By Cherranda Smith
May 12, 2021
Growing numbers of Black people across the US are seeking therapy, mental health experts point to the trauma of police violence as the cause. According to a report by
The New York Times, after the murder of George Floyd and repeated images of police violence, mental health help has been in high demand among Black Americans.
At the Creative Kuponya, a mental health practice founded by
Jamil and
Sara Stamschror-Lott in Minneapolis just a few minutes away from where
George Floyd was killed, demand for therapy has “gone through the roof” within the last year.
“We’ve seen everything that the nation has seen from afar, from folks in civil unrest and devastation, despair,” Jamil Stamschror-Lott, who is Black, told