{"id":1597,"date":"2025-03-15T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatermentalhealth.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1597"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:29:48","slug":"breaking-the-silence-advocating-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/greatermentalhealth.org\/es\/articles\/breaking-the-silence-advocating-for-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Silence: Advocating for Mental Health"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1597","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","article_type":false,"description":"Women's History Month&nbsp;2025"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"columns":"one","header":"","content":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>\"Learning to be in an 'asking stance' with humility is critical in allowing people to trust and feel more comfortable with not only providers, but co-workers, friends, and family.\" - Stacey Roberts, LCSW<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">In honor of Women's History Month, the Westchester Women's Summit hosted \"Breaking the Silence: Advocating for Mental Health\" a powerful panel discussion on mental health, featuring Lara Fenig Stangel, LMSW, Director, Westchester County Employee Assistance Program; Stephanie Marquesano, Founder &amp; President of the harris project; Reverend Daphne Swinton, LMHC, Licensed Therapist with WJCS and Minister; Victoria M. 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