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# Lichfield counsellor hoping new project will help bridge gap in mental health support
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-counsellor-hoping-new-project-will-help-bridge-gap-in-mental-health-support/
- Published: 2023-02-13T08:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-11T18:29:36.000Z
- Description: A Lichfield counsellor says she hopes a new project will help bridge a gap in mental health support across Staffordshire.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Health, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

A Lichfield counsellor says she hopes a new project will help bridge a gap in mental health support across Staffordshire.

Sheila McMahon has been working with Keele University over the past year and a half to develop a package of pre-recorded mental health awareness training.

It is hoped that the initiative will help fill a gap in support while those in need are caught up in long waiting lists to see a specialist.

Sheila said:

> “We often find that people don’t seek help with their mental health until they are in crisis.  
>  
> “My pre-recorded training is designed as an intervention between a person in crisis and the waiting list to see a counsellor.  
>  
> “I hope sharing my counselling skills, intervention tools, coping mechanisms and insight into mental health, will enable people to have the confidence to manage their own well-being, and support someone who is struggling by using positive interventions to keep someone alive and safe while waiting to access counselling services.”  
>  
> Sheila McMahon

The project has been developed through support from Keele University’s Business Bridge programme, which has been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

More details about the new pre-recorded mental health awareness training are available [online](https://mindmanagementforyoutraining.thinkific.com/courses/mental-health-awareness-training?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).