Testimonials

It’s been great to have you train our people to be comics for the third year in a row. Your program is wonderful, and we’re so impressed by the work you do. Your comedy training makes a huge difference in peoples lives. We’ve seen so much growth in the comics you trained. Plus the shows are always hilarious, and you folks always get a standing ovation. We are looking forward to working with you again.

Thanks David! You and the comics you trained for us rocked the night! Thank you for allowing us to see your vulnerable selves and laughing with us as we explored the many side of mental health. At Art Spark, we work to create inclusive communities, and last night, we had an entire community of folks supporting you in your work.

I wanted to personally thank you for the time and talent you so graciously shared with us at the DBSA National Conference. The show was a personal highlight for me, and I know others have shared similar sentiments as well. I believe SO strongly in your work with Stand Up for Mental Health and will continue to do all I can to spread the word about this outstanding, empowering program.

It was so great to to see the work you do teaching comedy to people with mental illness. What you do is truly amazing! I would love to bring your program to San Diego. I think it would be a huge benefit for our clients!

The Clarion County Coalition on Suicide Prevention was very pleased with your presentation and comedy act you did for us.  We were thrilled with the turnout and the audience really related to the way you were able to bring a message of humor and empowerment to such serious issues surrounding mental health. We’d be glad to recommend you to other groups looking for a dynamic, uplifting, and funny presentation.

Thanks again for your uplifting story and comedy act.

What an amazing presentation! It’s not often that a speaker receives a standing ovation like you did. People were buzzing afterward. Thanks for making our conference such a great success. 

We have gotten some wonderful feedback from your program, and HopeWay’s nurses and behavioral techs informed me that our residential clients left feeling very happy that they had come.  Thank you for showing them a new and different side to the conversation about mental health.”

Working with Stand Up For Mental Health was a great experience all around. Seeing the development of our comics from a shy, uncertain start to the huge grins as they received a standing ovation was incredibly memorable. We’ll all remember this show for years to come. Thanks for your amazing work!

You did a fabulous presentation at our conference! You had us laughing and learning the whole way through and it was great the way you made what you had to say so relevant to the work we do.

You were an absolute hit at our Congress!! Your presentation was both really funny and deeply moving. Thank you for making us laugh and encouraging us to use humor in our clinical interventions. It’s not often that one of our speakers gets a standing ovation but you truly deserved it!

Many, many thanks for all of your hard work! I think our comedians did very well and really had fun.  I think our audience enjoyed themselves and had quite a few laughs.  I know our agency staff and board members that attended the show really were very, very impressed.

Your show made a huge impact at our event. The turnout was great and people were raving about how funny you were and how through your comedy you gave us a totally different perspective on what it means to have a mental health diagnosis. We already have people lining up to take your course! Thanks for a fabulous evening!

I first saw David several years ago at a NAMI fundraiser. When our state psychiatric nursing organization became large enough to be able to afford to bring a national speaker to our conference, I knew that David was the right person for us.

I thought his first presentation was good but this one was great. And it really personally impacted on me for how I want to take my practice forward. And he had us at every step of the way laughing, thinking, feeling, laughing!

Worth every penny

Thanks for the fabulous show you did at our conference. You could tell how much our people loved it by the fact that they gave you a standing ovation. The way you are able to mix mental health and comedy is truly remarkable! 

Your presentation at Alternatives was awesome, as you could tell by the prolonged standing ovation and all the people who lined up to talk to you afterwards. People were really moved and inspired by the work you do, and also had some great laughs. You truly are on the cutting edge of mental health programs for recovery and public education.

Your style, content, and professionalism was a joy to behold and work with. Thank you for inspiring our providers to use humor as a way to keep balanced and healthy. You also had the impact of reminding us why we do the work we do.

People were raving about the presentation you did at our conference. It had just the right mix of comedy and education. It’s great that you’re able to bring humor to such a serious topic.

David is an amazing comedian, comedy coach and advocate and we so enjoyed our participation with Stand Up for Mental Health! He did a great job training our local “comedians” to have a seamless stand up comedy routine that was well received by the audience.  I watched our local participants go from being anxious and nervous, to being real stand up comics. It was an incredible transformation! The show was fabulous, the audience had a great time, and it was a fun way to counter stigma. These are serious issues and using humor to talk about them allows people to think about them in a different way. We would definitely love to work with David in the future!

Thanks for an amazing keynote presentation. In 9 years of having our conference you are only the second speaker to get a standing ovation! You were funny, inspiring, and totally relevant to the work we do in behavioural health. The way you use comedy to empower people with mental health issues and to reduce stigma is amazing.

Thank you so much for keeping the audience in fits of laughter – it was a fun way to start the conference. The way you mixed mental health and comedy really clicked with our people as you could tell by the standing ovation. It’s great to see the way you find humor in such a serious topic.

We had rave reviews on your keynote at our conference. The audience loved how you used humor to make some really great points about mental health and stigma, and how hopeful and uplifting your message was. Thank you for sharing with us the amazing work you do!

I should mention that you were a big hit at the conference. You ended the event on a high note and participants very much enjoyed your presentation. I got a personal thank you note from our Division Administrator and her boss – first time that has happened in over 10 years of doing the conference.

All I can say is Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.  It was a perfect evening.  The comics were awesome.  You were awesome. I believe that this will be just the beginning of our congregation’s conversation about mental health. It was a privilege to have you in Pittsburgh.  

Stand up for Mental Health puts the audience to work with humor on serious stigma issues of the day. I invited SMH to perform in two pre-service teacher education courses with fifth year students. Students laughed, paused to reflect and felt this opened the door for very important conversations that often go unsaid. I highly recommend SMH as another way of educating people about mental health and humanizing those facing mental health issues. Bravo, SMH.

David’s presentation was the perfect way to start our conference! Our audience of mental health and addiction providers loved what you had to say, and it was great to have a laugh about some really important, and at times, very sad and challenging issues. The work our members do can be really tough, it was wonderful to reflect on the lighter side too.

David Granirer brought so much energy and passion to the CMHA Alberta Division’s 2019 Working Stronger workplace mental health conference. The audience was captivated by his stories and laughed throughout his presentation. David brought real-world stories and tools to help our audience engage while also making them laugh. We really appreciated David’s willingness to work with our team to deliver an outstanding keynote. 

Thanks David for your compelling presentation for Distress Centre Calgary’s Lend and Ear Breakfast fundraiser. The way you bridged your personal mental health experience through in comedy and your hands on crisis line work, was very engaging for the audience.  People loved you!!!! 

Your presentation was a huge hit at our conference! People loved the way that you dismantled stigma in such a funny and direct way. You really helped us to see mental health from a totally different perspective. We all left your presentation feeling hopeful and inspired.

We were totally wowed by the show you and your group of comics did at the NAMI National Convention! The standing ovation you received was well-deserved. Having people talk about their recovery journeys through stand-up comedy is such a great way to fight stigma. It’s so refreshing and inspiring to see humor brought to such a serious issue.

Your presentation was everything we expected and more. You had the audience laughing and engaged right from the beginning. The work you do is phenomenal, and it’s so great to see how people can use comedy as a powerful tool in their recovery, as well as a way to combat stigma in the general public.

Your presentation was fabulous as you could tell by the standing ovation. We loved the way you used comedy to talk about mental health. We had great feedback from the attendees. We can’t wait to have you train a group of our people.