Wit & Reason with Dr. Alexis Moreno

Did you know that you can search “celebrity breakups” online and quickly get comprehensive lists of celebrity breakups by year and severity? This just reminds us that we all go through it. In this episode, Dr. Alexis partners up with Marriage and Family Therapist, Jordan Madison, to breakdown Breakups into 3 phases: Deciding to Break Up, Your Brain During a Breakup & Grieving, and Healing. A beautiful, beginning, middle, and end - If only breakups were that clean and structured. Listen is as Dr. Alexis and Jordan provide practical tips on how to heal from a breakup.

Resources from the Show

• Jay-Z Discusses Rap, Marriage and Being a Black Man in Trump’s America (T Magazine).

• Learn more about Healthy Dating (Break the Cycle).

• The 7 Stages of Grieving a Breakup (Psychology Today, Dr. Suzanne Lachmann)

• Moving Through a Breakup (TherapyforBlackGirls.org)

• Your Brain During a Breakup (Exploring Your Mind)

• Connect with Marriage and Family Therapist, Jordan Madison (Fit Counseling)

Airing Weekdays on 96.3 HD4 DC Radio

Host

DR. ALEXIS MORENO

CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGIST & HEALTH CORRESPONDENT

Dr. Moreno is passionate about the interplay between mass media communications, culture, and personal factors. Which explains her academic pursuits. She has a Doctorate in Community Clinical Psychology, a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a Bachelor of Science in both Television Broadcasting and Psychology. The more time she spends studying psychological theory, researching human behavior, and working in the community, the more she is inspired by the power of systematically addressing personal and social issues. She has worked as a health educator with middle and high school students, provided psychotherapy with children, families, and couples recovering from violence and trauma, and treated adults on parole and in maximum security psychiatric hospitals suffering from severe mental illness. Dr. Moreno uses an ecological and biopsychosocial approach to every case conceptualization and collaboratively works with teams in a respectful, humanistic style. Passionate about working with a diverse clientele, she tailors her interventions and presentations to engage and meet the needs of every stakeholder involved. 

Guest

JORDAN MADISON, MS, LGMFT

LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Jordan Madison aims to create safe spaces that allow individuals and relationships to heal and grow. She is originally from Brooklyn, New York, but is now residing in the DMV Area. She received her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Spelman College and proceeded to attain her Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland, College Park. Soon after graduating, she began working as a marriage and family therapist at Friends in Transition Counseling Services, a Black-owned private practice in Bethesda. There she is able to provide therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families. She is also a Couples Expert for the Together Program. The Together Program is a research study that provides couples in the DMV area with six-week workshops on communication, problem-solving, stress management, and financial management skills. Through her work, she has continued to fuel her passion for reducing the mental health stigma in the Black community, restoring relationships, and helping couples build strong foundations to create healthy families.