Mental Health and the Black Church with Dr. Jessica Isom

What does Black religious trauma actually cost us — mentally, emotionally, spiritually? And what happens when a Black psychiatrist who studies race-based trauma turns her clinical eye toward the Black church?

In this episode of Surviving the Black Church, we sit down with Dr. Jessica Isom, MD, MPH — board-certified psychiatrist, racial justice advocate, and founder of Vision for Equity LLC — for an honest, clinical conversation about the psychological toll of Black church culture, the failure of Black leadership, and what healing actually requires.

This one is for the survivors, the still-questioning, and everyone who deserves a name for what happened to them.

Surviving the Black Church — because your story doesn't end there.