Searching for Providers of Color

Specials | Dec 4, 2022

The mental health treatment field is disproportionately white. What barriers do people of color face while trying to find care? And how important is it to find a provider that can identify with a person’s race, culture and experiences?

“Searching for Providers of Color” explores the BIPOC mental health provider workforce shortage and examines the impact on people of color looking for appropriate care.

Through in-depth interviews and reported stories host Kimberly Adams guides this critical hour-long program to examine the barriers to diversify the mental health treatment field and how communities of color are getting the care they need.

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