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<\/p>\nCenter for Healing The Hurt Mentality Day helping men with mental health<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYOU\u2019RE WATCHING. WLWT. NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY. WELCOME BACK. MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES CAN IMPACT ANYONE, OF COURSE, BUT FOR MEN, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE SOMETIMES CONSIDERED REALLY DIFFICULT, UNCOMFORTABLE OR TABOO. THE CENTER FOR HEALING THE HURT HOPES TO CHANGE THAT BY CREATING A SAFE SPACE CENTERED AROUND HEALING, EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, AND ALSO DIALOG. THE GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO RAISE AWARENESS, BUT ALSO TO BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA. JOINING ME HERE ON THE COUCH TODAY IS DOCTOR CHANTELLE THOMAS. SHE\u2019S THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR HEALING THE HEARD. AND ALSO ON THE END THERE, BRIAN COLE FROM KAPPA ALPHA PSI. THE CINCINNATI ALUMNI CHAPTER. GUYS THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING DOCTOR THOMAS. LET\u2019S GET RIGHT INTO IT BECAUSE I DO THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE. AND I WAS SAYING IN THE BREAK, AS A MOM OF THREE BOYS THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT. SO FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW. FIRST EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE CENTER FOR HEALING THE HURT AND WHAT MADE YOU START THIS MISSION? SO THE CENTER FOR HEALING THE HEART PROVIDES ALL KIND OF TRAUMA COUNSELING FOR KIDS AGES 5 TO 18. SO IF YOU\u2019VE BEEN IN A TORNADO OR FIRE OR THERE\u2019S BEEN GUN VIOLENCE IN THE HOME OR THE PARENT IS INCARCERATED, WE PROVIDE FREE COUNSELING SERVICE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO IF THE MOM SAYS, WELL, HEY, I NEED COUNSELING AS WELL. THEY ALSO CAN RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES FOR FREE. AND I STARTED IT BECAUSE I HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH PRIVATE PRACTICE, A SOUND MIND COUNSELING SERVICE. I HAVE A COUPLE LOCATIONS HERE IN THE CITY, AND SOMETIMES PARENTS WOULD COME IN AND SAY, HEY, WE DON\u2019T, WE\u2019VE LOST INSURANCE OR WE DON\u2019T HAVE INSURANCE. AND CAN YOU HELP US? CAN YOU SEE US? SO THE THERAPISTS WERE SEEING PEOPLE PRO BONO. THEN I JUST DECIDED, WELL, WE NEED TO JUST OFFER THIS SERVICES ALWAYS TO SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN\u2019T AFFORD IT, WHO DON\u2019T HAVE INSURANCE OR ARE UNDERINSURED. AND SO DO YOU FOCUS WITH BOYS AND GIRLS, OR IS YOUR FOCUS SOLELY ON YOUNG MEN? SO WE HAVE MEN THAT COME IN, WE HAVE BOYS, BUT REALLY ANYONE AGE, ANY CHILD AGE 5 TO 18. AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS. WE HAVE SOME FOR BOYS, BUT THE DADS ASKING FOR THIS MENTAL HEALTH DAY. JUNE, BY THE WAY, IS MEN\u2019S HEALTH MONTH. AND ACCORDING TO THE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION, GET THIS 1 IN 10 MEN EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY. SO WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS THIS GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR MEN? BECAUSE I THINK THE STIGMA HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR MEN THAT YOU DON\u2019T TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. YOU\u2019RE A MAN. PULL YOURSELF UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS. KEEP GOING. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE FOR YOUR PARENTS. SO THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY\u2019RE CARRYING, AND THEY\u2019RE SUPPOSED TO JUST SUCK IT UP AND DO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE MEN. AND SO WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE\u2019RE STILL TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THAT STIGMA HERE IN CINCINNATI AS WELL AS THE WORLD, THAT IT\u2019S OKAY FOR MEN NOT TO BE OKAY TO CRY, TO BE VULNERABLE, TO SHARE THEIR EMOTIONS. AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THEY\u2019RE HEALING AND THEY HEAL FASTER WHEN THEY DO. BRIAN, I WANT TO BRING YOU INTO THIS CONVERSATION. WHY DID YOUR CHAPTER DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS MISSION? I THINK FOR THE CINCINNATI ALUMNI CHAPTER OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI, WE EVOLVED INTO FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS TO FOCUS ON HOLISTIC WELL-BEING OF ALL MEN, AND WE ENCOURAGE HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR. AND IT\u2019S IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE IF YOU\u2019RE MENTALLY NOT THERE TO TACKLE ANY CHALLENGES OR GOALS THAT YOU HAVE IN LIFE. DOES IT FRUSTRATE YOU ALL TO SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE\u2019RE SEEING? SADLY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT? I THINK WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR KIDS, WITH YOUNG YOUNG MEN SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW I SEE IT TOO OFTEN ON THE NEWS. AND I THINK WHEN I WAS READING ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL DO, I\u2019M THINKING, MAN, THIS IS A WAY TO REACH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT POINT. YES, EXACTLY. IT\u2019S VERY SAD. WE HAD A CONVERSATION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE, AND THAT\u2019S WHAT MAKES MENTALITY DAY SO IMPORTANT AND SO VALUABLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES AND OTHER OPTIONS, OTHER TURNS ON THE ROAD THAT YOU CAN TAKE. INSTEAD OF MAKING THAT FINAL DECISION, FINAL, FINAL DECISION QUICKLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED, HOW DO THEY DO THAT? SO WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER. THEY CAN CALL (513) 550-8733 TO SIGN UP FOR THE MENTALITY DAY FOR MEN, AND IT\u2019S OPEN TO ANYONE. WE\u2019RE HAVING LUNCH. WE HAVE GREAT SPEAKERS, A PSYCHIATRIST AS WELL AS A PSYCHOLOGIST IN THE FIELD WHO ARE LOCAL RIGHT HERE THAT WILL COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT ALL KIND OF ISSUES THAT MEN HAVE. AND THEN THE MEN THAT WILL BE THERE ARE GOING TO BREAK OUT INTO SMALL GROUPS AND TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. I LOVE IT, GUYS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT IS THE CENTER FOR HEALING THE HURTS MENTALITY DAY HAPPENING JUNE 6TH. SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PLAN NEXT WEEKEND. IT\u2019S GOING TO BE A WITHROW HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN, THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT GRIEF AND LOSS AND HOW TO REALLY REWIRE YOUR MIND. THERE\u2019S ALSO THAT MALE PANEL, BREAKOUT SESSIONS, LUNCH, AND MUCH MORE. YOU CAN RSVP BY CALLING THE NUMBER HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, THE ONE THAT DOCTOR THOMAS HAD MENTIONED. WE\u2019LL ALSO HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW IT\u2019S A LOT ON OUR WEBSITE, WLWT.COM. BY THE WAY, STAY TUNED TO FOR THE WOMEN\u2019S CONFERENCE THAT\u2019S GOING TO BE COMI\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Center for Healing The Hurt Mentality Day helping men with mental health<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 4:27 PM EDT May 29, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n