Black Mental Health Matters with Dr. Kerry-Ann

Kerry-Ann Williams, M.D.
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Black Mental Health Matters is weekly online talk show and podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube (drkerryann). Black Mental Health Matters offers inspiring and educational content for all who are interested in boosting their mental health!

  1. Mar 15

    Liberate Your Self-Narrative with Adaiah Lassalle, LCSW

    "We often think of oppression as something external – laws, institutions, violence, exclusion. But what happens when those forces settle into our thoughts, our choices, and our self-talk?" In this podcast episode, I speak with Adaiah Lassalle, LCSW, co-author of the book, "Rewriting the Script: The Power of Transforming Inner Dialogue in Oppressed Communities." This is a book about how internalized oppression can become the silent narrator of our lives and how we can defeat these inherited scripts. Adaiah is a healing-centered practitioner and an advocate for racial and social justice. Her work focuses on intergenerational healing and trauma informed care.  SWEET Institute Publishing is an initiative dedicated to making healing, mental health, and human transformation universally accessible, destigmatizing mental illness, and helping to end mental and emotional suffering. https://www.sweetinstitutepublishing.com/ Black Mental Health Matters is a podcast available on all major podcasting platforms. For more content from Dr. Kerry-Ann, check out her YouTube channel at drkerryann.

    44 min

  2. 12/30/2025

    Empathy in Educators with Angel Kendall

    Is it possible to use empathy as an intervention in educational settings? Angel Kendall, a doctoral student at William James College, joins me on the podcast today to talk about Empathy in Educators. ----- 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 at drkerryann6075

    24 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    Youth Mobile Crisis Services in MA with Natalia Vasquez and Lucy Andino

    WJC graduate students - Lucy Andino and Natalia Vazquez - join me in this episode to talk about youth mobile crisis services in the state of MA. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/mobile-crisis-intervention They have provided the following contact numbers for Massachusetts residents: Emergency Mental Health Services An alternative to 911 for experiencing a mental health crisis When your child is having a mental health crisis, you may feel powerless to help. Wayside's Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team will partner with you and honor your family's voice and preferences. We work to stabilize the situation, provide support, identify your needs and the ways to meet them.   Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention is a mobile, on-site, face-to-face therapeutic response to youth experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The YMCI team will identify, assess, treat, and stabilize the situation and will reduce immediate risk of danger to the youth or others. YMCI's mobile therapeutic response includes crisis intervention, stabilization, and coordination, for up to 7 days, until the youth is stable or transferred to another level of care.   Wayside provides this service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in two different regions of the state. Wayside is subcontracted by Advocates, Inc., to provide YMCI services for youth and families in the MetroWest and Waltham areas.   Contact/Referrals Framingham: (508) 872-3333 Waltham: (781) 893-2003

    23 min

  4. 12/01/2025

    ADHD in Black Women with Dr. Alecia Greenlee

    There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about ADHD. In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Alecia Greenlee - a psychiatrist who specializes in how to diagnose and treat ADHD in women.  Dr. Alecia Greenlee is a board-certified psychiatrist dedicated to centering the mental wellness of women through comprehensive integrative care. Dr. Greenlee specializes in reproductive and lifestyle psychiatry, with particular expertise in how hormonal fluctuations can influence ADHD symptoms in women—from premenstrual periods to perimenopause. She understands how cultural expectations, workplace dynamics, and historical medical trauma can impact both help-seeking behaviors and treatment experiences for women with ADHD. As one of only 2% of psychiatrists in the U.S. who are Black, Dr. Greenlee brings both lived experience and clinical expertise to understanding the unique challenges women face with ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Her work addresses the intersection of ADHD with perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, and the sociocultural pressures that many high-achieving women navigate daily. Go to her website: https://www.bloomandbuild.com/ 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 at drkerryann6075

    41 min

  5. 11/10/2025

    Psychiatry: Tracing the Racial History with Dr. Ingrid Waldron

    What happens when the rise of psychiatry occurs at the same time as the height of slavery? In her new book - From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts of Racial Trauma in Black communities from the Colonial Era to the Present – Dr. Ingrid Waldron presents one of the best, research-backed, summaries that I have ever read on the history of racial trauma, psychiatry, and the current state of  Black mental health. Dr. Waldron is a professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice program at McMaster University in Toronto, Canada. She is the founder and director of the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health Project (ENRICH project) and author of the book, "There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities", which was turned into a Netflix documentary in 2020. Dr. Waldron joined me for the podcast today, to talk about how race has historically influenced the psychiatric assessment, the need to look at structural competency, and next steps for how we can all make a difference. Purchase her book here: https://a.co/d/8FYmUXP Learn more about Dr. Waldron: https://experts.mcmaster.ca/people/waldroni https://www.enrichproject.org/   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

    51 min

  6. 07/20/2025 ·  Bonus

    Vintage BMHM: Alternative Mental Health Treatments

    In this vintage episode, I talk about five supplemental interventions to boost your wellness routine. Enjoy!

    53 min

  7. 04/07/2025

    Dissolving the Anchor with Hailima Yates

    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

    30 min

  8. 01/10/2025

    Community Resources for Teens with Angela Walukevich and Dasia Miles-Langaigne

    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

    34 min
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Black Mental Health Matters is weekly online talk show and podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube (drkerryann). Black Mental Health Matters offers inspiring and educational content for all who are interested in boosting their mental health!

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