Rave Reviews

Your presentation at Alternatives was awesome, as you could tell by the prolonged standing ovation and all the people who lined up to talk to you afterwards. People were really moved and inspired by the work you do, and also had some great laughs. You truly are on the cutting edge of mental health programs for recovery and public education.

Joseph Rogers, Executive Director, National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse

Your presentation was everything we expected and more. You had the audience laughing and engaged right from the beginning. The work you do is phenomenal, and it’s so great to see how people can use comedy as a powerful tool in their recovery, as well as a way to combat stigma in the general public.

Judy Craig, Board Member, NAMI, Midland, TX

Our people were all raving about how amazing your presentation was. It was the perfect combination of humor and education. What you’ve been doing with mental health consumers is truly incredible. Your program should be offered everywhere.

Michael Hlebechuk, Oregon Department of Human Services, Addictions and Mental Health Division (AMH)

The feedback from David’s keynote and workshop was excellent. People enjoyed themselves while learning a unique technique to combat stigma. The work David does, teaching other people to use stand-up comedy, is amazing and empowering. One of the best Keynotes we’ve ever had.

Janice Aspey, Pennsylvania Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

We’ve been flooded with great feedback from the comedy performance and documentary screening you did for us. People loved the way you found the humor in your mental health experiences and had us all laughing non-stop. Your work is funny and inspiring and a great way to educate the public about mental illness. Who would have thought a presentation on such a serious topic could be so much fun?

Donna Rheaume, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Vinfen, Boston, MA

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TO BOOK DAVID EMAIL david@standupformentalhealth.com

David is a mental health comedian, stand up comic, speaker and counselor. He’s available to give a humorous mental health keynote presentation and/or breakout session at your conference or event. His presentations include:

I’m OK But YOU Need Professional Help: Creating Recovery, One Laugh At A Time! 

What’s so funny about mental health?

In this hilarious presentation, counselor, mental health comedian and stand up comic David Granirer, who himself suffers from bipolar, looks at how comedy builds confidence and busts the stigma around mental illness. He’ll show you mental health from a totally different perspective while uplifting, inspiring and educating your conference attendees.

David will do comedy about his recovery story and tell you about Stand Up For Mental Health™, his award-winning program teaching comedy to people with mental health issues. And through video clips, you’ll get to see his comics creating recovery – one laugh at a time!

So often conferences bring in experts to talk about mental health. This is a chance to actually hear from the people who have it. And what they have to say will surprise, delight, and uplift you!

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Getting The Laughs You Need!

In today’s world of mental health, change, stress and tension are major challenges to everyone’s wellbeing! Laughter is the cure, the best medicine, a cod liver oil for the soul. But unlike cod liver a dose of laughter is not only good for you, it also feels good to take!

You’ll learn:

How to use humor to overcome burnout.
How humor lessens the effects of trauma.
How humor builds self-esteem.
How to help clients use humor to generate insight.
How your people can use humor to turn their dysfunctions into strengths
How humor can help combat public stigma.

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