A new mental health resource just hit the Kansas City area, and it’s making mental wellness access easier for people of color. Two women who live in Kansas City saw a need and filled the gap – the best part is it’s free.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing said nearly half of all Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American people say they’ve experienced increased mental health challenges in the last year, but few have received treatment.
“I couldn’t keep up,” Brittany Talley, co-founder of the Color Collective Kansas City, said.
Talley, who is a licensed counselor, said the increase of clients began in 2020. Talley knew the importance of someone who truly understands what it feels like to be in your situation.
“I reached out to Megh Chakrabarti who is a social worker in our area and said, ‘Hey do you have any resources to get more people of color to therapists of color?’ Because those were the requests we were getting,” Talley said.
Through the Color Collective Kansas City, Chakrabarti and Talley have matched more than 200 people to therapists of color. Online, people can scroll through 40 therapists with different specialties and reach out to them to see if it’s a match.
“It really does help to have a non-white therapist, it can make the difference between life and death for some people,” Chakrabarti said.
Read more at KSHB.com.
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