These resources are curated by Dr. Charmain Jackman, a Harvard-trained psychologist with over two decades in the mental health field. We ask her to think about the audience experience while watching our shows and provide recommendations through a culturally responsive and trauma-informed lens. We recognize that our productions may unintentionally activate distressing and/or traumatic memories of past experiences in our audience members.
These resources are intended to offer general information as a starting place. We urge you to contact emergency services (911 for a medical emergency; 988 for a mental health crisis) if you need immediate assistance.
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General Coping Strategies
Learn about mindfulness, grounding techniques, and breathwork.
Learn about mindfulness, grounding techniques, and breathwork.
Getting Help
Find therapy resources and crisis hotlines.
Find therapy resources and crisis hotlines.
Additional Resources
A selection of mental wellness apps and books.
A selection of mental wellness apps and books.
Grief & Loss
Grief is the emotional reaction to a loss. Learn about theories of the grieving process.
Grief is the emotional reaction to a loss. Learn about theories of the grieving process.
Impact of Colonization & Enslavement
The legacies of colonization and enslavement have led to ongoing consequences.
The legacies of colonization and enslavement have led to ongoing consequences.
Mental Health
Mental health refers to our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.
Mental health refers to our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.
Race-Based Traumatic Stress
Race-based trauma is the threat to safety due to racially motivated incidents.
Race-based trauma is the threat to safety due to racially motivated incidents.
Reconciliation
Reconciliation offers an opportunity to repair relationships and to address harms.
Reconciliation offers an opportunity to repair relationships and to address harms.
Storytelling
Storytelling is a powerful tool that creates pathways for healing.
Storytelling is a powerful tool that creates pathways for healing.
Violence & Conflict
In our society, it is commonplace to use violence as a way to solve problems.
In our society, it is commonplace to use violence as a way to solve problems.