CRESCO (IA) & New York (NY), (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Counslr, the text-based psychological well being assist cellular app, introduced right this moment that it has expanded its assist into the State of Iowa by means of a partnership with Crestwood Excessive Faculty, a part of the Howard-Winneshiek Neighborhood Faculties. The partnership will empower college students to prioritize psychological well being by enabling them to entry limitless texting periods with Counslr’s licensed and vetted psychological well being assist professionals, accessible on-demand, 24/7/365.
“College students right this moment face unprecedented ranges of stress and strain, each academically and socially. To make sure they’ll thrive not solely of their research but in addition of their private lives, it’s important to supply strong psychological well being assist. This assist helps them construct resilience, handle stress, and develop wholesome coping mechanisms, that are essential for his or her total well-being and future success,” stated Lisa Durksy, Principal at Crestwood Excessive Faculty.
The partnership absolutely rolls out with almost 400 college students in August, and the onboarding course of continues over the summer time, earlier than the brand new college yr begins. The intention is to allow college students to prioritize their psychological well-being early and sometimes, irrespective of the place they’re or once they really feel they want assist.
The necessity for psychological well being assist, particularly in Iowa, is more and more crucial. Greater than 45% of Iowans have or know somebody who has wanted psychological well being assist up to now {couples} of years. Almost 60% of Iowans say they’ve had challenges accessing psychological well being assist. That’s in response to a latest Des Moines Register / Medicom Iowa Ballot. Particularly, by way of younger individuals in Iowa, Psychological Well being America has reported that just about 60% of younger Iowans don’t obtain the wanted psychological well being assist.
“We’re thrilled to increase into Iowa and assist college students prioritize their psychological well being and the well-being of the varsity district as a complete,” stated Josh Liss, CEO of Counslr. “Working with college districts has develop into a main focus for the corporate, as we goal to assist communities throughout the nation prioritize their well-being. We’re grateful to leaders akin to these within the Howard-Winneshiek Neighborhood Faculties who embrace the problem and search options to assist their neighborhood.”
For extra info on Counslr, please go to: www.counslr.com.
About Counslr
Counslr is a text-based psychological well being assist software that gives limitless entry to dwell texting periods with licensed professionals, 24/7/365. Customers can entry assist on-demand inside two minutes of opening the app, or by scheduled appointment. By way of real-time texting, customers take pleasure in one-on-one, non-public communication with a licensed counselor that may be carried out anytime, anyplace. Counslr was designed to assist people cope with life’s day-to-day points, empowering people to deal with considerations whereas they’re “small” to assist be certain that they keep “small”. Counslr companions with organizations of all sizes and styles (firms, unions, nonprofits, universities/schools, excessive faculties, and so on) in order that these entities can present Counslr’s providers to their workers/members/college students at no direct value. For extra info, please go to www.counslr.com.
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