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Creativity, Grief, and Purpose: Dr. Maria Houston Beck on Mental Health, Mentorship, and Beck Boards

On the Black Bridge Mindset Podcast, hosts Mike, Ken, and CJ welcome Columbus-based licensed clinical psychologist and entrepreneur Dr. Maria Houston Beck, founder of Houston Wellness Solutions and Beck Boards. Beck shares how a high school psychology class and learning about mental illness and suicide in her family inspired her to pursue clinical psychology, with a career spanning trauma, mood disorders, grief, and work with incarcerated youth, including at Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. She explains training paths (PsyD vs PhD), building a private practice brick by brick, and early business lessons like pricing, policies, and payment procedures. Beck also расскаunts how personal grief and hosting family holidays led her to create Beck Boards, offering charcuterie boards, grazing tables, a mobile cart, and workshops that blend food styling with therapeutic topics. She previews her participation in Columbus’ Color of Summer event and shares where to find and book her services.

00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:35 Weekend Catch Up

02:35 Summer Plans and Festivals

03:39 Soccer Tangent

05:16 Meet Maria Houston Beck

08:20 Why She Chose Psychology

13:07 Clinical Focus and Juvenile Work

17:31 Mentors and Giving Back

20:24 Breaking Mental Health Stigma

23:52 Becoming a Psychologist

27:39 Starting Private Practice

29:03 Starting Private Practice

30:26 Brick by Brick Systems

31:39 Learning as You Go

32:52 Pricing and Policies Mistakes

35:55 Grief Sparks Creativity

40:15 Therapy Through Charcuterie

44:44 Events and Color of Summer

49:13 Where to Find and Book

52:39 Sacrifice and Self Care

55:29 Wakanda Peace Paws Finale

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• Ken