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GoodLives: Making Mental Health Accessible

 As the world today struggles with the Coronavirus Pandemic, paying attention to mental health becomes of utmost importance. While public health emergencies cause a great amount of emotional isolation, stress owing to economic loss, business closure, school closure, etc., COVID-19 itself gives birth to neurological and mental complications. This is the time when psychological support has gone virtual and for all the right reasons.

 GoodLives is a mental health service organization that aims at helping people find the right guidance about keeping their mental health upright. The vision is to make mental health treatment “accessible” for one and all. The idea of GoodLives was born when Sakshi Shah and Lawrence Lovedeep, the co founders of GoodLives, encountered people with emotional issues in their personal life journey and realized how essential it was to have someone you can share your problems with. They comprehended that a lot of people suffered in silence because they were hesitant to express their sentiments clearly and were unable to locate the right help at the right time and in the right manner. Hence, the motto of ​GoodLives​ is to make mental health services ‘affordable’ and ‘accessible’ across the globe.

During this unprecedented time of the pandemic, the mental health landscape also had to transform its operations into a virtual mode. For a predominantly face-to-face interaction-based medium to go hundred percent online is a major change for the existing players in the market but GoodLives, an organization borne out of the integration of technology and service, was able to capture the silver lining by providing its community the ease, convenience, and flexibility of online counseling sessions and therapy. More and more people are becoming receptive to psychological help as it comes with ease of the internet since the lockdown.

 The idea behind the start-up is essentially to adopt and adapt to destigmatizing therapy where mental health discussions are normalized and various forms of therapies are embraced. GoodLives focuses majorly on the cultivation of different forms of creative and more approachable therapies like expressive art therapy and music therapy. The use of these forms of therapies requires people to explore their reactions, responses, and inferences through photographs, audio, explorations, and encounters with art processes. A person seeking art therapy, however, is not required to have any training in arts to use or benefit from these creative options.

The beautifully curated therapy toolbox of GoodLives also comprises of self-evaluation tests, workshops, and webinars to help further one’s mental health journey. The psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors at GoodLives observe each person’s requirements and recommend a suitable form of therapy. They address the tangled web of emotions and help people view life from a fresh perspective.

GoodLives also has a podcast about mental health and well-being, Mental Blossoms, that focuses on stress in the times of COVID-19, Work-Life Balance, and the LGBTQIA+ community and is geared toward the young adults struggling to maintain a healthy lifestyle in the pandemic. All in the end to empower people to embark on life with a simple takeaway, ​“Don’t let your struggle become your identity”.

Source: Mental Health Advocates at GoodLives /
https://www.goodlives.in/

 

 

 

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