In this talk, Krystian Fikert will talk about his innovative social enterprise MyMind providing mental health services in Ireland.  Even though the business is based in Ireland, the talk will focus on experiences from building up new cost-effective model. Important question to be answered: Do we need accessible mental health services in China?

Among the issues covered:
- Defining the problem
- Solution
- Outcomes
- Business model
- Replication
- Followers

RSVP required: email events@fyse.org
Language: English

About Krystian Fikert
Krystian, a former Googler and Ashoka fellow, is building a movement for preventative mental health care that is quick and accessible through his social enterprise MyMind, which offers free and reduced therapy, ending a dependence on medical solutions.
Complementing that, Krystian has created “e-psychologist,” an online offering where people can have questions answered by trained therapists and break the stigma of mental health care.

Find out more about Krystian http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/krystian-fikert

About MyMind
MyMind is a self-referral model of mental health. We provide psychological and psychotherapy services to people who are seeking mental health support.
We are the first call for people, when they know they have to make the toughest call they might ever have to make. Our early intervention focus offers an alternative solution to existing mental health services fulfilling community need in primary care services.

MyMind also provides online services that complement the more traditional face-to-face services, through our online support system comprising of the “ePsychologist” support and counselling tool and a range of self-support Cognitive Behavioural Therapy modules and exercises.
Our online system is highly scalable and allows us to support clients from communities all across Ireland far beyond our two physical sites.

http://www.mymind.org/