ASCAP and Project Healthy Minds are collaborating on an initiative that will give the performing rights organization’s songwriter, composer and music publisher members access to a range of mental health services, therapy options and wellness tools, the organizations announced Thursday, November 5.
The effort is meant to support creators at every stage of their careers. It is an outgrowth of ASCAP’s wellness initiative, launched in 2019, which earlier this year expanded to include a telehealth benefit through MD Live for urgent care consultations, as well as dermatology and additional health services.
Services Available to Members
According to the announcement, the initiative will allow ASCAP members to privately connect with mental health providers offering talk therapy and psychiatry, peer-led and expert-moderated support groups, and self-care apps and digital tools.
Information on how to access the program is available on the ASCAP member access portal.
Executive Comments
Nick Lehman, ASCAP executive vice president and chief strategy and digital officer, said in a statement: “Creativity thrives when creators are supported — in mind, body, and spirit.”
Project Healthy Minds founder and CEO Phillip Schermer said in a statement that the partnership gives ASCAP members “a simple way to find care, whether that’s a therapist, a support group or a tool they can use on the road.”
Source: Billboard
