a friend recommended a therapist who helped me get my life back on track,” he told Black Enterprise in an interview.
Since then, he’s made it his mission to never have another black man feel the way he did when trying to seek help.
That’s what birthed Henry Health, a digital platform designed to streamline the mental health professional and patient connection, thus making the path to treatment much easier.
The startup’s overall goal is to improve access to mental health for black men and increase the life expectancy of black men by 10 years within the next 25 years.
Dedner said that his team has plans to initially launch the app this September in the Washington, DC metro area and men will be able to download the app or sign-in on the platform. From there, Dedner said that they will take an assessment and paying subscribers will be paired with a therapist post-assessment.
The digital app and platform will not only