BEACON OF HOPE | SHIRLEY RAINES
Apr 14, 2021
On this episode of Free Thinking, Montel talks with Porsche Williams, a Navy veteran who’s an active member of the Veterans Mental Health Advisory Council at Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is a Suicide Intervention Instructor and founder of Restore Life which she started in 2018 after experiencing her own mental health challenges stemming from her time serving in the Navy during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom war. Her and her team have intervened and prevented hundreds of suicide attempts throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area. She has worked closely with and trained the NFL players association, DC VA Medical center staff, veterans, adolescent, mental health providers, American university police department, Metropolitan Police Department, Maryland’s Sheriff’s department government officials, and many more.
