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Speak2Someone online counselling service launches Mar. 10

-founder encourages young people to give platform a try
‘Speak2Someone’, an online counselling chat service, will be launched on Monday, March 10, 2025, by the BVI’s Youth U-Turn Project (the NPO). Photo: Internet Source
All counsellors on the Speak2Someone platform have been fully vetted and render service from outside the Virgin Islands. Photo: Internet Source
All counsellors on the Speak2Someone platform have been fully vetted and render service from outside the Virgin Islands. Photo: Internet Source
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Young people in the Virgin Islands will soon have an online space where they can connect with professional counsellors as ‘Speak2Someone’, an online counselling chat service, will be launched on Monday, March 10, 2025, by the BVI’s Youth U-Turn Project (the NPO).

Founded by Dr Adelle E.K. Paul, the NPO has an overall mission of developing and providing access to quality programs, dialogue, music and art that promote the mental and emotional well-being of youth in the Virgin Islands (VI). 

The vision of the NPO is ‘Supporting Our Youths to Make a U-Turn for the Better. 

“This initiative has been a long time coming. Since 2016, I had been putting a team together in order to launch this facility for 2017…While the project has been on pause since the 2017 storms, the NPO has recently been restored and will be moving ahead with full steam. The constant cries in the community have been overwhelming. I want the young people to know that I hear you, I understand you, and together, you will be able to reach your fullest potential and to make a U-Turn for the better,” Dr Paul said in a press release. 

Give it a try- Dr Paul

Dr Paul urged young people to give the Speak2Someone service a try before judging it. 

“Do not worry about previous counselling sessions you may have attended in the past that you do not believe was helpful…This facility just might be the avenue that could help you to get through, in a whole new way,” she explained. 

Dr Paul also addressed confidentiality concerns, adding that the professional counsellors render their services from outside the BVI. 

“We take your concerns about confidentiality and privacy very seriously. This program is for you. It is free,” she assured, “Our counsellors have been fully vetted.”

Access to Speak2Someone is easy- Dr Paul 

Those wishing to access the Speak2Someone facility can do so in easy steps by going to https://www.u-turnbvi.com, and then hitting the “Speak2Someone” button.

While the service will not yet be available 24 hours a day, Dr Paul encouraged the community to support the initiative to ensure that a professional is always on hand, at any time of day to listen to the young people providing them with the guidance they need. 

In the meantime, Dr Paul said the NPO will publicise the hours of availability of the Speak2Someone counsellors weekly, starting March 10, 2025. 

She also said this Speak2Somone service is the first of several initiatives the NPO will roll out this year. 

“All initiatives will be geared towards ‘Supporting Our Youths to Make a U-Turn for the Better’, she revealed. 

7 Responses to “Speak2Someone online counselling service launches Mar. 10”

  • citzen (08/03/2025, 11:05) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    would my business be confidential?
    • It's in the article (08/03/2025, 18:18) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      "Dr Paul also addressed confidentiality concerns, adding that the professional counsellors render their services from outside the BVI.

      “We take your concerns about confidentiality and privacy very seriously. "
  • Inquisitive (08/03/2025, 15:48) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Sounds like a interesting project but the article doesn't give any information on the project leader, Dr Adelle E.K. Paul. Is she a psychologist or a psychiatrist or a mental health counsellor, and where does she work (BVI public health or private practice)?
    • To darn inquisitive (08/03/2025, 18:41) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
      Why does where she come from play a role in this great initiative. This xenophobic attitude towards persons of different geographical localities has to cease
    • @Inquisitive (08/03/2025, 18:55) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Hello Inquisitive. Thanks very much for your query and for your feedback on the project. We truly hope it will be a successful one. To answer your query, Doctor of Philosophy with background in law, financial services, compliance and policy development... While I am blessed with the vision and have taken the initiative forward (the Lord uses who He chooses after all and I'm just grateful for the assignment :)), the services will indeed be rendered by professionals whom I have partnered with. They are qualified with years of experience in the area and have been fully vetted. Happy for you to email me (admin@u-turnbvi.com) with any further queries you may have and thanking you in advance for Supporting our Youths to make a U-Turn for the Better.

      I also write songs in my spare time. You may listen to the last CD project by visiting our YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@u-turnbvi4957)...please show us some love by subscribing, sharing and liking. A further CD project will be rolled out this year and other interesting initiatives so please do look out for more updates soon!

      More info can be found on our website: www.u-turnbvi.com. Happy reading and God bless!
  • guy hill (08/03/2025, 19:55) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    To the youths/ young adults and even a bit older young people in the Virgin Islands. Be encouraged and with the help of family, serious clergy and a forward thinking Virgin Islands community. Please think. It's not illegal yet. Calculate the future COSTS of
    YOUR ACTIONS, DECISIONS and CHOICES. Check self before wrecking self. Be Brave.


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