​"Truth is powerful and it prevails.”​ -Sojourner Truth
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Why focus on BIPOC communities?
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• The discrimination that BIPOC communities face, as well as experiences like internalized racism, negatively affect our mental health.
• BIPOC communities are more likely to put off treatment due to negative past experiences with and/or anticipated negative experiences with healthcare providers.
• EAP clinicians share some of the same racial/ethnic identities as our central demographic, which can help with building the therapy relationship; we also actively practice cultural humility-- which helps sustain the therapy relationship and is connected to more positive therapy outcomes.​​​​

​Sources:

Misra, S., et al (2021). Systematic Review of Cultural Aspects of Stigma and Mental Illness among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in the United States: Implications for Interventions. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68, 486-512. DOI 10.1002/ajcp.12516

Sattler, F, and Zeyen, J (2021). Intersecting Identities, Minority Stress, and Mental Health Problems in Different Sexual and Ethnic Groups. Stigma and Health, Vol. 6, No. 4, 457–466. ISSN: 2376-6972 https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000340