Therapist brings mental health resources to underserved communities

Okay, finally up for her slogan is therapy is dope and the mission is to bring mental health services to underserved communities. Sarah Andrews, a licensed therapist from north philadelphia is working to change the stigma one block at a time through a new set of wheels. It was an idea three years ago. Of course you gotta have a couch that's essential turned into a reality. Licensed therapist Sarah Andrews is taking her new mobile therapy unit to the people who need it most underserved black and brown communities. The north philadelphia natives first stop was a health and wellness fair with dr Ayla stanford. It felt amazing to be able to bring something to people. They didn't have to go anywhere equipped with couches, art and powered by solar panels. Andrews cut the ribbon on the new set of wheels this month and when she's not seeing her own patients, Andrews is working with her nonprofit dare to hope aimed at educating people about mental wellness after her friend died by suicide. My goal is to normalize mental health, right? To normalize the conversations, to normalize um getting to talk about our issues, especially as neighborhood beefs followed by trauma from what's playing out on philadelphia's blocks coincide with the deadly shootings gripping the city. When I think about gun violence, a lot of it is because we're dealing with so much stuff on the inside and we don't know what to do with it. So a lot of times it plays out as anger. A lot of times it plays out like I can't resolve conflict. So what do we do with that? Right? So we, this is going to be a tool to help, I hope to curb the gun violence, right? If we give people a safe place to talk and we allow people to process their emotions, if we allow people to get the tools to process PTSD, then we might be a better off as a city meeting people where they are. Andrews says the goal is to use the van as much as possible, whether it's a community events or even when people reach out directly for services guys. Very great. Yeah, thank you.