Inger Burnett-Zeigler

Broschiertes Buch

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

The Emotional Lives of Black Women

Beschreibung

Unaddressed it can lead to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, overeating, and alcohol and drug abuse, and other chronic health issues.Dr. Burnett-Zeigler explains that the strong Black woman image does not take into account the urgency of Black womenâ s needs, which must be identified in order to lead abundant lives.

Autor

Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler is a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She has two decades of clinical experience helping people with stress, trauma, mood and anxiety conditions, and interpersonal strain. In her clinical practice she promotes holistic wellness through mindfulness and compassionate self-care. Inger’s scholarly work focuses on the role that social determinants of health play in mental illness and treatment, particularly in the Black community. She is an advocate for normalizing participation in mental health treatment and assuring that all individuals have access to high-quality, evidence based mental health care. Inger has written dozens of articles and other publications on trauma and mental health in the Black community and lectures widely on research about barriers to access and engagement in mental health treatment, mindfulness and strategies to improve mental health treatment participation and outcomes. She is an active contributor to the public discourse on mental health and she has been featured in the  New York Times, TIME Magazine, and Chicago Tribune. Inger received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Cornell University, her doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the VA Ann Arbor/University of Michigan. She is a lifelong Chicagoan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 131mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9780062959836
• ISBN-10: 0062959832
• Artikelnr.: 62608097