I will be a guest on the Audrey Chapman Radio Show out of Washington D.C. tomorrow morning. I look forward to learning more about Audrey’s work and ideas and sharing our ideas on bipolar disorder, depression and the African American Community. Here is some more information on Audrey:
Audrey B. Chapman, Relationship Expert
Audrey B. Chapman is a family therapist, author, trainer, and nationally-known relationship expert. She has developed a “tough love” approach to helping men and women develop loving, interdependent relationships, build communication, and take responsibility for their happiness. She has appeared on dozens of national and television programs, including Oprah, Phil Donahue, 20/20, Sally Jesse Raphael, Maury Povich, BET’s Tavis Smiley Show, Good Morning America , NPR’s Morning Edition, and many, many more; and has been featured in The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Ebony, and others.
Audrey and I will discuss bipolar disorder and the African American community.
Audrey is a therapist in private practice in Washington, D.C. and has authored several best-selling relationship books, including Seven Attitude Adjustments for Finding a Loving Man, Getting Good Loving: How Black Men and Woman Can Make Relationships Work, Mansharing: Choice or Dilemma? A Radical New Way of Relating to the Men in Your Life, and Entitled to Good Loving: Black Men and Woman and the Battle for Love and Power.
As the host of “The Audrey Chapman Show“ on Washington, D.C.’s WHUR-FM 96.3, Audrey conducts weekly live interviews with expert celebrity guests on romantic problems and answers relationship questions from live local callers.
The show airs each Saturday from 8:00-10:00 a.m. EST on WHUR 96.3 FM. in Washington, DC. Listeners outside the DC metro area can listen live on the web at http://www.whur.com! To participate in the live discussions during the show, call (202) 432-WHUR or (800) 221-WHUR.
I will be the 9:00 AM EST guest and I would love for you to call in!
Julie
It was great to hear your voice on the local radio show. I wish so much that the one fellow Ms. Chapman mentioned had called back. He was just diagnosed, had been given a prescription for a medication, and, in his words, was feeling at the “end of his rope”. He seemed scared at the prospect that BP is a lifelong condition. And, lastly, he was worried that his employer would learn about his diagnosis and the repercussions that might bring. He mentioned that he works in the pharmaceutical industry. I wish I could’ve told him about your site and how he can learn so much about BP just by reading the comments. I’d reassure him that although this is a lifelong disorder, there is treatment available for it. However, unlike the first time with medication, he would need to stay with the trial meds to see what works and what doesn’t – that can be frustrating.
Wow – so many people out there who really need to know how to live with bipolar disorder. You are a treasure, Julie.
I am baffled by Ms. Chapman’s professional credentials. All I could find is that she has an “M.A.” from the University of Bridgeport, which I believe is a very marginal academic institution. Nowhere from Google searches is it specified what type of therapist she is: LMFT, LPC. Howe does she get away with calling herself a therapist?
Did you know that Dr. Laura’s degree is not in therapy! I have to admit many authors are there to discuss their books in an intelligent way- as I said to Jamie- the interview has nothing to do with therapy- but I agree that she should list her credentials. If you want to know more- the radio station will definitely let you know. The writing world is a bit odd- we are sometimes interviewed by hosts that have nothing to do with our topic- and yet they still ask great questions- this is helpful for us as our ideas get out to people who would rarely think of bipolar. Julie
this audrey isn’t a licensed therapist; I can’t find her on any database.
what are her credentials?
HI Jamie,
Audrey is a radio host and not working as a health care professional. We talked about Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder. It was a regular radio show that didn’t get into therapy. Many radio host talk about topics that are not their specialties if they interview a lot of authors and experts. We were talking about bipolar in the African American community. Julie