Korn’s Brian “Head” Welch Teams Up with Massachusetts Mental Health Facility
There has long been a connection between mental health and metal, and now, Korn‘s guitarist Brian “Head” Welch is taking things a step further and entering the field of mental health.
Specifically, Welch is teaming up with Atlantic Behavioral Health, a treatment center in the Massachusetts and New Hampshire area. The facility will focus on anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues through therapy, grup therapy, medication, and outpatient programs.
Speaking on this new endeavor, Welch said he looks back on his own struggles with mental illness as a main driving force for why he wanted to get involved.
“I will never, ever forget the depths of the dark energy that lived upstairs in my mind, many years ago. It was truly like living in an emotional dungeon with zero light, and I couldn’t find the key to get out.
“Partnering with Atlantic is so personal to me and not just another business to invest in. I know what it feels like to live at the bottom of a dark pit, but I also know if you put in the work, the light will come back on, and Atlantic is going to help so many people find that light switch.
“With the exception of a few bumps in the road, over the last 20 years, I have been the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. I believe if I can completely change the trajectory of my mental and emotional health, anyone can! Atlantic can be such a precious tool in helping people to achieve just that.”
One of the bigger benefits to the facility and how it operates is the sense of community and camaraderie it tries to engender among people dealing with the same stuff you are.
That sort of community-based healing, Welch added, was an integral part in his own personal struggle with mental health.
“I did go to a psychiatrist [years back when struggling the most], but I felt like he was so smart and so schooled that it wasn’t at my level and someone I could relate to. He had all the book answers, but in the meantime, I didn’t have a group, I didn’t have the community … I wish I’d had a program like Atlantic back then because you have that scholarly wisdom, but also conversations with peers that are going through similar things as you.”
