AWSP making headlines as it expands province-wide

The Anxiety and Worry Support Program has been making news all over Manitoba, as the program expands with the help of ADAM outreach workers to reach more and more Manitobans.

In the Brandon Sun, Michele LeTourneau spoke with ADAM Executive Director Mary Williams and shared comments from past AWSP participants.

"They will understand you in a way that no one else can; they can help you feel like there’s hope at the end of this, that you will feel better, that you will feel stronger, that there’s a place to go (virtually) where you will be heard and understood and accepted for exactly who you are and get the support that you need."

In the Carillon, reporter Jordan Ross spoke with Eastman Outreach Co-ordinator Wendy Scheirich.

"Anxiety is a condition that can be relieved by support from other people with anxiety. It just helps to unload all these anxious thoughts on your mind with other people that can relate to your experience," Scheirich said.

"The idea is then to reload your mind up with alternate ideas and thoughts to replace the anxious ones."

The Selkirk Record also spoke to Willams, with a focus on the mental health complications of the pandemic. “One of the complications right now is that we’re being told to isolate, and isolation is not a positive thing when it comes to anxiety,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a positive thing for mental health, period.”