Check out the first episode of Shrink, a 6 x 15 minute mental health web drama about the psychology of living in London, one of the busiest cities in the world, with such a lonely condition as depression.
The series, created, written & produced by Katrina Smith-Jackson, follows cognitive behaviour therapist Natasha Charlton (Vanessa Donovan) as she battles her own secret fight with depression, the pain of her secretive past and the intertwining lives of her clients. Being middle class and a black woman, Natasha is an example of a class and race that often shuns the legitimacy of mental health conditions; an issue that is further compounded by the lack of organic representations of flawed but strong women on screen.
Season 1 explores storylines of depression linked to the post-traumatic stress of child-on-child sexual abuse, student stress, unemployment, workplace bullying, black girlhood & colourism, plus perceived masculinity & male body image.
To watch the entire series, click here.
