Inger Burnett-Zeigler

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Inger Burnett-Zeigler

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Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler is a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She has two decades of clinical experience helping people with stress, trauma, mood and anxiety conditions, and interpersonal strain. In her clinical practice she promotes holistic wellness through mindfulness and compassionate self-care. Inger’s scholarly work focuses on the role that social determinants of health play in mental illness and treatment, particularly in the Black community. She is an advocate for normalizing participation in mental health treatment and assuring that all individuals have access to high-quality, evidence based ...more

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“They are working multiple jobs, trying to make it in a system designed to prevent them from getting ahead. Strong Black women are not just the backbone of society, they are its breath and its heartbeat.”
Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: Exploring The Emotional Lives of Black Women

“Given the mental health stigma within the Black community that precludes many Black women from identifying themselves as needing help, the groups were advertised as women’s wellness groups, rather than as mental health treatment. The brochure listed common symptoms of depression, such as feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and irritable; having difficulty paying attention or concentrating; feeling tense or on edge; feeling unmotivated; having difficulty sleeping; and feeling fatigue. Women saw themselves in these symptoms, even when they adamantly denied being depressed.”
Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: Exploring The Emotional Lives of Black Women

“Gloria was ashamed to tell her church friends that she was in therapy. She believed that they would judge her and think that she had lost her faith in God. Older Black adults are more likely to believe that depression occurs because of a loss of faith; therefore, regaining faith through prayer, talking to a pastor, and going to church is the only way to heal, making them less likely to pursue traditional mental health care.10 Gloria quietly resists”
Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: Exploring The Emotional Lives of Black Women

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