The Confess Venture of America trains Barbers to be Psychological Well being Advocates with the aim of elevating Psychological Well being Consciousness within the Black Neighborhood

ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Confess Venture of America, “America’s First Psychological Well being Consciousness Motion” that trains barbers in Black communities to be Psychological Well being Advocates introduced at this time that they’re formally launching their Magnificence Coalition on Monday, January thirtieth from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST on the Well being and Model Institute (HSI) at 2450 Piedmont Rd, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30324. The aim of the Magnificence Coalition is to proceed to lift Psychological Well being Consciousness for the Black group within the place the place Black ladies have all the time felt snug – within the magnificence salon. Educated members of the Magnificence Coalition can be armed with Psychological Well being Advocate instruments and strategies to raised serve their shoppers and in the end have a constructive influence on their communities. 

Why ought to Girls within the Magnificence Business change into educated Psychological Well being Advocates?

There’s a big lack of psychological well being sources obtainable to the Black group, and The Confess Venture of America is working to vary that. The group trains barbers throughout the U.S. to be Psychological Well being Advocates, to allow them to successfully help their shoppers and group.

Relationship again to even earlier than the Civil Rights Motion, Black barbershops and wonder salons have all the time been a secure haven for individuals within the Black group to come back collectively and be themselves. To this point, The Confess Venture of America has educated over 2,000 barbers throughout the nation to be Psychological Well being Advocates utilizing a therapeutic-based framework that educates barbers on 4 key factors that scale back unfavorable ideas and stigma round discussing psychological well being matters. 

With the launch of the Magnificence Coalition, The Confess Venture of America will now be reaching much more individuals and may start to influence these in magnificence salons and past, equipping them with essential instruments for his or her psychological well being. 

What ought to I count on from the Magnificence Coalition?

In partnership with the Georgia Division of Behavioral Well being and Developmental Disabilities, The Confess Venture of America will start offering magnificence salons with free Psychological Well being Advocacy coaching particularly catered in the direction of ladies within the Black group. On the launch occasion, we can have a free Psychological Well being Advocacy coaching, sources, lunch, distributors, networking alternatives, and a panelist dialogue with varied Psychological Well being Advocates and Girls within the magnificence business. The coaching is just not restricted to solely salons, The Confess Venture of America presents their coaching to every kind of technicians and ladies within the magnificence business. Not solely will Magnificence Coalition members change into educated Psychological Well being Advocates without charge, they can even obtain a certificates, entry to our personal community, media alternatives, and on-going help via month-to-month coalition calls!

These thinking about becoming a member of The Confess Venture Venture of America’s Magnificence Coalition Launch Occasion can register right here. Further details about The Confess Venture of America and different methods to help the group in its struggle for Psychological Consciousness within the Black Neighborhood might be discovered at https://www.theconfessprojectofamerica.org/, or Instagram or Fb.

About The Confess Venture

The Confess Venture of America is America’s first psychological well being consciousness motion servicing the Black group that turns barbers into advocates. The group has educated over 2,000 barbers throughout the nation to change into licensed Psychological Well being Advocates. The Confess Venture of America makes use of therapeutic-based frameworks that practice barbers to take heed to their shoppers, validate their emotions, positively talk and scale back the stigma round psychological well being within the Black group. The group is run by therapists, scientists, teachers and group advocates who’re all singularly targeted on serving to everybody higher perceive and navigate the challenges of psychological well being. For extra data, please go to https://www.theconfessprojectofamerica.org/ or go to on Instagram or Fb. 

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