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State of Mind

Trey Ratcliff

Lori Gottlieb

Dan Siegel

Kristin Neff

Margret Aldrich

Liz Alpern

Andy Keller

Joseph Ledoux

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Joe Robinson

Esther Perel

Tina Payne Bryson

Stan Tatkin

Claire Wasserman

Deb Dana

OwlTail

Community Health Workers are well-situated to address mental health concerns in underserved communities. They serve as a bridge between affected individuals and available resources. In this episode we explore how non-traditional health workers are supporting mental health. We are joined by clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Ruth Verhey, co-developer of the Friendship Bench, an evidence-based intervention developed in Zimbabwe to bridge the mental health treatment gap.

Community Health Workers are well-situated to address mental health concerns in underserved communities. They serve as a bridge between affected individuals and available resources. In this episode we explore how non-traditional health workers are supporting mental health. We are joined by clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Ruth Verhey, co-developer of the Friendship Bench, an evidence-based intervention developed in Zimbabwe to bridge the mental health treatment gap.

Episode 3: You’re not so Typical Therapist – Dr. Ruth Verhey

The Friendship Bench -discover the 3-step community-based program that is has proven to be an effective non-traditional model of mental health care delivery.In this episode, researcher and program director Dr. Ruth Verhey joins co-host Sue Marriott to discuss this community-based intervention, the Friendship Bench.  Together they explore the benefits and barriers to building a community-driven and cooperative approach to mental health.  By looking at what makes it effective, we can begin to explore what makes therapy effective in general and learn from the need to strip away the "extra" that may not add value to mental healthcare.

The Friendship Bench -discover the 3-step community-based program that is has proven to be an effective non-traditional model of mental health care delivery. In this episode, researcher and program director Dr. Ruth Verhey joins co-host Sue Marriott to discuss this community-based intervention, the Friendship Bench.  Together they explore the benefits and barriers to building a community-driven and cooperative approach to mental health.  By looking at what makes it effective, we can begin to explore what makes therapy effective in general and learn from the need to strip away the "extra" that may not add value to mental healthcare.

TU127 Grandma Heals: Community-Based Mental Health Care from Zimbabwe with Dr. Ruth Verhey

Today we're talking to Ruth Verhey, a clinical psychologist who works for the Friendship Bench team in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe is a country of over 16 million people, but there are just twelve practicing psychiatrists. Twelve! These statistics are the norm in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the ratio of psychiatrists and psychologists to citizens is one for every 1.5 million and some countries don’t even have a single psychiatrist.And because of the history of trauma and war in the country, Ruth tells us that ~40% of Zimbabweans may be suffering from some form of depression and anxiety.Friendship Bench is beautiful community-sourced effort to close that gap. Grandmothers give their time to sit at benches and listen to people facing mental health challenges.Since 2006, Ruth, founder Dixon Chibanda, and their team have trained over 300 of the grandmothers in evidence-based talk therapy, which they deliver for free in more than 70 communities in Zimbabwe. In 2017 alone, the Friendship Bench, as the program is called, helped over 30,000 people there. The method has been empirically vetted—meaning this treatment works, in some studies its proven more effective than conventional treatments like anti-depressants—and has been expanded to countries beyond, including the US.This organization is all about training and capacity building, something we love. Asking others to help you with work - letting others participate - is what is so remarkable to us. It's hard for a lot of organizations to give up control, but in this case it has helped Friendship Bench reach more people than they ever could on their own.If you want to get involved with Friendship Bench, go to their website: www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org/Grab your copy of GET TOGETHER—our handbook on community-building 🔥: bit.ly/gettogetherbook

Today we're talking to Ruth Verhey, a clinical psychologist who works for the Friendship Bench team in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe is a country of over 16 million people, but there are just twelve practicing psychiatrists. Twelve! These statistics are the norm in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the ratio of psychiatrists and psychologists to citizens is one for every 1.5 million and some countries don’t even have a single psychiatrist.And because of the history of trauma and war in the country, Ruth tells us that ~40% of Zimbabweans may be suffering from some form of depression and anxiety.Friendship Bench is beautiful community-sourced effort to close that gap. Grandmothers give their time to sit at benches and listen to people facing mental health challenges.Since 2006, Ruth, founder Dixon Chibanda, and their team have trained over 300 of the grandmothers in evidence-based talk therapy, which they deliver for free in more than 70 communities in Zimbabwe. In 2017 alone, the Friendship Bench, as the program is called, helped over 30,000 people there. The method has been empirically vetted—meaning this treatment works, in some studies its proven more effective than conventional treatments like anti-depressants—and has been expanded to countries beyond, including the US.This organization is all about training and capacity building, something we love. Asking others to help you with work - letting others participate - is what is so remarkable to us. It's hard for a lot of organizations to give up control, but in this case it has helped Friendship Bench reach more people than they ever could on their own.If you want to get involved with Friendship Bench, go to their website: <a href="https://www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org/</a>Grab your copy of GET TOGETHER—our handbook on community-building 🔥: <a href="http://bit.ly/gettogetherbook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/gettogetherbook</a>

A community of Grandmothers is closing the mental health care gap 🪑Ruth Verhey of Friendship Bench