About

Jor-El Caraballo is a licensed therapist and cofounder of Viva, a multi-state mental health practice. Caraballo received a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and MA and EdM degrees in psychological counseling from Teachers College at Columbia University. He has been featured as a mental health expert across a multitude of magazines and websites, including Mind Body Green, Men’s Health, Healthline, Insider, and Self, sharing advice and insight on self-care, interpersonal relationships, dealing with trauma and more. Caraballo is author to several bestselling books including The Shadow Work Workbook, Self-Care for Black Men, Mindful Meditations for Black Men, Meditations for Black Men audio book, and The Shadow Work Self-Reflection Deck. 

Meditations on Becoming a Man is his fifth book.

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