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How Dallas Clinics Overcome Mental Health Stigma

Direct Relief·Ruby Galuszka·3 days ago
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Counselors passed out art supplies at a Dallas mental health workshop last month, encouraging participants to express their emotions. One woman held up a collage with an image of a bare tree, without leaves or flowers. She told the group, “This is how I felt when I lost my husband. I felt like someone shook me,” and all her leaves and flowers fell away, recalled Maria Tovar, the social services director at Brother Bill’s Helping Hand, a free clinic and food pantry. The woman explained each stage of the collage before showing her final image from the session: a cherry blossom tree. “At the end, this is what I want to look like. This is what I’m working towards. I want to be able to blossom again,” she told the group, according to Tovar. This April series, known as “Let’s Talk About Grief,” is a new addition at Brother Bill’s. By addressing sensitive topics that impact their community, the organization aims to normalize conversations around mental health and give patients a safe place to be heard.…

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