Mind Management For You to host online show on understanding suicide and lockdown
Sheila McMahon, CEO of Mind Management For You, is taking her sell-out mental health theatre show online with a special show dedicated to understanding suicide and suicide prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the last 5 years, BACP registered qualified counsellor, author and singer, Sheila McMahon has been travelling around the UK performing shows about mental health. For the first time in 5 years, McMahon will be dedicating a show entirely to suicide prevention in light of England entering a second national lockdown.
During the first lockdown, many people struggled with feelings of isolation and existing mental health issues were intensified by the pandemic. The mental health charity Samaritans reported that over 1 in 10 people reported feeling suicidal or contemplated self-harm during the first week of lockdown alone.
As England enters another lockdown, McMahon has decided now is crucial for the UK to begin talking about suicide and reduce the stigma surrounding discussing suicide.
McMahon will cover many topics related to suicide, including how people in the UK are often encouraged to talk about suicide but never guided or encouraged to listen to others. The show will address other difficult topics, such as the fact men are 3 times more likely to take their own life and the damaging 'man up' ideology that is still present in the UK.
She explains, “As a survivor of mental ill-health, now working as a counsellor during this pandemic, we need more than ever to talk about suicide and early interventions to prevent further deaths.”
The show will hopefully provide the early intervention people in the UK need to address the topic of suicide and its relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic before more tragic casualties take place.
Tickets for the online event can be purchased at https://www.mindmanagementforyou.com/. The show will take place at 7.45 pm on Saturday 28th November and 10% of the profits from the show will go to the Samaritans.
Notes to Editors
Sheila McMahon is a Published Author, Qualified Counsellor with a Diploma in Integrative counselling and a post grad in Family Therapy. She is also a survivor of mental ill health. For the last 5 years Sheila has been performing sell-out Mental Health Theatre Shows. For over 10 years, Sheila has supported people with suicidal thoughts and intent, to recovery from her private practice, and having worked at a Pupil referral Unit and at The Priory Hospital.
She provides training on Understanding self-harm ad Suicide as a result of Sheila’s own experience of being the client, the counsellor and a combination of her professional training, experience and knowledge from working with others. Testimonial from a Suicidal client:
“I was at a very low point, for years I had put my problems in a closet. Afraid to open up. 3 attempts to end it all. Sheila has helped me to accept that my issues were not my failures”
You can contact Sheila McMahon at contact@mindmanagementforyou.com or 07799 791537
Further information at www.mindmanagementforyou.com