Providing Mental Health Support Through Collaborative Conversations
Airing Tuesday, February 18, 2025, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm ET | 6:00 to 7:00 pm CT
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If your loved one has depression, you may want to “fix the problem” or immediately offer solutions. While well-intentioned, this approach can actually increase resistance and create distance in relationships. Motivational interviewing, a strategy for communicating effectively, offers a different path.
You don’t have to have all the answers – instead learn how to create a supportive environment where positive mental health changes become possible. By using specific communication strategies, you can build stronger relationships and more effectively support your loved ones in managing mood disorders.
In our upcoming expert interview, Dr. Bukky Kolawole, a licensed clinical psychologist, will share powerful motivational interviewing techniques that can help you better support your loved one’s mental health. Learn evidence-based strategies to foster meaningful dialogue, build trust, and encourage positive change.
This free program is designed specifically for family members, caregivers, and friends who want to make a difference in their loved one’s wellness.
This program is supported by
Takeda
AbbVie
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program
Corporate Members
Sage and Biogen
Lundbeck
Presenters
Bukky Kolawole, PsyD
Dr. Bukky Kolawole is a Black, queer, gender non-conforming psychologist, executive coach and facilitator in pursuit of equity with love, boldness, empathy and vulnerability. Her* purpose is to boldly disrupt systems of oppression with love so that we can all show up in the fullness of our humanity (i.e., with authenticity and vulnerability). She* is the Founder and Executive Director of Relationship HQ, a place that exists to nurture vibrant human connection so that anyone served feels whole, seen and celebrated in the mirror and in the world. Relationship HQ proudly centers the healing and growth of people of color and queer folx through a menu of offerings including psychotherapy, coaching, workshops and organizational wellness and transformation programs.
Lisa Mecham, MSW, Moderator
Lisa Mecham, MSW, is a writer and freelance editor based in California. Her work has been featured in The New York Times: Tiny Modern Love and Roxane Gay’s bestselling anthology Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture. Lisa’s writing about redefining her family and staying legally married to her husband, despite their separation, has been published in The On Being Project and HuffPost. Lisa’s interests center around resiliency, agency, and hope, with a particular focus on empowering women. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
