Bertha Freeman BarrettBertha Freeman-Barrett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia with over ten years experience supporting individuals through trauma, anxiety, and other distress issues. As a Certified ClinicalTrauma Professional (CCTP), her work focuses on helping people heal in ways that are safe, empowering, and authentically individualized. Bertha is the originator of the Internal Hygiene(TM) concept - a transformative framework for caring for the emotional, mental, and spiritual self with the same consistency and care we give to our physical hygiene. She believes that while we're taught to look clean, composed, and "put together" on the outside, many of us walk around emotionally unkept on the inside-our inner world cluttered with past trauma, self-doubt, unprocessed emotions, and limiting beliefs. Her journal, The Internal Hygiene(TM) Journal, is designed to address this imbalance-offering a 30-day journey of guided introspection, affirmations, and self-care practices to help readers clear emotional clutter and reconnect with themselves.Bertha's therapeutic approach bridges science and soul. She invites her readers and clients to go beyond surface-level wellness and build inner resilience by tending to the often-neglected parts of the self. Her work especially resonates with individuals who have felt unseen or unheard in traditional wellness spaces-including women, people of color, survivors of trauma, and those navigating deep transitions.Bertha is also the founder and host of The Intake Talk Show, available on YouTube and podcast platforms, where she sparks open conversations about mental health, emotional freedom, and cultural narratives that shape how we relate to ourselves and others.As a one with many titles and professional therapist, Bertha speaks from personal experience and professional knowledge. Her previous book, Just Believe: The Key to Unlocking Endless Possibilities, motivated readers to move forward with faith and courage. Her upcoming book, Gentle Relationships: Healing the Patterns that Keep Us From Ourselves and Each Other, builds on the idea of internal hygiene by showing how relationships-especially with ourselves-can change through clarity, compassion, and conscious boundaries.Bertha's voice is both clinical and heartfelt, practical and compassionate. Whether through therapy, speaking, or writing her mission is: to help others heal, grow, and live authentically from the inside out. Read More Read Less