Heads Held High Seminar

The seminar was organised by County Wicklow Community Platform in partnership with the Wicklow Mental Health Association, HSE/Wicklow Mental Health Service, Mental Health Ireland and The Tunnel Project during World Mental Health Week in 2012.
The seminar provided individuals, community groups, organisations, and agencies with an opportunity to understand the differences between mental health and mental illness.
The event was chaired by Diarmuid Gavin – well known Horticulturalist and TV Personality.

Speakers & Topics included:
Michael Noble - Mental Health Ireland
The difference between Mental Health and Mental Illness

Therese Hicks: Psychotherapist & Counsellor, HSE
The Four Stages of Emotional Healing

Evelyn Cawley: The Tunnel Project
Community responses and support on the road to recovery

Charlie Burke: Wicklow Mental Health Association
Living with Mental Illness - a personal testimony

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