Listen "Make Mental Health A Priority"
Episode Synopsis
Real Talk Real Solutions focuses on Minority Mental Health Awareness this episode.
Just as any other physical ailment/illness we want to take the stigma off of mental illness and provide advice and resources for the listeners.
We can no longer normalize trauma. Be okay with not being OKAY!
"Being a strong black woman is killing us". Dashua Hinton
Special guest Dashua Unita Hinton is a professional who serves as an educator, mentor, advocate, and counselor. She aspires to impact her community through empowerment and dedication to the helping profession. She has and continues to present various workshops and seminars within her community and is passionate about helping youth to discover their true purpose in life and the resilience that they embody to withstand any obstacle.
A native of Newark NJ, Dashua holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Kean University and a Masters from Rutgers University formally, Dashua is an active member of her community and volunteers monthly as an Executive Board member for the Union County Family Support Organization- FSO and with “Sam’s House,” She has also dedicated many years as an Advisory Board Member for NAMI-AACT-NOW, an affiliate of the National Alliance of Mental Illness which promotes mental health wellness, outreach and resources within the African American community.
Currently, Dashua is employed as a Professional School Counselor with the East Orange Public School District and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Union County College. She has a wealth of experience working in the area of Mental Health and Rehabilitation Counseling and is passionate about her life’s calling.
Her motto is “The best is yet to come.” Dashua realizes that her gift to inspire and counsel is given by God and to Him be all the Glory.
Just as any other physical ailment/illness we want to take the stigma off of mental illness and provide advice and resources for the listeners.
We can no longer normalize trauma. Be okay with not being OKAY!
"Being a strong black woman is killing us". Dashua Hinton
Special guest Dashua Unita Hinton is a professional who serves as an educator, mentor, advocate, and counselor. She aspires to impact her community through empowerment and dedication to the helping profession. She has and continues to present various workshops and seminars within her community and is passionate about helping youth to discover their true purpose in life and the resilience that they embody to withstand any obstacle.
A native of Newark NJ, Dashua holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Kean University and a Masters from Rutgers University formally, Dashua is an active member of her community and volunteers monthly as an Executive Board member for the Union County Family Support Organization- FSO and with “Sam’s House,” She has also dedicated many years as an Advisory Board Member for NAMI-AACT-NOW, an affiliate of the National Alliance of Mental Illness which promotes mental health wellness, outreach and resources within the African American community.
Currently, Dashua is employed as a Professional School Counselor with the East Orange Public School District and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Union County College. She has a wealth of experience working in the area of Mental Health and Rehabilitation Counseling and is passionate about her life’s calling.
Her motto is “The best is yet to come.” Dashua realizes that her gift to inspire and counsel is given by God and to Him be all the Glory.
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