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Courtney Wise

Courtney Wise Randolph is the principal writer for MindSite News Daily. She’s a native Detroiter and freelance writer who was host of COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience, a 2020 project between WDET and Documenting Detroit which won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. Her work has appeared in Detour Detroit, Planet Detroit, Outlier Media, the Detroit Free Press, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest, one of the St. Louis Post Dispatch’s Best Books of 2020. She specializes in multimedia journalism, arts and culture, and authentic community storytelling. Wise Randolph studied English and theatre arts at Howard University and has a BA in arts, sociology and Africana studies at Wayne State University. She can be reached at info@mindsitenews.org.

Courtney's Latest Articles

From Involuntary Commitment to Supportive Housing

A handful of unhoused mentally ill New Yorkers are on the road to a home. ADHD underdiagnosed in Asian Americans. Remembering Patrick Arbore, founder of Friendship Line. And more.

New warning on teen mental health

The Surgeon General calls for immediate action on social media dangers for kids The grief of parenting without our own parents. Millennial dads stop up to the plate. And more.

What a Therapist Chatbot Can’t Deliver

Humans have something a chatbot therapist doesn't. The mental health benefits of art. A youth science project that could save lives. And more.

States’ troubling secrecy around opioid settlement cash

Questions mount over states' use of drug settlement funds. Minnesota works to reduce stigma over fentanyl test strips. R&B legend Kem Owens talks about overcoming addiction in new book. And more.

Pandemic’s “Shocking” Toll on Girls

Teen girls are facing alarming rates of violence and trauma, a new federal study shows. More parent litigation against social media companies. Ten popular movies that teach truly awful parenting and discipline lessons. And more.

How to end the opioid overdose epidemic
Hold that pose…and laugh

For those of you who thought yoga was a serious business, we bring you...laughter yoga. The military takes more steps to stem spiking rates of suicide. And more states give kids mental health days off from school.

Easing postpartum depression in Pittsburgh

A Pittsburgh program supports Black parents and their mental health struggles during pregnancy. Latina writer Erika L. Sanchez reveals her role model: Lisa Simpson. And more.

We Interrupt This Program to Bring You #BlackJoy

We Black people—Black Americans in this case—know hard times, but our lives also sparkle with joy. Black joy, and not just Black trauma, is our inheritance.

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Some therapists who had trouble connecting with youth turned to another source of connection: Minecraft therapy, which follows the approach of play therapy. In this webinar, we’ll talk with two leading experts in the promising genre.

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How Minecraft Therapy Is Transforming Child and Teen Mental Health Care