(Part 1): Demystifying Mental Wellness in the Caribbean Community with Shawna Marie Aarons-Cooke Artwork

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Carry On Friends: The Caribbean American Experience

(Part 1): Demystifying Mental Wellness in the Caribbean Community with Shawna Marie Aarons-Cooke

January 16, 2018 • Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown • Season 2018 • Episode 79

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Shawna Marie Aarons-Cooke is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist who knows the stigma of mental wellness in the Caribbean Community.

In this first installation of a two part episode, Shawna Marie begins to demystify mental wellness and explains:

How "modeling" and the "messaging" we’ve learnt from our surroundings is a major factor that causes us to look at mental wellness as a weakness or unfavorably.
The shift to whole health.
How our perception of mental wellness may cause us to not recognize when we need or the people around us need professional support.

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