During this interview, we chatted with Dr. Allycin Powell Hicks about the power of family and relationships when it comes to our mental well-being. With science and behavioral practices Dr. Allycin walks us through the many factors that determine our emotional well-being.
Dr. Allycin is a Mental Health/Relationship Expert, television personality, and founder of the DOUX Consulting Group a celebrity and entertainment coaching and consulting firm. Dr. Ally holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology with a particular interest in how mental health impacts physical health, radical self-acceptance, and empowerment through creativity. Through her coaching, she helps clients radically accept themselves and gain agency in their lives. She directly impacts and improves the lives of others through workshops, radio, television articles, and hands-on coaching. She is a Lecturer at California State University Los Angeles, where she shapes the minds of students entering the mental health field.
She has also created a unique media niche. She is the host of discovery + and the Oprah Winfrey Network show, Like Mother Like Daughter. She is also featured on Family or Fiance, Profiled: The Black Man, Love and Hip Hop, and networks including NBC, MTV, FOX, and VH1. By using a balance of behavioral science and common sense humanity Dr. Ally transforms the minds of viewers and individual clients. In her eyes, mental health is much more than the therapist’s couch, it weaves itself throughout every moment of everyday life, even the creative ones.
Check her out at https://www.allycinhicks.com/
