‘We Deserve Wellness. It Is Our Birthright.’ 

Trauma therapist and nonprofit founder Ashley McGirt-Adair is spearheading initiatives to provide culturally competent mental health services and advance racial healing within Black communities. Her forthcoming book, “The Cost of Healing in Silence,” and the Therapy Fund Foundation advocate for destigmatizing mental illness, confronting bias, and integrating indigenous and African-centered healing practices to address systemic racial trauma.