Anitra L. Rice
Educator, Author, Speaker,
Mental Health Expert
Joy isn't as far away as you feel. Hope isn't an elusive dream. Peace is attainable in the right now moment. Let's compassionately explore the possibilities together.
Areas of Expertise
Psychotherapy, Parent Coaching and Parent Workshops, Family
Therapy and Family Coaching, Grief Workshops, Relational Coaching including The Power of Patient Validation, Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Biography:
Anitra is a dedicated Marriage and Family Therapist with a fervent commitment to destigmatizing mental health within the Black community. With decades of invaluable experience, initially as an educator and now as a therapist specializing in inner-city families, her journey has been marked by profound impact and transformation. Currently advancing her skills as a trauma therapist, Anitra offers a holistic and tailored approach to healing.
Anitra's passion for mindfulness and self-compassion underscores every aspect of her work, fostering environments of growth and empowerment for individual clients as well as for intimate and vast audiences. Beyond her professional endeavors, Anitra finds solace and joy in embodied movement, cherishing moments shared with my beloved family, friends, and pets. She is deeply committed to fostering resilience and well-being, both within herself and within the communities she serves.
This much is certain: We all experience grief. But that doesn't mean that we’re all equipped to deal with it, particularly if we’ve lost something that shaped our lives and gave us purpose.
In Sojourner of Grief, educator and therapist Anitra L. Rice shares how the loss of two of her sons to suicide took her on an arduous journey that challenged everything she believed. Had she been a good mother? Had she prayed enough for her boys? If God really loved her and her sons, how could He let something this terrible happen?
Join Anitra in her pilgrimage of heart, mind and soul to find these answers and more. In each of her candid reflections, she uses religion, philosophy and revelation to find herself – and God – in her new reality.
Anitra also gives readers the opportunity to explore their grief experiences using time-honored exercises and self-assessments throughout the book. She hopes that her experience can help others move from grief to glory through growth.
