In this episode counsellor and psychotherapist Paul Wilson shares how stigma stood in the way of him and his father’s relationship with his suicide setting the tone for Paul’s own battle with depression. But finally opening up, relieved him of a lifetime of pain and led him down a path to helping others.

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