Share with a Counsellor consists of a diverse team of highly trained and specialized counsellors in Kenya, each possessing a wide range of expertise and experience. We provide services that are individually tailored to meet your specific needs with the belief that everyone can lead a more fulfilling and mindful life.
Share with a Counsellor is an online platform of Wise Pack Limited Company, Trading as Share with a Counsellor, which is an agency registered in Kenya by the registrar of companies to offer Psychosocial Services. The agency is also registered and accredited by one of the leading governing bodies in the Counselling and Psychology professions in Kenya, to offer the following services, physical and virtual counselling services, manage a psychosocial support and consultancy call center, conduct seminars and workshops
The target population is the general public, learning institutions, health and mental health care professional. Initially, the operations of the agency are limited to Kenya only, but future scale-up is an option. Share with a Counsellor offers a virtual platform where counsellors and clients interact via mobile phone App to access services. The mobile App is referred to as “Share with the Counsellor” and it’s available on the Google Play store for Android phones and App Store for iPhones. The App downloading is free and on installation, it allows interaction with the user on the available services after making a pocket-friendly annual subscription.
The founder of Share with a Counsellor has 17 years’ experience in the field of Mental Health Psychosocial Services (MHPSS), offering services to multicultural clients. She appreciates the place of technology in mental health, just like other sectors of health have integrated virtual interaction in service provision. Mental health was left behind until COVID-19 forced a social distancing dynamic on our social interactive interventions, yet triggering more stress to people.
The government set up Call Centers for people to seek guidance and counselling, more toll-free numbers were availed to the public to seek information, brief counselling and guidance on issues interfering with normal functioning. This comes on the backdrop of the Taskforce on Mental Health inaugurated on 11th December 2019, and submitting their final findings on 7th July 2020 to the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Health. One of the recommendations in the report is, “to have mental illness declared a National Emergency of epidemic proportions, to prioritize mental health as a priority public health and socioeconomic agenda”.
The current scenario in Kenya and many other countries is that counselling services are very far from the people, although government buy-in has increased awareness on mental health, that does not remove some of the existing barriers prohibiting the general public from seeking mental health services. These services need to be brought very close to every person, whether at the rural places or at urban centers. The costs of seeking counseling services are not cheap for every Kenyan to afford. Therefore, these services need to be made affordable to the lowest person and accessible to everyone everywhere.
Share with a Counsellor seek to support the promotion of the mental health service uptake; it indicates that “Good mental health of individuals, families, the communities, and society contribute enormously towards investment and development of social capital, which is the most important determinant of our health. Mental health promotion should be availed to individuals, families and communities, and society,(Mental Health Policy Document 2015-2030).
Share with a Counsellor is an online platform. It is registered in Kenya under the registrar of companies to provide psychosocial Service.
No Walk-in, call to book a session.
