Farmers being encouraged to talk about the challenges of rural life

The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy has called upon farmers to open up and talk about their personal problems and difficulties.

Research conducted by the IACP has found that 28% of people in the farming community don’t tell anyone about the personal challenges they face.

The same IACP survey showed that 86% of farmers have never attended a counsellor or a psychotherapist and that one in five members of the farming community would feel embarrassed if people knew they were attending a counsellor or psychotherapist.