According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, close to 5 million Georgians live in a community that doesn’t have enough mental health professionals and more than 1.4 million Georgians have a mental health condition. That’s more than twice the population of Atlanta.
But there’s a statistic that has therapist Chantel Cohen even more concerned: the lack of diversity among therapists. She says only 4% of therapists in America are Black and that there’s a mental health crisis among underrepresented communities in Atlanta and nationwide.
Chantel says there are some financial barriers for some people of color who are considering a career in the mental health space and that there are flaws in the way people are paid.
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