Stand up for Mental Health

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People with mental illness are always being told what they can’t do. In this show, they get to prove what they CAN do!

David's work teaching stand-up comedy to recovering drug addicts and people with mental illness has been well covered by the media.

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Global TV documentary Laughing Through the Pain:

The impact of laughter on mental health is explored in the new documentary Laughing Through the Pain, which airs on the Global Television Network.
The one-hour documentary profiles some of the least likely people who are doing their bit to inject a little humour into the least likely places.

Comedian and counselor David Granirer helps recovering drug addicts to regain their self-esteem by teaching them to write and perform stand-up comedy. Doc Willikers, one of only four therapeutic clowns in Canada, uses his exaggerated sense of humour and oversized implements in his pseudo-medical kit to help severely ill children and their families cope with the pain of treatment and the fear of dying. After losing her daughter in a skiing accident, Mavis Pickett realized she needed help to deal with her grief. She turned to David Granirer’s comedy class and began to cope with her loss for the first time.

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