The Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria Presents: "I'm OK, But You Need Professional Help:" Using Humor to Fight Stigma!

The Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria Presents: "I'm OK, But You Need Professional Help:" Using Humor to Fight Stigma!

Thursday, May 21, 2009
6:30 pm, T.C. Williams High School Auditorium

Join CrisisLink and the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria for this hilarious presentation with comedian David Granirer.

David Granirer is an internationally recognized counselor, stand-up comic and author of The Happy Neurotic: How Fear and Angst Can Lead to Happiness and Success. The show is part comedy and part education. David, who lives with depression, looks at how humor can fight the stigma around mental illness. For this presentation, David taught five local people to become stand-up comics! Their acts look at the lighter side of taking meds, seeing counselors, and surviving the mental health system. Through video clips, you’ll see examples of other comics breaking down barriers by finding the lighter side of their mental health journeys. If you live with a mental illness or if you have an interest in mental health, you’ll love this show!

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