assessments in the Boston area.

    Here are some resources provided by today's guests, including two Spanish-speaking psychologists:

    #1 Boston Children’s Hospital-Department of Psychiatry

    #2 The Massachusetts General Hospital-Pediatric Neuropsychology

    #3 The learning and emotional assessment program (LEAP)-Boston

    College.

    #4 Butler Hospital

    #5 Dr. Juan E. Rosario Jr. Psy.D.

    #6 Dr. Frank Hernandez

    Black Mental Health Matters with Dr. Kerry-Ann is a podcast covering mental health topics relevant in the Black community and beyond. Listen to more episodes by following this podcast on any major podcasting platform or by subscribing to the drkerryann channel on YouTube, where you can find the video version of this episode.
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    43 mins
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This episode was absolutely fantastic, as a person who deals with a mental illness it is very refreshing to hear such simple remedies to help sooth my disorder in a fun, humorous but also educational and informative type of way.

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