The Author’s Mic™: Mental Health, Storytelling, and Thrillers with Chris Gamble

What happens when a Black therapist turns his insider view of the mental health system into fiction?

On this episode of The Author’s Mic™, I’m joined by Chris Gamble — a mental health professional, publisher, and author of Tales of a Black Therapist and his new thriller Where We Are Free.

Instead of writing another self-help book, Chris is using story to challenge how we look at mental health, power, and systems.

In this conversation we get into:
🧠 How his work as a therapist shaped his storytelling
📚 Why he chose fiction instead of traditional self-help
🏙️ The world of Where We Are Free — a therapist vs. big tech, backed by an underground Black organization called The Village
🏢 Why he launched his own publishing company, Blank Passage, instead of stopping at KDP
🎮 His dream of one day writing for video games (because yes, someone has to write those stories too)

If you love:
– mental health conversations that go beyond “fix yourself” talk
– Black storytelling with depth and world-building
– thrillers that have something real to say

…this episode is absolutely for you.

📖 Grab Chris’s books & follow his work
Instagram: @chris_theounselor
Website: https://blankpassagelc.com

(You’ll find links to Tales of a Black Therapist and Where We Are Free there, and you can grab them wherever books are sold online.)

🎙️ Listen / Watch the full episode
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👋 Want to be a guest on The Author’s Mic™?
If you’re an indie author or creative and you’d like to share your story, head to https://brightheadedpublishing.com
, click “Be a Guest on Author’s Mic™”, and fill out the form. It really is that simple.

📝 Need help with your own book?
Download my free 44-page guide So You Wanna Write a Book at https://brightheadedpublishing.com
— it walks you through what to do once the manuscript is written so you can actually get it out into the world.

📚 My books
You can order Weight For It and You Sound White at https://brightheadedpublishing.com
. I’ll sign them, ship them, and drop in a few goodies. Weight For It is also available as an audiobook.

📖 Indie Reader Society (IRS) – my book club
If you’re an author looking for a book club that actually supports indie authors, or a reader looking for powerful indie reads, check out the Indie Reader Society (IRS) at https://brightheadedpublishing.com
and join us — it’s free.

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