This therapist is helping shatter the stigma around mental health

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Diana Guzman, clinical director at Recovery First Treatment Center

  • Key insight: Discover how proactively normalizing mental health reduces stigma and increases benefit utilization.
  • What’s at stake: Failure to act risks increased absenteeism, turnover and regulatory scrutiny.
  • Supporting data: Only ~4% use employer EAPs, despite a $4 return per $1 invested.
  • Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

Diana Guzman is a mental health clinician, speaker and advocate. She is also the survivor of three suicide attempts. After years of dealing with her own mental health struggles in silence, she is using her story to break down stigma and build more support in the workplace

Lee Hafner
Editor

Lee joined the EBN team in 2022, and covers areas including caregiving, employee health and wellness, healthcare innovation, and company culture. She created EBN's popular Benefits in Action and … Read full bio


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