Cassey Chambers

On our first segment I speak to Cassey Chambers who started at The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) as a volunteer counsellor in the call centre helping to man the Suicide Crisis Helpline over 12 years ago. With a background in Psychology, and experience as a volunteer in the call centre she then took on the position of Call Centre Manager managing over 100 volunteer counsellors. After 10 years with the organisation, she is now the Operations Director and a board member. She represents SADAG at national conferences, various press interviews, workshops and advocacy projects to help fight for patients’ rights and destigmatize mental health across the country. She focuses on various projects including the Teen Suicide Prevention school programme, rural outreach projects, and support groups, responsible reporting initiatives with press and media, mental health in the workplace.