Iceland, Women in Leadership and a Mental Health Service Start-up - We talk with Helga Vigfusdottir

 

This week we meet Helga Vigfusdottir,  Helga is a Social Entrepreneur based in Iceland, having been previously a Politician and Social Advocate there.

Helga talks about Women in Leadership and why Iceland leads the world in this area.  She talks about the Services, Legal Framework and Culture change that has made Iceland Number One in this area.

Previously, having been elected to the Reykjavik City Council she advocated for better services for women and children in different areas including Mental Health. 

From her experiences there Helga decided to found KaraConnect, which is a SaaS Platform to enable Therapists to deliver services online to clients with full confidentiality as well as meeting GDPR requirements.

She says: “During my time in politics & at the Department of Education in Iceland, I observed real difficulties in patients reaching therapy, due to geography, budgets and the high cost of therapists. This is why I started Kara – to enable any type of face to face therapy, both within clinics that want to scale, and within municipalities and companies. This not only allows patients to quickly and easily access the right kind of help they need but also increase the market that therapists can access.”

Helga is a great advocate for what she does and is now expanding Kara from Iceland and into Ireland and eventually the UK.

Her story is very compelling and shows how Helga and her team are making a difference and breaking new ground in an innovative way.

Also, she plays out on a stunning piece of Icelandic music.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/th-helga-vigfusdottir-17022411/

https://www.karaconnect.com

 

Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone, Sigur Ros

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