Mental Health (TED Talk) Part 2
How are you doing? Have you asked yourself that lately?
We all know too well that living with Sickle Cell Disease, or caring for someone with Sickle Cell Disease, can take its toll on our minds and energy as much as it takes its toll on our bodies.
This month, we’re bringing you a special event to break down the stigmas around mental health and discuss the types of care you can access to make sure you’re able to live your best life.
In this TedTalk-style seminar, you’ll be hearing from two SC warriors who know exactly what you’ve been through and what you’re going through.
Meet our Moderator
Dr Theopia Jackson
Theopia Jackson, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who received her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Howard University, Washington DC, and her doctorate from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Dr. Jackson is the immediate past president for The Association of Black Psychologists, Inc. (ABPsi) and the Bay Area chapter. She has held several leadership roles in higher education and is currently the Chair of the Clinical Psychology degree program at Saybrook University in Pasadena, California. She recently relocated to Maryland after 30+ years of practice in the Bay Area, where she held medical privileges at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland; she practiced in the Healthy Hearts program, Department of Psychiatry, and Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. Her other professional affiliations include membership in the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California (co-founding member of the Cultural Accountability Committee), American Psychological Association (Council of Representatives for Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology), California Psychological Association, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She serves on the medical advisory council the Sickle Cell Community Advisory Council (SCCAC). Dr. Jackson has a long history of providing child, adolescent, and family therapy services, specializing in serving populations coping with chronic illness and complex trauma.
Meet our Speakers
Misty Williams
Owner of Inevitable Creations Catering . SCD Organization Owner, Health Care Worker, Advocate, & Patient! Misty Williams started at 5 years old as a spokesperson for Children´s Hospital Los Angeles, by 14 was coordinating events and even catered a few.
At 17 She was a receptionist for the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California, and then started nursing school. Misty has done quite a bit in the sickle cell disease community, she opened her own organization in 2011 and did 5 events a year, 2 of those being blood drives. She also has partnered with her counterparts who own organizations not only in California but in other states and countries as well.
Gladys Hubbard
This is Gladys. She is 56 years old. She’s a divorced mother of 5 (four daughters and a son). She loves her family and being a mom. There were times that was the only thing that kept her going. She has Sickle Cell SC Disease. She was misdiagnosed with only having sickle cell traits until the age of 21 when having her third child (her son).
