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Online mental health counselling service members meet the Mayor

Friday, 06 September 2019 14:33

The Mayor and Mayoress welcomed members of the Manx online mental health counselling service to the town hall on Wednesday September 6.

 

 12019.09.05 Manx MentalMediumThe Mayor and Mayoress with, left to right, Peter Leahy, Denise Brock and Taylor Gentile-Wilson from the Manx Online mental health counselling service

 

Launched in May 2019, the confidential free service is an initiative from the Department of Health and Social Care which is funding the 18-month pilot scheme, and operates exclusively online: kooth.com for young people aged between 11 and 17 and qwell.io for adults aged 18 and over.

 

Online counselling hours for kooth and qwell are Monday to Friday 12noon to 10pm; Saturday and Sunday 6 to 10pm.