Let's talk about…the Mental Health Jedi

About this episode

Chris Frederick shares his journey as a mental health advocate and suicide survivor.

In this episode, Helen Macdonald speaks with Chris Frederick- advocate, suicide survivor, founder of Project Soul Stride, and self-described "Mental Health Jedi." Chris shares his deeply personal journey, from childhood trauma and racial adversity to becoming a mental health advocate and what helped his recovery- and the things that didn't. Resources & Support: If you or someone you know needs urgent help, reach out to Samaritans at 116 123 (UK) or visit samaritans.org Brent Recovery College- https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/services/recovery-and-wellbeing-college The Listening Place- https://listeningplace.org.uk/ James' Place- https://www.jamesplace.org.uk/ Find more information about CBT- www.babcp.com F ind our sister podcasts and all our other episodes in our podcast hub here: https://babcp.com/Podcasts Have feedback? Email us at podcasts@babcp.com Follow us on Instagram & Bluesky: @BABCPpodcasts Credits: Music is Autmn Coffee by Bosnow from Uppbeat Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/autumn-coffee License code: 3F32NRBYH67P5MIF This episode was produced by Steph Curnow Transcript: Helen: Hello, and welcome to Let's Talk About CBT, the podcast where…

People in this episode

Host: Helen Macdonald

Guest: Chris Frederick

Topics covered

• mental health
• advocacy
• trauma
• recovery
• suicide prevention

Keywords

• mental health
• advocate
• suicide survivor
• recovery
• trauma
• Project Soul Stride

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project Soul Stride, Samaritans, Brent Recovery College, The Listening Place, James' Place, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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