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LifeStance Health Launches "No Face" Campaign To Destigmatize Mental Health
Featuring Portraits by Renowned Photographer Mark Seliger, Campaign Highlights the Unique Experiences of Individuals Living with Mental Health Conditions
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[{"type":"text","content":"Featuring Portraits by Renowned Photographer Mark Seliger, Campaign Highlights the Unique Experiences of Individuals Living with Mental Health Conditions\n\n\nSCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStance Health, one of the nation's largest providers of outpatient mental health care, today launched its \"No Face\" campaign shot by iconic photographer Mark Seliger, which was developed to encourage candid conversations about mental health and reduce the stigma around seeking treatment. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSeliger worked with a diverse group of people to capture the portraits, which showcase the disparities between an individual's internal experience and external appearance. Mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or PTSD may be associated with stereotypical images, but the truth is that these conditions have no one face--there are tens of millions of faces. \nLifeStance Health is inviting people to join the movement to destigmatize mental health by uploading a selfie on Instagram with the hashtag #Not1Face. For every post, the LifeStance Health Foundation will donate $5 to the Mental Health Coalition, up to $250,000. \n\"LifeStance is focused not only on increasing access to mental health care, but also destigmatizing what it means to seek treatment,\" said Danish Qureshi, co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, LifeStance Health. \"Our goal with the 'No Face' campaign is to challenge assumptions about mental health conditions and bring broader awareness to the diversity of experiences.\" \nWhile Seliger has documented some of the most celebrated public figures, from Barack Obama to Oprah Winfrey to Jennifer Aniston, and exhibited his work in museums and galleries around the world, including the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C and the National Portrait Gallery in London, the \"No Face\" campaign was his first foray into the mental health space. \n\"Visually, I wanted to illustrate the sense of connection to every subject and show the wide and varied spectrum of individuals' experiences,\" said Seliger. \"Photography allows for a connection to the viewer and a deeper storytelling behind the portrait, and I thought I could support LifeStance's 'No Face' campaign by bringing a different perspective to how mental health conditions ar...