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Stigma and lack of affordability around mental health in vulnerable communities can hinder progress. A Philadelphia-area nonprofit seeks to help one segment of the population heal.
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Therapist Tasnim Sulaiman, 40, who founded Black Men Heal in 2018 after 5 years in private practice, started by finding pro-bono slots in her schedule for Black men who couldn’t afford traditional therapy.
Sulaiman had been passionate about spurring change and transformation among men in the Black community, but few Black men were coming to her practice. She came to feel that the health care system wasn’t set up for that population to succeed and didn’t like her part in it.
“It didn’t really feel great,” she said. “It felt conflicting and I felt very complicit in a very broken system.”