Dr. LaTasha Russell is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in Berkeley, California, twelve years after graduating from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Immediately after receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Pre-medicine, Dr. Tasha relocated to Houston, Texas where she was a 5th grade Math teacher and 7th grade Spanish teacher at the original KIPP Academy. Then, ironically at the age of 24 years old, she became a principal. However, soon after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Dr. Tasha was asked to contract for FEMA on the disaster relief team and four years later, in 2009, she found herself on the West Coast in graduate school.
Today, she is the President of South Florida Association of Black Psychologists. She has provided therapeutic sessions in Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Virginia, Washington D.C., Seattle, Singapore, Japan, Senegal and in South Florida where she now resides. She has worked in hospitals, drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, battered women’s shelters, lock-down detention centers, and community mental health agencies. She has proven herself to work effectively with individuals that people judge, such as prostitutes, pastors, and the police. She was also an Adjunct Professor at the South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary, where she taught clergymen and women about Mental Health First Aid. As a Social Scientist, several corporations have also endorsed her as a Racial Justice Consultant because she is able to create teachable moments with anyone who is hungry to learn and ready to fumble through their own illiteracy. In her Private Practice, Dr. Tasha is a Relationship Coach for professional athletes and their significant others. She is also a recent author of a Couples Workbook, entitled “It Ain’t the Dishes.”
If you would like to see her in action, Dr. Tasha has a Live Talk Show with a Stand-up Comedian every First Friday. This is the only talk show where the guests are selected right out of the audience. In addition, Dr. Tasha has created a Men’s Group of 120 men named “Justifiably Alpha Men,” and they have JAM sessions every third Thursday to address topics such as suicide, running a household, society’s lens on a Black Man, dreams unrealized, fathering after being fatherless. Dr. Tasha has appeared monthly with a panel of experts on Hot Talk with Jill Tracey on Miami’s Hottest Radio Station, Hot 105 FM. With her sharp shooting style and her voice of accountability, Dr. Tasha has helped to dispel the myths of talking to a professional about what goes on behind closed doors. She just joined the cast of a documentary named “HUSH” where she shines the light on Mental Health in the Black Community. As seen on NBC6 & CBS4 Miami, Dr. Tasha specializes in getting to the core of an issue quickly, which she calls “Drive-by Therapy.” You can reach her on social media @doctoratasha or on her website: drivebytherapy.org
