Dto years Mama Chat fights for access to psychological health for everyone. Today it launches the new campaign to promote the Suspended Therapy Fund created to donate a free course of 8 sessions online psychotherapy to people in difficulty.
Mama Chat, online and non-profit psychotherapy
It is estimated that in Italy 17 million people suffer from a mental disorder. After the pandemic, the percentage of people suffering from mental problems it rose from 6 to 32%. At the same time, 2.9 million Italian families live in poverty.
And, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2030 the most widespread disease will be depression.
Net of these statistical data, in 2022 alone, requests for psychological support from the non-profit association Mama Chat increased by 39%. The Suspended Therapy Fund it is the tool to support anyone who pours in economic and psychological fragility and does not have access to mental wellbeing services.
The anonymous and accessible chat desk
Anxiety, domestic violence, difficult motherhood, traumatic experiences. Stress, lack of self-esteem, vulnerability, shame. Moments of difficulty are part of life, but not everyone can run for cover by finding support. Too many times it is said: “I can’t afford to feel bad”. And this is precisely the claim of the online Suspended Therapy campaign launched by Mama Chat today, on World Mental Health Day.
Sometimes you don’t go to the psychologist physically for fear of the judgment of others, from your family to your partner, to your friends and the social environment around you. Other times, the barrier is purely economic. The fact remains that many people of all ages and genders, despite being aware of having a problem (or difficulty), do not the possibility of asking for help. Being able to talk to professionals capable of active listeningeven better if in the discreet form of a private conversation via chat easily accessible, it can make a difference.
A resource within everyone’s reach
In fact, the chat allows you to start a journey (at controlled prices or free depending on your needs) with carefully selected volunteers based on scholastic and professional background and personal motivation. In addition to updating monthly with team clinical sessions, i expert therapists they offer consultancy on various topics. Give her abusive relationships to the food problemsfrom the obstetric violence to attacks of panic.
Not last, they orient people towards local servicesinform them about resources they often don’t know about and about how public mental health figures work.
Here the site page with the details to make one donation single or recurring that will be allocated to young people, adults, women and men, fragile mothers, couples and parents who need it most. Fees start from 36 euros for a session of approximately 40 minutes, up to 140 euros for four sessions and 280 euros for a complete cycle of eight online chat sessions.
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