Executive summary: Overcome is a volunteer-driven mental health intervention that provides cost-effective therapy, primarily for founders and professionals, with extremely low per-client treatment costs and promising results.
Key points:
Average client experiences 2β10 happiness improvement after six sessions, with each session costing only $5 to deliver
Relies entirely on volunteers, with coaches gaining professional experience and most transitioning to paid employment
Extremely low-cost intervention, with potential to treat a client for just $45 and potentially 10x more effective than top GiveWell charities
Currently seeking funding to scale operations, with specific funding goals ranging from $4.5k to $150k
Offers multiple ways to support, including volunteering, paying for coach training, and direct financial contributions
Focuses on treating mental health issues for entrepreneurs and professionals, with a particular emphasis on EA community members
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Executive summary: Overcome is a volunteer-driven mental health intervention that provides cost-effective therapy, primarily for founders and professionals, with extremely low per-client treatment costs and promising results.
Key points:
Average client experiences 2β10 happiness improvement after six sessions, with each session costing only $5 to deliver
Relies entirely on volunteers, with coaches gaining professional experience and most transitioning to paid employment
Extremely low-cost intervention, with potential to treat a client for just $45 and potentially 10x more effective than top GiveWell charities
Currently seeking funding to scale operations, with specific funding goals ranging from $4.5k to $150k
Offers multiple ways to support, including volunteering, paying for coach training, and direct financial contributions
Focuses on treating mental health issues for entrepreneurs and professionals, with a particular emphasis on EA community members
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.