Not only are the sessions free, they're offered by mental-health workers from those communities. "Our communities experience some barriers to accessing inclusive mental-health services," Merissa Taylor-Meissner, who works for a LGBT-specific walk-in clinic, told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning on Monday. Nagad Hersi, an African, Caribbean, Black mental health outreach worker at Somerset West Community Health Centre, said facing similar challenges as her clients builds a stronger connection with them. Ottawa Morning 9:15 Counselling Connect adds new programs The counselling portal added two new counselling programs geared towards members of the LGBTQ2S+ and Black communities in Ottawa. For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2021 17:48 UTC