Pineapple Support, the adult industry’s leading mental health nonprofit, continues its Corporate Training Initiative with a training session to help staff at individual companies provide better support to performers in crisis. The training session, “You have identified a performer in crisis, now what?” will be led by therapist Nicki Line on October 6th at 1pm EST.
The first session of the initiative, led by licensed mental health counselor Rachael Wells, was designed to help employees recognize performers in crisis. The latest session covers the next steps employees should take when they encounter a performer in distress.
“If you identify a performer that is in crisis, this course will equip you with a better understanding of the different interventions for various situations and the resources you can provide in order to help,” says Line. “I’ll also be available to participants after the session, who can contact me directly with any specific cases or questions via email and social media.”
Pineapple Support was founded by British performer Leya Tanit in 2018, after a string of losses in the adult industry from depression and other mental illnesses. The organization, which is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization in the United States, has so far connected over 5000 adult performers to mental health services, including free and low-cost, therapy, counseling and emotional support.
“We’re eager to continue to build a stronger support network for industry workers,” says Tanit. “In order to avoid more tragic losses in the adult industry, we need to teach the employees who work directly with performers how to provide effective crisis support. It’s essential that we learn how to navigate these types of conversations when someone is in need. We’re already planning to invite participants to gather and talk about the issues they’ve faced on their platforms so that we can better learn from each other.”
Sessions within the Corporate Training Initiative are available exclusively to the employees of companies that sponsor Pineapple Support. The interactive training will take place every two months and will be available to rewatch on a password-protected website.
If you have a business and would like to find out how to become an official sponsor of Pineapple Support, view the available packages by visiting Pineapple Support.
