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Eric J. | Psychotherapist & B2B Consultant

@ericjthomas

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📜 Psychotherapist 🧠 🔵🔴
💫 Consultant @thesozogroup 📕
🛐 Faith Teacher - coming soon
Storyteller 🔎 📺 Link in Bio
📍 DMV 🤙🏾 1906 🦍

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The internet is preaching loudly, and Black men are listening.

Every scroll is a sermon. Every clip is a doctrine.

Our sons are being discipled by algorithms — not elders.
And the gospel they’re hearing? It’s not healing… it’s hierarchy.

We told them to be strong, but never told them how.
We taught them to protect, but never taught them to feel safe.
So they built armor — and it’s slowly k*lling them.

This isn’t just about masculinity. It’s about meaning.

If we don’t disciple them, the algorithm will.

✍🏾 I wrote about this in my latest Substack article:
“We Are Losing Our Black Sons: Can We Reclaim Them?”

Tap the link in bio to read the full piece, or comment ‘SUBSCRIBE’ below to have it sent directly to your DM.

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#FaithAndCulture #BlackMen #DigitalDiscipleship #HealingNotHierarchy #Manhood #MentalHealthMatters #BlackChurch #Leadership #CommunityHealing #TherapyIsHoly #CultureAndFaith #BlackVoicesMatter #PurposeOverPlatform by @ericjthomas

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Black men need spaces where we can exhale, be honest, and heal. Period.

Huge respect to @menneedhealingtoo and @purplerosepetals for creating Brotherhood and Bourbon 🥃 a space rooted in trust, vulnerability, and real conversations about mental health, identity, and authenticity.

📸 by @kd.thadon

This is what community looks like.
This is how healing happens.

I’ll be continuing to speak and create conversations around mental health, leadership, and wholeness throughout the year. If you’re building something meaningful and want to collaborate, let’s connect.

📩 hello@ericjthomas.org

🔈 GET MY FREE BOOK ON HOW YOU CAN BE A BETTER SPEAKER BY GOING TO MY WEBSITE AND SIGNING UP FOR EMAIL LIST.

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#BlackMensMentalHealth #Brotherhood #HealingSpaces #MentalHealthMatters #BlackMenHeal MenNeedHealingToo CommunityCare EmotionalWellness HealingInCommunity BlackMen TherapyTalk VulnerabilityIsStrength MentalHealthAdvocate CultureAndHealing BrotherhoodAndBourbon taken in Washington, D.C. by @ericjthomas

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📝 Remember this:

‼️ People will always accuse of you changing or switching up when the truth is:

🚨 YOU ARE JUST FOCUSED! FOCUS is a requirement for the Next Level! 🧠

⭐️ Stay FOCUSED over the rest of the year on what YOU are assigned to do, and no one else!

🗣️ COMMENT “FOCUS” if this resonates with you!
#StayFocused 🧠 taken in Washington D. C. by @ericjthomas

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🎈 TODAY is my Birthday. Happy Birthday to Me! Thank you to the many messages I’ve received! I will respond to all of them!

✨ I am truly grateful for another year, and honored to have shared at so many events during this last year. The plan is speak at many more.

💭 Also, to make it know what I’ve been doing behind the scenes for organizations and mission driven entities and individuals.

🚨 Go follow @thesozogroup and learn how we can increase your capacities. This is my new venture, and one of the many things I am executing in this next year. by @ericjthomas

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What moment changed the direction of your life?

For Eric J. Thomas, LMSW, it was a season of unemployment, depression, exhaustion, and feeling like no matter how hard he tried, the breakthrough wasn’t coming.

But that season taught him something powerful:

You have to be in the driver’s seat of your own life.

Sometimes the season that feels like you’re stuck is actually the season that changes your direction.

🎙️ The Other Side of the Mic w/ DBee

What was the moment that changed YOUR direction? 👇🏾

#TheOtherSideOfTheMic #EricJThomas #MentalHealth #MensMentalHealth #PersonalGrowth by @ericjthomas

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YACA’s First Annual Conference is HERE! ⚓️🔥

Join us this weekend, August 14–16 for an incredible weekend as we gather around this year’s theme, “Anchored.”

Be sure to join us tomorrow night at 7 PM for service, ALL are welcome! 🙌🏽

Then, join us Saturday for powerful conference sessions and come back Sunday for an unforgettable time of worship!

You don’t want to miss what God is going to do this weekend. Come ready, come expectant, and get ANCHORED!⚓️ #HOHDMV by @ericjthomas

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What happens when you stop living for everyone else’s approval?

Eric J. Thomas, LMSW, explains why your greatest chapter may begin when you stop chasing applause, start living authentically, and find the people who accept you for who you really are.

Sometimes letting go of other people’s opinions doesn’t cost you your community — it helps you find the right one.

🎙️ The Other Side of the Mic w/ DBee

Release Dale:
August 12th by @ericjthomas

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Eric J. Thomas, LMSW, explains why telling men to simply “work through it” isn’t enough. From generational trauma to vulnerability and healthy coping, this conversation challenges what we’ve traditionally called strength.

🎙️ The Other Side of the Mic w/ DB

Episode Release
August 14th by @ericjthomas

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🎉 Just last week I the honor of presenting at the American Psychological Association National convention in Washington, D.C. alongside Dr. Nathan Smith and Dr. Shy’Quon Shaw. @dr.nate_90fitness @mentalhealthtalkswith_drshaw

📖 The Subjects:

“What’s Really Good? Black Male Clinicians, Joy and Play” for Division 39.

“Real Talk, Real Healing: Reimagining Black Masculinity and Mental Health Care” for Division 51.

🗣️ I believe this… We are given all kinds of pulpits, and not all of them look traditional. Grateful for this one, and for the work being done to make mental health care more honest and more human for Black men.

💭 “The pulpit and the couch are not enemies. Both are trying to get a man to tell the truth about himself.” -Eric J.

🚨 I’d be honored to share in your space. Let’s continue to connect: Link In Bio taken in Washington D. C. by @ericjthomas

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Are you setting healthy boundaries for yourself this week? Remember, when you fail to set boundaries, you give away your agency. Reclaim your position in the drivers seat of your life. by @ericjthomas

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🌱 I used to think saying no made me a bad friend, a bad minister, a bad therapist, and a bad son but it really just made me tired. 🗣️

This week I’ve been practicing one sentence: ‘Let me check and get back to you.’ No over-explaining and I have no guilt! Just space to respond on my own terms.

And if that doesn’t work, ‘NO’ is a COMPLETE SENTENCE!

What’s one boundary you’re setting this week? Drop it in the comments align with a 🌱🌱🌱

#TherapistsOfInstagram, #BlackMentalHealth, #BoundariesMatter by @ericjthomas

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Black Man… In the words of “Mama T Speaks” on YouTube - “Be good to yourself. Because when you be good to yourself, you have no other choice but to be good to others.”

Men’s Mental Health month may be over, but the work still continues. Check out @blackmenheal for more resources and support.

#mentalhealthmatters #blackmentalhealthmatters #mensmentalhealth by @ericjthomas

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