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Javon Seary

Doctor of Social Work (DSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Adjunct Professor at Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work; founder and psychotherapist at Journey to Better, LLC, a virtual practice serving QTPOC communities in New Jersey.

Jul 8, 2026

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increased.
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I mean, exponentially.
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So many people were, you know, dealing with this collective trauma, meaning like all of us were going through it at the same time.
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That, you know, the call-ins, the reach-outs for people to get therapy just like increased to the point where, and I talk about it in the article, where the mayor at the time of New York said, was literally creating like free programs for people to get mental health services.
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And you know, of course you had the George Floyd's going on and that's where the racial trauma comes in at that I talk of.
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And I found myself struggling.
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At that time I was an assistant director of another private group practice.
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Did that help you? Did that help ground you more in your decision making about your life and career once that was once you were comfortable with that?

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