Sinclair Ceasar III at one of his favorite spots, a place he refers to as his second office, Extra Fine on East Mistletoe Avenue.Sinclair Ceasar III moved to San Antonio in the summer of 2020 for a “fresh start” amid the shutdown and seclusion of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But that diagnosis led to the right treatment; the right therapy and medication, his reset in San Antonio and a desire to help others. And this month, he left his job after three years in marketing and academic advising at Trinity University to work full-time at, a company he established to spread the word about the importance of mental health awareness and general well-being in workplaces big and small.
She compared mental health first aid training to CPR certification. “We want to make sure that you know what to do until that person gets the resources they need.” Since the pandemic, people are more open to having conversations about mental health, Coleman said. “We’ve seen a lot of school districts … reaching out to us, general community members and also just different organizations within our community.”conducted by the City of San Antonio and its Youth Commission found that nearly half of the local teenagers who participated reported feeling “helpless, hopeless, numb or like nothing matters.
Bridges to Care has expanded beyond congregations to take a whole-neighborhood approach with cohorts from local schools, area nonprofits or other businesses.