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Dr. Joy Harden Bradford        

Licensed Psychologist, Founder & CEO of Therapy for Black Girls, Mental Health Advocate

Dr. Joy Harden Bradford is a Licensed Psychologist and the host of the wildly popular, award-winning mental health podcast "Therapy for Black Girls." Her work focuses on making mental health topics more relevant and accessible for Black women, and she delights in using pop culture to illustrate psychological concepts.

Named by Glamour as a Game Changer for her work in the mental health field, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana, her Master’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling from Arkansas State, and her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia.

Her work has been featured in Essence, Oprah Daily, The New York Times, HuffPost, Black Enterprise, and Women’s Health. Dr. Joy lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two sons.

Speech Topics

Sisterhood is the Secret Ingredient

Adapted from themes in her forthcoming debut book, Sisterhood Heals, Dr. Joy shares tangible ways Black women can strengthen relationships they have with one another, how to spot and overcome barriers that create relational difficulties, and how sisters can go further in community together.

Managing Stress in the Pandemic

In these conversations, Dr. Joy offers gentle suggestions, tips and exercises that employees and employers can use to help alleviate fatigue and anxiety resulting from the pandemic, with an emphasis on finding community and utilizing healthy support systems.

Corporate Wellness

During these talks, Dr. Joy shares gentle suggestions, tips and best practices useful for employees, managers and C-suite leaders. Topics include: ways to optimize your mental health, dealing with burnout, establishing boundaries in the workplace, recognizing when you need a therapist and how to find a good fit, and more.

Wellness Circles for Black Employees

The goal of the wellness circles is to provide an open forum and safe space for Black employees to dialogue with Dr. Joy about more delicate topics that center the experience of being Black in the workplace. These conversations also serve as a temperature check for organizational leaders to assess the health of the corporate environment.

Being Kinder To Yourself

Adapted from her widely-circulated conversation on NPR’s Life Kit podcast, Dr. Joy shares gentle tips and healthy exercises useful for practicing self compassion and grace, minimizing critical voices and negative self-talk, and offers some ways we can take better inventory of external messages we may be over-consuming.

How to Train for Mental Wellness

For any goal we’d like to achieve in life, we don’t just hope it will happen, we plan for it. Our mental health is no different. In this presentation, you’ll learn valuable tips and strategies for managing your mental health.

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