Darkness Into Light, free mental health support network

The LiveHealthy Podcast

May 20 2020 | 00:37:36

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Show Notes

Livehealthy.ae editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with two leading ladies from the UAE's branch of Darkness Into Light, an international organization founded in of Ireland for suicide prevention, mental health awareness and counsellling. Maria Kelly, founder, and Laura Brennan, counselling psychologist, talk about their volunteer work, the impact of Covid-19 on mental health, how to help someone who is struggling or who may be suicidal, what it takes to really listen and whether they think we are all going to be okay.

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