Therapy Isn’t Taboo: How the Younger Black Generation is Prioritizing their Mental Health
Sherell Bienaime never imagined she’d be sitting across from a therapist, tearfully unpacking wounds she was taught to bury.
For many in the black community, therapy was seen as something “White people did,” not something needed to make them stronger than they already are.
The Rise of Therapy and the Fall of Accountability
Gaslighting. Toxic situations. Boundaries. We have probably heard these words misused and run over.
Therapy’s Essential, But Is It Helping Us?
Black Gen Z is the most therapy-literate generation the United States has seen. They share appointment updates on TikTok, reference trauma responses in casual conversations and seek healing out loud in ways that once seemed taboo.
But if we ask them if therapy is actually helping them, then the answers get more complicated.