Meet Iresha 'da hood therapist' Picot, Instagram healer [whyy.org]

Karen Clemmer 11/16/2112:00 PM

By Elizabeth Estrada, Photo: Ryan Collerd/WHYY, October 15, 2021

Iresha Picot is many things: A licensed behavioral therapist. An organizer. A writer. A Black woman originally from Virginia.

But in Philadelphia, where she’s lived the last decade and a half, she’s known best for being an Instagram inspiration.

“On social media I call myself, Iresha da hood therapist, and I talk a lot about mental health and my own mental health and wellness,” Picot said as she sat in her West Philadelphia apartment, surrounded by a small homegrown jungle, lit candles and motivational signs that read “Black joy” and “Be happy.”

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