The program expansion aims to address the growing number of mental health issues women face and remove barriers to care through free counseling services offered through My TELUS Health Care

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To address the growing mental health crisis 60 percent of women in Canada, TELUS today announced the expansion of its Health for Good™ program free access to consulting servicesMy TELUS healthcare Women in need of mental health support across Canada. My TELUS Health Care provides convenient, direct access to counseling services provided by caring licensed mental health professionals residing in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.

Through a partnership with three women’s charities (Dress for Success Vancouver, Mamas for Mamas and YWCA Metro Vancouver), TELUS will offer more than 1,000 free counseling sessions per year to women residing in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

“The pandemic has eroded the morale of mothers, caregivers, women and people of mixed gender identities,” notes Jill Schnarr, director of social innovation and communications at TELUS. As a world-class technology company and a global leader in healthcare, we bring our technology, expertise and compassion to more women through our TELUS Health for Good program. The expansion of this program aims to break down the barriers that people of different genders and marginalized women face in accessing mental health services and to dramatically transform the lives of these people. »

Through the easy-to-use My TELUS Health Care app, the expanded program covers the costs of improving access to mental health services and wellness support for marginalized women, eliminating the bias and costs often associated with accessing preventive paramedical healthcare. Private one-to-one sessions are offered virtually via a smartphone app, which is available free of charge at Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

“For more than a decade, TELUS Health has worked to revolutionize healthcare and improve access to healthcare for people around the world to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems,” said Juggy Sihota, Head of Growth Office, TELUS Health. Expanding our Health for Good program to include counseling sessions with our leading mental health professionals. My TELUS Health Care supports this mission and fills a gap by ensuring that homeless women and people of diverse gender identities in communities have easier access to invaluable mental health support across Canada.”

Read the Canadian Women’s Foundation report recently a 45 percent difference The rates of major depression between mothers and the general population illustrate why expanding the program will add essential service to women and mothers in need.

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