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The Couched in Color Podcast is designed to elevate conversations about mental health in diverse communities. You’ll hear from mental health experts, thought-leaders, people with lived-experience, celebrities, influencers, and everybody in between. Remember to like, subscribe, and turn on your notifications so you are updated of each episode. New episodes will be released Thursday mornings!
 
Couched in Color is hosted by Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, an internationally recognized psychologist, author, and mental health correspondent. She is also the Founder of The AAKOMA Project, a 501©3 nonprofit organization that works to address the unmet mental health needs of intersectional youth and young adults of color (including LGBTQ youth and those with disabilities).
 
Couched in Color’s Season 3 music is produced by Mark “King” Batson (Superproducer of your favorite artists and Grammy award winner for albums with Eminem and Beyoncé)

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Couched in Color E9: Caring for Your American Soul with Tony Cornelius

May 27, 2020

This week, Dr. Alfiee meets TV Producer and mental health advocate Tony Cornelius, creator of the hit BET show “American Soul", which like our episode 9, premieres this week. American Soul chronicles the story behind his father Don Cornelius’s iconic TV music and dance show, "Soul Train" which became one of...

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Couched in Color E8: Men, Boys and Mental Health: Let Them Live (and Be Quiet)

May 21, 2020

Dr. Erlanger ‘Earl’ Turner, Ph.D. is an author, licensed psychologist, and a leading authority on parenting, mental health, multicultural psychology, and diversity and inclusion training. He tells Dr. Alfiee about the challenges faced by young men of color, who are often encouraged from an early age to conceal their...

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Couched in Color E7: Being UnNormal's Kimberly Berry on Advocacy, Parenting and 'Quantity Time' with your Teen

May 14, 2020

Kimberly Berry - host of the "Being UnNormal" podcast, tells Doctor Alfiee about the struggle parents face in raising a child with emotional special needs, and the frustration in finding and receiving the right kind of support - especially in the age of COVID-19

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Couched in Color E6: Jessica Orenstein on grit, and the pressure to succeed as a woman of color

May 7, 2020

After working in Higher Education, Jessica Orenstein joined the Jed Foundation, which empowers teens and young adults with the skills and support to grow into healthy, thriving adults. She chats with Dr. Alfiee about growing up with "grit", and feeling additional pressure to succeed as a woman of color. Jessica grew...

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