We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tabria Corprew a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Tabria, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

There were quite a few pivotal moments in my career that I can choose to speak on, but I think the moment that truly shifted my professional lens as a professional counselor was losing my son at 27 weeks, Jonah Aspen. I never imagined enduring this type of pain, I mean I don’t think many women do. I was no stranger to adverse and hard experiences, but this experience led me to building my therapy private practice and offering emotional support services for women of color who have endured the many challenges of Motherhood whether that be grief, postpartum depression, PTSD and the list can go on. Before this tragic incident, I thought my passion was working with children. I never had a real reason that fueled why I wanted to work with children, it just felt like a good thing to do. After losing Jonah, apart of my healing was to make sure that I supported other brown and black women like myself by providing support resources and tools to handle the many systemic challenges of being a brown or black woman AND Mother in America.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

I am Tabria Corprew, Licensed Professional Counselor and the founder of Compassionate Counseling & Support Services, LLC. I am trained in perinatal mental health from PSI (Postpartum Support International) and an advocate and supporter of perinatal mental health for women of color. After understanding the racial disparity and unconscious bias in maternal care for Women of Color, it has been a true passion to break the silence for reproductive racism and redesign what therapy looks like for Women of Color. I also find it important to collaborate and connect with other providers to offer Moms comprehensive services and resources to prevent miscarriages, stillbirths, health & medical issues, lactation challenges and any other maternal challenges Moms may face. After a tragedy of losing my own son, it has become a mission to make Women of Color and Moms of Color maternal care and emotional support a priority.

I have two proud moments: One being the collaborative event hosted by my practice in March, Mix & Mingle with Mocha Mamas, a mixer among brown and black providers and moms of color who benefited from learning about different aspects of maternal care and ways to bridge the gap regarding the black maternal health crisis. Another proud moment was speaking to WTOC, the local news station about Minority Mental Health Awareness month in the capacity that I am in. I was proud to been afforded the opportunity to speak out about the many challenges women/moms of color face in the United States.

To learn more information about my practice visit my site at www.compassionatecounselingllc.net

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

A lesson I had to unlearn was that things need to be perfect for you to take a leap at what you want. Striving for perfection never gets you to your end goal because there is no such thing as perfection. If you desire to accomplish something, goal set and take the leap. It won’t be easy, but if you’re passionate about what you desire, it will soar. Don’t get in your own way!

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

I would. It hasn’t been easy finding my identify as a professional counselor and in what ways I can be of a servitude to my community. I was kind of placed in this field through a painful experience, but I wouldn’t change one thing about it. I recognize how I got here and the importance of using my training, expertise, and educational background to advocate for women who may be unable to stand up for themselves.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.compassionatecounselingllc.net
• Instagram: compassionatecounseling_
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/compassionatecounselingsupport
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabria-corprew-ed-s-lpc-ccmhc-cpcs-7461ba5a/
• Other: Therapy for Black Girls: https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com/listing/tabria-corprew/