Bluemind Foundation is organizing the first edition of the Heal by Hair training from April 4 to 6, 2022, at Azalaï Hotel Abidjan (Ivory Coast). This short training program aims to train 30 hairdressing professionals to become ambassadors of mental health of the signature program Heal by Hair.
Selected from nearly 250 applications from professionals and self-taught by a jury composed of members of the Scientific Council and the Stakeholders Committee of the Bluemind Foundation, the first class of Heal by Hair ambassadors is comprised of owners or managers of hair salons from the Abidjan communes of Yopougon, Abobo and Cocody. With an average age of 35 years and having at least two years of professional experience, the selected hairdressers are all eager to be better equipped to contribute to tahing care of their client's mental health.
"Women don't come to the salons just for their hair. But also to de-stress by talking and sharing with their trusted hairdressers. Therefore, the Heal by Hair program is more than welcome. It will allow us to develop new skills to help our customers better", said Victoire Biégny, a selected participant for the program Heal by Hair. She is also President of the National Committee for the Promotion of Activities of the Professions of Aesthetics of Côte d'Ivoire (CONAPAPECI) and President of the Board of Directors of the National Council of Hairdressing and Aesthetics of Côte d'Ivoire.
For three (3) days, the ambassador hairdressers will be trained in the basics of mental health and psychological first aid. A customized training, both individually and collectively. They will benefit from theoretical and historical immersion, practical group workshops, well-being and psychological support sessions, leadership coaching and meetings with inspiring personalities.
The pedagogical objectives of the Heal by Hair training are to provide hairdresser ambassadors with a more in-depth knowledge of mental health disorders; to give them a method and tools adapted to observe and recognize the first manifestations of mental troubles or the aggravation of existing conditions; to develop interpersonal and active listening skills; and, if necessary, to be able to refer people to mental health experts. Like somatic first aid training, the Heal by Hair program will allow hairstylist ambassadors to become the first link in the care chain, not mental health professionals.
Experts in mental health and leadership deliver the Heal by Hair training. These Ivorian, pan-African, and international psychiatrists and experts are convinced that mental health needs to be looked at differently and that with a short training in psychological first aid
first-level responders can help make a lasting impact on the ground. Trainers include:
- Chrissy KUOH, therapist and Bluemind Foundation Scientific Council Coordinator;
- Dr Olga PORQUET, psychiatrist and member of the Scientific Council of Bluemind Foundation;
- Dr Sonia KANEKATOUA, psychiatrist and member of the Scientific Council of Bluemind Foundation;
- Dr Madjara ANOUMATACKY, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She has been working for nearly 14 years at the National Mental Health Program in Côte d'Ivoire;
- Dr Anna Corine BISSOUMA, psychiatrist and founding member of the Association Autismes Côte d'Ivoire (2Aci);
- Dina LAHLOU, expert in mental health and well-being, with more than 26 years of teaching experience;
- Nabou FALL, managing director of Vizeo, ICF certified coach and Harvard Business School certified female leadership coach.
This edition of Heal by Hair is under the patronage of Mister Ciss St Moïse, a key figure of the Ivorian artistic creation. Excellence Price of the Best Craftsman of the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, he started his career as a history and geography teacher. He had also taught at the female National Center of Cocody.
"After several years of R&D and field studies, we are happy to be able to put faces, voices, and especially attentive ears on the Heal by Hair program - which should have a strong social impact! Indeed, we estimate that 10,800 women will benefit from active listening and psychological support from these 30 hairdresser ambassadors, pioneers of the Heal by Hair program, during the year. These encouraging results fuel our audacity to continue innovating in mental health and our determination not to stop there", says Marie-Alix De PUTTER, founder, and president of Bluemind Foundation.
Distributed by African Media Agency for Bluemind Foundation.
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