How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression

In places with few mental health professionals, volunteer-led group therapy sends positive ripples through families and communities. By: Elizabeth Hewitt Rhoda Phiri was having a hard time sleeping. She found it difficult to mingle with people in her community and at church. Even basic chores were hard. She was, she says, in a “dark corner.”  Then one day in 2020, a couple of women knocked on the door of her home in Zambia. The women were with StrongMinds, an international nonprofit that provides support for depression, particularly among women and adolescents. She accepted the women’s invitation to join a group therapy program, … Continue reading How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression