Community Is a Foundation for Healing, with Inger Burnett-Zeigler ’09 PhD

Northwestern Intersections

English - January 05, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 39.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler shares how she is working to provide mental health resources—including accurate information, access to identity-based providers and treatments, and psychotherapy in community-based settings—to underserved populations in Chicago. Author of Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women, Burnett-Zeigler also reveals the inspiration behind her book, its intersections with her research as a scholar and clinician, and how she hopes it will help readers identify their own struggles and paths toward healing.

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women