David Granirer
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David Granirer is a counsellor, stand-up comic, the author of The Happy Neurotic: How Fear and Angst can lead to Happiness and Success, and the founder of Stand Up For Mental Health
. David lives with his wife and two kids in Vancouver
, BC.
David lives with depression and is a committed advocate for destigmatization of mental illness
. He speaks very openly about his experience with mental illness
. For his program, Stand Up For Mental Health
, David teaches stand-up comedy
to people with mental illness
as a way of increasing their self esteem and allowing them to change their perception of their own mental health journeys. At the end of the classes, the groups do graduation shows, where they help to reduce stigma, discrimination, and prejudice surrounding mental illness
and encourage people to talk about it. Stand Up For Mental Health
runs classes from coast to coast in Canada. David also teaches stand-up comedy classes at Langara College
in Vancouver
and does Fighting Stigma in the Workplace and Laughter in the Workplace presentations.
David Granirer is a pioneer in the therapeutic use of humour
and has had very positive responses from people involved in his programs and those who have seen the shows.
Granirer's father and grandparents were Romanian Jews, and concentration camp survivors.
Stand Up For Mental Health
Stand Up For Mental Health , founded in 2004, is a program based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in which people who have mental illness are taught stand-up comedy as a form of therapy and then present to the community as a way of addressing the stigma, discrimination, and...
. David lives with his wife and two kids in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, BC.
David lives with depression and is a committed advocate for destigmatization of mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
. He speaks very openly about his experience with mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
. For his program, Stand Up For Mental Health
Stand Up For Mental Health
Stand Up For Mental Health , founded in 2004, is a program based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in which people who have mental illness are taught stand-up comedy as a form of therapy and then present to the community as a way of addressing the stigma, discrimination, and...
, David teaches stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...
to people with mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
as a way of increasing their self esteem and allowing them to change their perception of their own mental health journeys. At the end of the classes, the groups do graduation shows, where they help to reduce stigma, discrimination, and prejudice surrounding mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
and encourage people to talk about it. Stand Up For Mental Health
Stand Up For Mental Health
Stand Up For Mental Health , founded in 2004, is a program based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in which people who have mental illness are taught stand-up comedy as a form of therapy and then present to the community as a way of addressing the stigma, discrimination, and...
runs classes from coast to coast in Canada. David also teaches stand-up comedy classes at Langara College
Langara College
Langara College is a public degree-granting college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which serves approximately 20,000 students annually through its university, career, and continuing studies programs...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
and does Fighting Stigma in the Workplace and Laughter in the Workplace presentations.
David Granirer is a pioneer in the therapeutic use of humour
Humour
Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement...
and has had very positive responses from people involved in his programs and those who have seen the shows.
Granirer's father and grandparents were Romanian Jews, and concentration camp survivors.
External links
- http://www.standupformentalhealth.com