Join SOS CEO; Paula Lawlor as she chats with See Change Programme Team Leader, Barbara Brennan.

Barbara Brennan - Change Maker, Stigma Disruptor, Mental Health and Human Rights Advocate. 

An inspirational ‘thought leader’ in her field, Barbara has over 13 years’ experience in changing the culture of mental health at all levels of society. A regular contributor to national mainstream and social media, Barbara is at home speaking to local community groups, CEO’s or senior leaders in the public and corporate world. She has lectured at Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, and University College Cork inspiring people to think differently about mental health and wellbeing. In the national discourse on mental health Barbara has motivated change and advised policy makers such as the National Office for Suicide Prevention, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Mental Health Commission and Irish Mental Health Lawyers Association.  

A highly esteemed trainer and facilitator, Barbara now uses her passion and experience to lead a national programme ‘See Change’, to give voice to people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, inspire a message of hope and recovery and ultimately spark an international conversation on reducing stigma. Her desire to bring that message of hope and share the knowledge that people who have struggled with their mental health can and DO recover, is at the heart of her work, and comes from her own lived experience of surviving suicide and overcoming severe and long term mental illness. 

Programmes Leader for See Change; the National Stigma Reduction Partnership Ireland 

To learn more about See Change, go to: https://seechange.ie/

To learn more about SOS and the Eden programme, go to: https://suicideorsurvive.ie/programmes/eden-programme/

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